Insect!

As I was watching "Blue Monkey," I realized that, although the budget was small, I was still having a good time! Low budget movies that can do that are the best ones.

It is about a small hospital that gets itself some big trouble. A patient who has contracted a serious case of gangrene is brought in and, unknown to the staff, the gangrene is thanks to a strange insect that used the patient to deposit eggs in. When they do find out about it, they catch it and call in an insect specialist, but, before he can arrive, the larva is accidentally mutated to an enormous size and changes into a giant insect that looks like a preying mantis. It runs loose in the hospital, killing people for it to use as hosts for its eggs, and only three brave people---a cop, a doctor, the insect specialist---are willing to stop it.

This movie is just fun to watch (especially Don Lake as the specialist, who steals ever scene he is in). A must for fans of movies like "The Thing." Zanatos's score: 8 out of 10. Check it out!

I recently watched the Canadian film 🇨🇦 Blue Monkey (1987) on Tubi. The storyline follows a hospital that admits a patient with a mysterious insect bite. Before long, an outbreak of deadly insects spreads throughout the facility. Now, local law enforcement must find a way to contain and destroy the creatures before they escape and threaten the world.

Directed by William Fruet (The House by the Lake), the film stars Steve Railsback (The Stunt Man), Gwynyth Walsh (The Crush), John Vernon (Animal House), and Sarah Polley (Dawn of the Dead).

This is another sci-fi/horror hybrid that's clearly an Alien knockoff-complete with strobe-lit creature reveals and incubation pods. The practical effects and creature design are solid, and the film delivers a few satisfying kills toward the end.

In conclusion, Blue Monkey isn't great, but it has enough worthwhile elements to keep horror enthusiasts engaged. I'd score it a 5/10.

Don't mind the horrible movie poster; it doesn't do the movie justice at all!

Critics hated 'Blue Monkey'. I loved it. I loved it for the lack of humor that was sometimes so overbearing in 80s horror movies. (I get it; Americans, especially, like to laugh when they watch a movie. I like to laugh when I watch a comedy, and maybe horror comedies, but not horrors). I suppose critics hated it because it was too serious...

Well, ok, let's face it, the plot is overly familiar. It is about a parasite that grows larger and feeds on humans. Yeah, sure, we've seen this a zillion times before. 'Blue Monkey' however has a reasonably good script, good dialogue, good acting, characters I care about, and good visuals. The film is also fast-paced, and literally thrill-a-minute.

After being pricked by a plant, an elderly gentleman is taken to a hospital to be treated for an insect bite. A parasite comes out of his mouth, and off course all mayhem ensues from there on. The film builds momentum once the hospital is quarantined and no one is allowed to leave - while the insect grows bigger inside and also starts laying eggs, soon to hatch. The result is absolute chaos.

There were some funny moments, too, with some funny dialogue, and the two drunk ladies were absolutely hilarious! They were just fabulous! I also thoroughly enjoyed Steve Railsback once again as the protagonist. 'Bad Monkey' is an entertaining film with a thrilling climax. I absolutely loved it!

Would I watch it again? Yes, definitely.

Blue monkey is actually mentioned in the film but not in any way that makes any possible sense. At one point,some kids are wandering thru the deeper levels, exploring.

They begin to discuss what they'll find down there and one of them (a girl) says she bets they'll find a blue monkey.

Yes, thats it. Totally inconsequential to the story, the only sad connection to the title, and no idea why she would suppose she'd find a blue monkey in a hospital's basement.

I'm embarrassed for having remembered it but somebody had to remember I suppose!

This low budget sci-fi tries to incorporate so many elements from "Alien", "The Thing", "Arachnophobia", "Mimic" and "Them", it should be called "Blue Ripoff"!

I know, I know... this film pre-dates "Arachnophobia" and "Mimic", but the "mutated insect-out-of-control, rampaging-through-a-decrepit hospital" idea provides little chills, little suspense, and a lot of sympathy for health insurance litigation. The casting was erratic at best (c'mon...Joe Flaherty and Robin Duke of SCTV fame?) and though the pace was fairly quick in the right places, you still had the sense that too much was crammed into too little a film all too late. The name, "Blue Monkey"?? What's with that? Probably a red herring only the writer and director are aware of.