13 Creepiest, Crawliest Movies About Bugs According to MovieWeb

"Burrowing up from the success of the B-movies of the 1950s, bugs — be they plagued by radiation, aliens, or simply massive — were here to destroy cities & plague tiny American towns for decades to come. It's interesting to see the parallels between the man vs. beast subgenre & that of the deadly plagues written in the Bible. These films utilized the animal kingdom as a sign of the end times. The machinations & mistakes of lazy governments & corporations above them also prove to be a defining quality of the 'bug movie,' with institutions at fault for dumping chemical waste, disturbing mines, exposing nuclear radiation, & so on is one of the political and environmental forces of the man vs beast subgenre. Bugs in cinema can even be used in idealistic & inspirational ways, serving as an example of communal cooperation & utilitarianism. The following films center on bugs in various ways, while retaining their focus on the creepy, crawly insects that make us all squirm." - movieweb.com

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