Review of The Nest

The lead character Richard (Franc Luz) is the sheriff, and he seems to be a bit of a pimp. He's got his own mini love triangle going with two women (Lisa Langlois & Nacy Morgan) Langlois comes back after a few years of being away. It turns out she picked the wrong time to head home. A bunch of meat eating cockroaches are invading the city. I was hoping to get a mildly entertaining film out of this, and that's exactly what I got. Its akin back to the 50's with all of the cheese. There are some truly odd things in this movie. Dr. Hubbard (Terri Treas) has a weird obsession with insects, especially cockroaches. She willingly subjects a Cat to her sadistic experiments, and seems to enjoy watching the cockroaches kill the cat. She also willingly sticks her hand in the box of killer roaches, and says "They are biting my hand" She keeps it inside the box, and is obviously enjoying it, because the look on her face screams pleasure. It seriously gave me the creeps. Her character does some inexplicable things. As I mentioned previously, this is seriously akin to the 50's. Even the sheriff (plastic acting and all by Franc Luz) is eerily reminiscent of one of the lead characters you'd see in a killer insect film back in those days. Lisa Langlois is OK as the love interest, but nothing more. Robert Lansing needed a quick paycheck, I'm assuming. The gore delivers in a solid way. We get gory cockroach bites, a horse is skinned, and a cat is skinned. The deaths of animals hit a nerve with me a little bit. I'm very touchy when it comes to the death of animals. We also get a severed hand, and one of the goriest bug transformation scenes you'll ever see. I won't spoil it, but it's messy. We also get a bizarre giant cockroach, filled with human faces at the end. Got a big appetite? You'll be full, don't worry.

Final Thoughts: It's cheesy fun. Accept it for what it is, and I'm sure you'll have a decent night of entertainment. Nothing I'll ever see again, but I liked it for what it was

5.6/10