Truly Dreadful Film

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Without streaming, I never would have known this bizarre movie existed. It was a real pleasure to stumble over this, given the number of accessible movies these days. An obvious homage to old- school monster movies from back in the day before technology made almost every movie look exactly alike. The "no CGI" touted by the makers of this frantic goofy movie is exactly what you get: some really great miniatures and a guy in what must have been a really uncomfortable monster suit. While ridiculous, this popcorn flick bounces along merrily, mixing a whole truckload of references to other beloved horror flicks while stubbornly refusing to submit to the dreaded computer effects. Not everything works, but damn it, the guys who made this were having a great time, and it shows.Seems that a legendary "millennium bug" is about to hatch out in the piney woods after a thousand year gestation period. Combine this with the faux-terror from 15 years ago about the "millennium bug" that was going to infest all technology and send us back to the Stone Age. Mix in the closest incestuous relatives of the Texas Chainsaw gang, the obsessed scientist who is about to find out he should have stayed home, a family that has the worst New Year's Eve imaginable, and a monster that's more Godzilla-esque than insectile. Lots of hysterics, axes-to-the-face, a nasty wooden dildo wielded by "Uncle Hibby", and a courageous father who's named after the real guy that directed "War of the Worlds" back in 1953, Byron Haskin. Fun for the whole family!The Bug itself is more kaiju than anything remotely resembling an insect. Undoubtedly the production costs prohibited the necessary six legs, but who's counting legs when this bad boy bug smashes everything in sight, and eats everyone. A loving homage to "Aliens" makes for an incredibly gooey birth scene...and that's the second ugly birth we're treated to. The human version occurs early in the picture, giving up the immortal line "You're drippin on my beans". Anyway, you could do worse than spend a few mindless minutes on this labor of love. No vampires, zombies, "found footage", paranormal activity in an abandoned hospital/asylum/prison/factory/Wal-Mart. Just a throwback to the 80s, when invention trumped technology. Give it a chance, and don't drip on the beans.

I don't know what to say about this. Well, too start, it's about a family that is spending Y2K camping or whatever. Obviously they get abducted by an inbred hick family. And, the abductors and abductees are all prey for a monster of some sort.Independent movie or not, this movie is very stupid. I don't know what else to say. The acting is terrible. The effects are terrible. Every single thing about this movie is horrible. I set very low standards for this PoS because I know it's an independent flick. I never expect much from those. But..., even with my expectations being nonexistent, this stupid thing was horrible. This movie looks like it was a joke. It almost seems like it was made to mock someone. I don't know who, but someone. I don't think that anybody, writers, director, actors, absolutely anybody involved with making this thing took it seriously. If that were the case, it's still pretty f***ing horrible.

I am not a huge horror movie fan but definitely enjoyed this film. And I love the fact that the monsters in this film are man made and not computer generated. It makes it all the more fun. Being an independent film it was closely and precisely made so it looks like it can be a big budget film. The actors were fantastic and delivered. I can really tell the production team are very creative visually! I don't usually write reviews but had to write about this one, because this film cannot be overlooked. If you like CGI free films, great acting, bugs and scary looking monsters, you will love this film. And I think I am in love with Orpheus!

From start to finish, The Millennium Bug is fun and full of surprises! Any fan of horror movies will finds lots to love about this movie. The Millennium Bug creature itself if very wildly imaginative and awesome on screen dishing out brutal creature kills. There are plenty of imaginative gory kills and great one liners peppered throughout as well. One of the best parts of the movie is the Crawford family, especially Billa Crawford played to a perfect redneck villainous pitch by John Charles Meyer. Hopefully I won't have to wait another 1,000 years (how long it takes a Millennium Bug to reach maturity) to wait for another movie from the writer/director Kenneth Cran. Definitely a movie I can't wait to add to my collection.