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Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business, the creepiest AND crawliest podcast out there. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys. On this episode we’re discussing two films involving gross insects: 1975’s Bug and 1997’s Mimic.

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We begin by talking about what horror related things we had done lately. Liam discusses watching The Transfiguration and Lace Crater. Justin doesn’t contribute much to this conversation since all he did was watch the trailers for Devil’s Gate, You Shall Not Sleep, and Day Of The Dead: Bloodline.

Up first is 1975’s Bug. Right off the bat it’s clear we don’t like this movie. It’s uneven in tone, lacks any sense of real urgency, lacks a clear narrative, and deviates from the normal ‘monster bug attacks town’ story in a really horrible way.

We discuss the lack of relatable characters and how no one in the movie is really likeable. We also examine the bizarre and seemingly sadistic motivations for the apparent main character, the general plodding nature of the third act, and some of the weirder aspects of the titular insects.

Next is 1997’s Mimic. We start by talking about what we didn’t like about the movie, namely the ‘magical autistic child’ trope and the decision to base Mira Sorvino’s inner turmoil around her seeming infertility.

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