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Summary
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+43)
Critics 9Audiences 52GoodWatch 31
Tomatometer9%
IMDb5.5
Audience score48%
Box office
10%of its budget back
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $486 K
Worldwide it made back $486 K of the $5 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most comedies, −10 min on the typical 100
typical 10090Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1990
June 6, 1990
36 years ago
Genres
ComedyFantasyHorrorLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PortugueseMade in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
and 8 more14 people
- Ed Begley Jr.Richard P. Applegate
- Stockard ChanningJane Applegate
- Dabney ColemanAunt Bea
- Robert JayneBobby Jacoby / Johnny Applegate
- Camille CooperSally Applegate
- Glenn ShadixGreg Samson
- Susan BarnesOpal Withers
- ABAdam BieskVince Sampson
- Savannah Smith BoucherDottie
Roger Aaron BrownSheriff Heidegger
Lee GarlingtonNita Samson
Mark BringelsonRich Block- SWSherrie WillsPeace Corps Volunteer
- JCJerry CraigAmazon Native
Directing · 1
- Michael Lehmann Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Redbeard Simmons Writer
Production · 7
- Steve White Executive Producer
- Christopher Webster Executive Producer
- Denise Di Novi Producer
- Julie Selzer Casting
- Sally Dennison Casting
- Justine Jacoby Casting
Camera · 1
- Mitch Dubin Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Norman Hollyn Editor
- Barry Malkin Editorial Consultant
Sound · 1
- David Newman Original Music Composer
Art · 4
- Jon Hutman Production Design
- Kara Lindstrom Art Direction
- Adam Lustig Art Direction
- Nancy Nye Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Joseph A. Porro Costume Design
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