[Inspector Abberline]

Southern backwoods monster movie,whats not to like.The film is just steeped in a sweaty,muggy swampness (is that a word) you could almost feel them pesky mosquito's buzzing around the room.Not only do we get a weird backwoods community hiding a secret from the outside world,but a gooey bladder effects make-up by Tom Burman,as the main man-creature transforms from human to some sort of giant insect,with a lust for raping women and killing.Now throughout the film,the characters keep mentioning the insect cicada,now i have not got a clue what they are,and after googling the name i still have no clue,but whatever they are,if you transform into one and are on some vengeance rampage because your real dad was one,then you will be one ugly mutha,but on the bright side you will have the strength to rip throats out and decapitate people.The under lying story of infidelity and vengeance really adds an almost gothic feel to this swamp invested tale...Im a sucker for old school special effects,and in the 1980's nearly every horror and science fiction film with a monster featuring in it,had some sort of bubbling skin effect as the contours of the skin stretch and expand,to some extreme proportions.Oh yeah there is also some very cool actors including Ronny Cox ,Don Gordon and R.G. Armstrong.Paul Clemens as the young boy possessed by his fathers past and an ugly insect,really does a great job,grinning manically as he goes about killing.