Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.
- fire
- based on novel or book
- insect
- mutation
- mutant
- animal attack
- earthquake
- cockroach
- disaster
- person on fire
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Bradford Dillman
Prof. James Parmiter
Joanna Miles
Carrie Parmiter
Richard Gilliland
Gerald Metbaum
Jamie Smith-Jackson
Norma Tacker
- Alan Fudge — Prof. Mark Ross
- Jesse Vint — Tom Tacker
- James Greene — Rev. Kern
- Patty McCormack — Sylvia Ross
- Brendan Dillon — Charlie
- Jim Poyner — Kenny Tacker
- Frederic Downs — Henry Tacker
- Sam Javis — Taxi Driver
- Directed
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Written
- William Castle, Thomas Page
Production
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 · 99 ratings
- Studio
- William Castle Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
