Infested (2002)
6/10
Bad effects but a fun movie overall
27 July 2015
INFESTED is a low budget B-movie chock-full of absolutely appalling CGI effects of swarming flies and the likes, but overall it's a fun little movie that will appeal to fans of the genre. The slim storyline involves a group of buddies (thankfully adults rather than teenagers, for a change) who meet up for a few beers at a remote house in the countryside. Unfortunately for them, a swarm of killer flies is in the area, turning victims into zombies in a bid to take over the human race.

This film is ridiculous as it sounds, which is no mean feat, but it's also fast paced and frequently amusing. It's a gory little number with all manner of bodily dismemberment to recommend it, and aside from those godawful CGI flies the special effects are pretty cool. If you're not impressed by them, you'll be laughing at them at the very least.

The acting is poor and the characters are one-dimensional, but then you'd expect that from a B-movie like this. Of the cast, only Zach Galligan (GREMLINS) is familiar, and he's the star of centrepiece icky moment in a bathroom which is guaranteed to stir the stomachs of all but the most hardened horror fans. For cheesy, grisly B-movie fun along the likes of TICKS or MOSQUITO, INFESTED is the place to go.
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