AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Chase_Witherspoon Tranquil seaside community is overcome by a voracious strain of killer cockroaches, the toxic result of nearby un-regulated chemical testing. Despite the local mayor's inert response (Lansing) for fear of losing investment, local police man (Luz) is determined to take the threat seriously, even if he has to act along to save the woman he loves (Langlois) who also happens to be the mayor's daughter. Slow to develop, the momentum picks up late in the picture, as Luz realizes the situation is hopeless and improvises an escape plan, not counting on dangers emerging from within. Some utterly repulsive special effects steal the show late in the piece, but it's a nebulous storyline that runs out of road long before the spectacular conclusion.Oddly atmospheric Roger Corman inspired (or financed at least) production has a decent cast delivering some intelligent dialogue, along with competent special effects and production design. In spite of these achievements, the pace is fatally pedestrian, robbing the film's chance of becoming a taut, suspenseful and memorable horror tale.The bugs are a triumph of ingenuity, their rather grotesque, ribbed appearance looks menacing in spite of their diminutive size – their appetites for red meat also substantially more abundant. The make-up effects applied to Lansing's character late in the film, is as hideous as they come and sure to please those with cast-iron stomachs, although it might prompt nausea from the regulation peanut gallery.

ChiefGoreMongral Goremongral here with a question, do you like bugs? Here is a better question do you like cockroaches? If you answered yes to both then you may be the right person to check out my review of the flick, The Nest.This is a 1980's Roger Corman flick that stars a lot of no-name players as well as a lot of roaches (not those kind of roaches you druggie). The movie has a simple plot, a town with a population of 700 people get overrun by some roaches that have been genetically altered by a wacko female scientist and the town sheriff needs to find a way to kill them before the whole town is overrun and eaten by these carnivorous cretins. Pretty simple right, for the most part , however its the last 30 minutes that turned this from a below average flick to at least something that is an average example of B movie making.During that last 30 minutes we find that these new roaches can alter the DNA of what they have ingested. In one sequence we get to see a cat-roach and a human-roach with some cool gore effects added for just the right touch. Does it look cheesy yes but it still all works as the films tongue is firmly in cheek throughout.I normally prefer to have my horror movies taken seriously but with the subject matter at hand and the way this movie played out, for the most part, this all worked fine. The movie does have some problems, one being the fact that it took to long to inform us of the roaches abilities to manipulate what it has devoured as well as some lulls here and there that keep it from being more than mildly entertaining.In the end the Nest is not total garbage and it is not nothing special. I like the twist as if this was just a standard insects on the rampage film I would have probably not have liked it as much but with the silly sci-fi twist and some cool gore I give The Nest: 5/10 Average, its nothing that you will run away from giving a gleaming review but it is not something that you will walk away saying it sucked either. In the end just an average example of B-Movie Monster Making.The Nest is out now on DVD released under the Roger Corman Classics Label from New Concorde.Until next time I leave you with this bit of advice, if your ever in a cave and you are face to face with a mutant cockroach monster do not extend your hand in friendship as it may take more from you than you bargain.I'm OUT!!!!

Coventry Mutant-insects…isolated little town…gory make-up effects…Yup, `The Nest' looks like a prototype of cheap and redundant 80's horror. But I'm sure that, if you decide to give it a chance after all, you won't regret it. ! The obvious aspect to-love about it is the gore, naturally, but the screenplay actually contains some sub-plots and ingenious elements that you wouldn't immediately expect in a low-budget production like this. Northport is small, peaceful island outside L.A suddenly infested by a deadly plague of cockroaches. A mysterious female scientist arrives on the island and the mayor acts very ignorant about the on-growing bug problem. Events escalate into a true disaster when the cockroaches attack and devour inhabitants of the island and, if this isn't worse enough, mutate into what they eat. Looks like a genetic experiment gone horribly wrong? `The Nest' has tension and atmosphere, accompanied by a bit of good black humor and decent acting performances. Horror insiders might recognize Robert Lansing in the role of ignorant mayor, as he previously appeared in `Empire of the Ants'. The show is stolen, however, by Terri Treas as the morbid Dr. Hubbard. The creators of `The Nest' obviously learned a lot from watching horror highlights as `The Fly' and `Them!' but the film offers enough amusement to stand by itself. I certainly enjoyed it better than the similar `Mimic', which was made almost ten years later. If you're a sucker for gore-goodies, check out `the Nest'

HardcoreKnight I have to admit I have probably watched more horror movies than I care to share,though out off all the movies i have seen,this movie actually makes you feel like roaches are crawling all over you! Its your basic genetic experiment gone wrong film,resulting in flesh eating hordes of roaches! If you want to watch a horror film that will actually make you feel involved as a potential victim,watch this.Though I really don't recommend you watch this film with your boy/girlfriend,or in the dark! Take it from me if you want gross skin crawling fun for an evening,you must own this film!