Hello everyone, with summer drawing to a close for many and the fall season on the horizon I thought I would take it upon myself to do a little writing once again, so in honour of Spooky Season, I thought I would wade back into the water in search of some hidden gems from horrors cinematic past, todays victim, Mosquito…
1994 was interesting for horror, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, to Interview with the Vampire and The Crow highlighting the list as big name releases we tumble on down into B movie territory with Gary Jones’ Creature Feature Fiesta, Mosquito.
Fair warning, if you haven’t seen it yet be prepared for more cheese than a grocery store deli section, but that doesn’t make this film an atrocity; in fact to me I found there to be quite a bit of, (as an old college instructor of mine would often say) meat on the bone, with Mosquito.
despite being hamstringed into such a tight budget there is a lot that this film has to offer in the form of a fun seasonal romp, from just a pinch of space age alien ships to glorious and gory kills galore, this movie packs a punch and you can tell the team had a fun time making it.
My main complaints with Mosquito are minimal and definitely artifacts of the era this film was made in as well as the aforementioned micro budget of only two-hundred thousand USD, those being the spotty audio quality, which again can’t be helped, that’s just a fact of the time, and the possibility of audio appearing to be slightly off sync during dialogue, again, minor blunders that serve more to impart a laugh than spoil this movie all together
I feel that this film has a very strong spirit and while not being innovative it does it’s best to engross an audience in its fun filled premise, the acting may be hit or miss but honestly that’s ok with me don’t let it spoil a fun creature feaature flick, just sit back grab a snack and enjoy the ride.
Oh and by the way I guarantee that once you go to bed after watching, if you hear the familiar high pitched buzz of a blood sucking bug, droning around you at night you’ll be extra careful and want that pest plastered against the nearest solid surface better safe than sorry.
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