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Meet the Applegates1990

Name: Meet the Applegates
Genre: Comedy Horror, Sci-Fi Horror, Body Horror
Released: 1990-06-06
Rating: 4.9

“A new species of comedy”

Directed by Michael Lehmann

4.9

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 5.5Rotten Tomatoes 9%TMDB 5.6

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Year

1990

Runtime

90 min

Box Office

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$485,772

Domestic

$485,772

The premise

Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.

Horror Vault's take

Deep in a South American rainforest, a colony of giant insects hatches a bold plan: disguise themselves as the perfect all-American family and infiltrate the suburbs to strike at the heart of the United States. The Applegates blend in with unsettling ease, navigating school, gossip, and backyard barbecues while quietly advancing their hidden agenda. What begins as sharp satire of 1950s domestic bliss gradually slides into something far stranger and more dangerous. This gleefully unhinged creature feature doubles as a biting commentary on the American dream.

Content: Comedic Violence, Insect-Related Horror Imagery, Sexual Content, Drug Use