Tagline(s):	They Breed. They Hatch. They Kill.
	Maybe It's Just a Phase They're Going Through.
	There's A Bad Bug Goin' Around.
	They Arise out of Nothing... They Think... They Kill.
	It Will Tear You Apart.
	700 Babies Were Born at County Hospital Last Night...Not One of Them Was Human!

Nomination Year: 2004

SYNOPSIS: An elderly horticulturist is pricked by a mysterious tropical plant, passes out, and is taken to the hospital where he barfs up a worm and dies. Others who came in contact with him also sicken. Meanwhile, in the hospital's lab, the worm metamorphoses into a bug. The Feds move in and quarantine the hospital but, with the patients in isolation and the bug in a jar, all seems to be going well. Until a cute leukemia kid sneaks into the lab and pours growth hormone over the bug. Now, a cop (Steve Railsback), a beautiful doctor, and an annoying entomologist must track down the giant bug before it reproduces. The nearest I can come to explaining the title is maybe there's a warehouse in Hollywood where they have a million monkeys at a million typewriters and the blue monkey is the one that came up with this script. Hopefully, it's been fired.

Smithee Award Nominations

Stupidest-Looking Monster
Ever Play Cootie? The giant bug.

Worst Science
It's Just Hormones This hormone is a catalyst for growth experiments. Notice how the entomologist goes from asking what NAC-5 is to explaining how other scientists have used it in their research.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
William Fruet	Directed The House by the Lake, Spasms, and The Egg Factory.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Steve Railsback	Det. Jim Bishop	Played Charles Manson in Helter Skelter. Also Cameron in The Stunt Man, Carlsen in Lifeforce, the titular Ed Gein, and Col. Pryzer in Barb Wire. Has crazy eyes.
Gwynyth Walsh	Dr. Rachel Carson	Canadian-born actress who was badass Klingon b*tch B'Etor in the Star Trek franchise, Astrid Kar in Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, and Liv Forrester in The Crush.
Don Lake	Elliot Jacobs	Brad Gregory on "Space Force"; Manic Mike in Short Circuit 2. Does a lot of voice acting, like in the "Clifford" shows; was Stu Hopps (Judy's dad) in Zootopia and Bill's Dad (Mr. Preston) on the "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures" cartoon.
Ivan E. Roth	The Creature	Plays a lot of creatures and monsters. Willy in Night of the Comet; Zombies in Night of the Creeps and Dead Heat, etc.
Bill Lake	Paramedic	Was a spacesuited man in The Shape of Things to Come; Plays a lot of paramedics, doctors, surgeons, and cops, like the Police Commissioner in Pixels.
Ken Quinn	Patient	Has several dozen film credits, but primarily as stuntman or stunt coordinator; this is one of his few acting credits. Thank goodness.

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