Bug Hall Archives

The Stupids (1996)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 9, 2023Family of Very Stupid People/Gonzo Comedy

A mind-bogglingly surreal John Landis film about a family who take everything literally. A completely demented viewing experience in watching as they bumble around trying to puzzle over who is stealing the garbage

Director: John Landis

Actors: Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Alex McKenna, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 January 202313 January 2026 by Roog

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997)

Rating: ★★

Jul 30, 2000Miniaturised Adventures

The second sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Things are feeling uninspired by this point and this just repeats the first film except makes it the adults who are miniaturised

Director: Dean Cundey

Actors: Rick Moranis, Stuart Pankin, Eve Gordon, Bug Hall, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 July 200019 March 2026 by Roog

Mortuary (2005)

Rating: ★

Nov 18, 2007Creature in the Crypt/Body Snatchers

Another effort in the sad slide into shabby amateurishness that marked that latter years of Tobe Hooper's career, a muddled effort set around a mortuary involving body-snatching fungus and deformed relatives in the crawlspaces

Director: Tobe Hooper

Actors: Denise Crosby, Dan Byrd, Rocky Marquette, Bug Hall, …

Category: Horror

18 November 20073 July 2024 by Roog

The Day the Earth Stopped (2008)

Rating: ★

Sep 17, 2014The Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Visitors

A mockbuster from The Asylum that was released three days before the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. While some of The Asylum's mockbusters have their amusements, this is cheaply and indifferently made

Director: C. Thomas Howell

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Bug Hall, Judd Nelson

Category: Science Fiction

17 September 201426 January 2026 by Roog

Arachnoquake (2012)

Rating: ★★

Jun 22, 2017Giant Fire-Breathing Spiders

Giant fire-breathing spiders invade New Orleans. A passably entertaining film of its type made for the Syfy Channel with effects that are above-average and it taking itself seriously

Director: Griff Furst

Actors: Bug Hall, Edward Furlong, Tracey Gold, Ethan Phillips, …

Category: Science Fiction

22 June 201719 November 2025 by Roog

Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (2012)

Rating: ★

Apr 9, 2013Libertarian Political Fantasy/Ayn Rand Adaptation

The second film from Ayn Rand's libertarian fantasy. This gets more into the meat of Rand's ideas (wherein the wealthy decide to ignore an undeserving world) and is even more ridiculous than the first film

Director: John Putch

Actors: Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Patrick Fabian, Esai Morales, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 April 201320 November 2025 by Roog

Shadow People (2016)

Rating: ★

Sep 5, 2019Haunting

Husband and wife find their new home in the countryside to be haunted. A ghost story that is not up to much before what has become one of the biggest cliche endings in the book

Director: Brian T. Jaynes

Actors: Bug Hall, Kat Steffens, C. Thomas Howell

Category: Horror

5 September 201923 October 2020 by Roog