Mimic

1997 105 min Horror, Science Fiction

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

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IMDb 6.0 RT 68 Metacritic 56

budget $30,000,000 earnings $25,480,490 return 0.8x

director Guillermo del Toro

writers Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins

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