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Locusts (2005)

Locusts poster
Directed by
David Jackson
Genre
horror film, television film, natural horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A swarm of genetically engineered locusts threatens to eat all the crops in the United States. Scientists, farmers, and government officials work together to stop the insects before the country's food supply is destroyed.

tenseurgentcatastrophicformulaicsuspensefulaction-packedgrimstraightforward

What happens

Locusts (also called Locusts: Day of Destruction outside the United States) is a natural horror television film directed by David Jackson, and starring Lucy Lawless, Dylan Neal, John Heard and Gregory Alan Williams as a group of scientists, farmers and government officials as they attempt to stop a swarm of genetically engineered locusts from devouring the United States. It aired on CBS on April 24, 2005. It was followed by a sequel called Vampire Bats, which aired CBS on October 30, 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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