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THE THAW – 2009 – CREEPY CLIMATE CHANGE CRAWLIES – UPDATED REVIEW

The premise of this queasy little tale is that climate change, aka global warming, has caused the partial thawing of a wooly mammoth up in Northern climes that is infested with an ancient parasite that emerges ready and willing to infest a New Age.  The roughly cockroach sized bugs burrow under your skin and lay eggs that basically feed on their host and then emerge ready to find a new home.  This movie is definitely not for the squeamish!  Yes.  I felt my skin crawl on more than one occasion. There are numerous grotesque set pieces throughout this flick.

All in all, an engaging horror film with a cameo from Val Kilmer as the scientist who finds the insects and reiterates the potential horrors lurking unseen that will be unleashed by climate change.  Whether that is true or not is of course speculation or inevitability depending on your point of view.

Parasites – In The Flesh

Found another lovely article.  This one is about blood sucking nasties lurking in our lakes, seas and oceans.  The victim of this attack was able to secure samples of these parasites.  Our authorities haven’t figured out what the things are yet but I’m sure their findings will be most interesting.

See the article below:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australian-teens-feet-bloodied-by-mystery-sea-creatures/ar-AApASFb?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

To further get into the skin crawling mode, check out this glorious trailer for the whacked out science fiction/horror hybrid, “The Flesh Eaters” from 1964.  You will notice certain similarities….