Mosquito

Mosquito (1994)

Millions Of Years Of Evolution Have Just Become Mankind's Worst Nightmare.

An alien starship crashes in a swamp in a U.S. National Park. Some mosquitos begin to feed from the alien's corpses, causing them to grow to the size of a vulture. These mutant insects became very agressive, killing every human being they find. Will the few survivors fight successfully against this nightmare...?

Date of release
1994-11-21
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (80)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
Gary Jones

Casting

Interesting facts

Mosquito is a 1994 American science fiction horror film directed by Gary Jones. The film features actor Gunnar Hansen, who portrayed the character Leatherface in the 1974 horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, along with Ron Asheton, lead guitarist for the band the Stooges. The film has earned a cult following since its release.

Production

Director Gary Jones originally planned for the film to revolve around group of criminals, beginning with a large bank heist and ending with a violent shootout, but this was deemed too expensive. The script was subsequently rewritten by Tom Chaney, and the film's original title was Skeeters.

The effects for the film's mosquitoes were created through a mix of stop-motion animation and puppetry, and some shots, such as when the swarm of mosquitoes is shown to be converging on the farmhouse, were generated using traditional cel animation. The mosquito that explodes when shot by Earl was a rubber puppet that contained the film crew's leftovers from their lunch break, in order to simulate the insect's internal organs and fluids.

The scene in which the RV crashes onto its side was created using a scale model of the vehicle; the spacecraft in the film's opening scene was also a model, and was filmed using a forced perspective technique. The most expensive shot in the film was stock footage of a mosquito being born, shown in the opening scene. The footage was purchased for $1,500.

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