Lucky McKee reunites with the amazing Angela Bettis (if you haven’t seen May, what are you doing?) to get a little icky in this Masters of Horror addition. Our girl Bettis plays an awkward entomologist named Ida who receives an anonymous package from Brazil containing an unclassified insect. It breaks free and ends up biting Ida’s new gorgeous and odd girlfriend Misty (Erin Brown). Misty begins a slow transformation into something horrifying and when Ida receives a letter from her old professor (also, her new lovely lover’s papa) about the strange insect and its methods of reproduction, she begins to catch on to what her current girlfriend is undergoing and a contagion that is at high risk of spreading. The risks of moving a relationship way too fast are magnified into a ridiculous realm of body horror much to the benefit of any viewer who likes things to get a little weird in their horror. McKee’s consistently fresh spin on genre material continues as he utilizes a strong leading lady and a demented twist on a familiar warning. Big bug horror (but not too big), body horror, intolerance and relationship horror combine into a somehow cute, somewhat disturbing and undoubtedly strange combination. It may push into territory that gets a little too quirky but that’s a minor issue when it comes to this series that started out way too bland for my tastes.
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