When I sat down in 2021 to watch the 1998 horror comedy movie "Bug Buster" from writer Malick Khoury and director Lorenzo Doumani, I must admit that I wasn't really expecting much of anything grand, given the movie's synopsis.
But still, this was a movie that I hadn't already seen, and with it having Randy Quaid and Katherine Heigl on the cast list, I thought maybe there was potential for something watchable here, perhaps even funny enough. So I sat down to watch "Bug Buster".
And let me say that "Bug Buster" is not a particularly great movie. Sure, it was watchable for the cheesy, campy thing that it was. But it was by no means a milestone in horror comedy cinema. Nor was it even a particularly memorable one. It was something that you will never return to watch a second time, if you even make it through it all the first time around.
The storyline told in "Bug Buster" was just bland and sort of pointless. Come the end of this week, I am more than certain that I will have totally forgotten about this movie. And the character gallery in "Bug Buster" was just not great, if the characters weren't bland, they were forgettable. Sure, I will say that General George, played by Randy Quaid, was actually the most memorable and outstanding of the entire character gallery.
The movie even had the likes of Ty O'Neal, George Takei and Dennis Fimple on the cast list, surprisingly enough.
Visually then you are not in for a treat here. Not even by 1998 special effects was there anything great here.
"Bug Buster" is not a movie that I would recommend you wasting your time, money or effort on, unless you are a hardcore fan of anyone on the cast list.
My rating of "Bug Buster" lands on very generous three out of ten stars.
