The title itself makes you believe that this would be a terrible film but don't judge a film by its title. This is a fun film because of the characters involved. James Doohan as the sheriff is once again a man with a mission, to solve murders involving bugs killing people. George Takei as Dr Fujimoto is wonderful as he steers toward the truth of this new species of bug. Bernie Kopell and Anne Lockhart as a married couple that have the bad luck of buying a hotel resort in the area makes you wonder if Bernie turns to Anne and says "sorry about that, honey!" Lastly, Randy Quaid as an overbearing bug exterminator with funny commercials and his overbearing personality is just wonderful for attacking slimy creatures. Death by being indigested by hungry insects in unusual places: a musical instrument and a theater showing a horror film is just perfect. A must see if you want to enjoy a warm night viewing old friends from television's glory days.

Although I assume this film is meant to be tongue in cheek, it is still one of the worst comedy/horror films of all time. While I was watching this all I could think of was how good Arachnophobia actually was. The acting in this film is really average, it was disappointing to see an actress such as Meredith Salenger, who showed such promise in her younger years, reduced to a supporting role as a bimbo. Katherine Heigl was very wooden in her role, but then again...she did not have much to work with. The special effects at the end are shocking, quite reminiscent of Godzilla 1985, but this was made late 90's (there have been many technological advances since then...)Doesn't even rate as a B movie in my book, probably best to stay away from this film at all costs.

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.