TICKS / VHS 1993 / CULT Rare Horror Sci - Fi Fantasy / Special Effects Gore
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Ticks, also known as Infested, is a 1993 direct-to-video horror film directed Tony Randel
" Well-presented low-budget B-movie silliness." "It's big stupid fun about gigantic ugly bugs. " "So inane that it's entertaining."
Doug Beswick came up with the idea for the film and supervised the special effects as well as being the associate producer of the film.
Drug dealer Jarvis Tanner (Clint Howard) uses steroids to enhance marijua...na plants. Run-off from his operation has mutated the local ticks. Tyler Burns (Seth Green) is sent to join an inner-city wilderness project in an attempt to conquer his fear of the woods... a group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking ticks. Director: Tony Randel : (also director of Hellbound & Hellraiser II) Writer: Brent V. Friedman CastPeter Scolari as Charles DansonRosalind Allen as Holly LambertAmi Dolenz as Dee Dee DavenportSeth Green as Tyler BurnsClint Howard as Jarvis TannerRance Howard as Sheriff ParkerAlfonso Ribeiro as Darrel "Panic" LumleyBarry Lynch as SirMichael Medeiros as JerryJudy Jean Berns as Dr. Kate
The film was shot in Big Bear Lake, California.
Filming Dates 18 June 1992 - 16 July 1992
The film was rated R “for sci-fi gore and violence, and for language” by the CARA.
Runtime 1 hr 25 min (85 min)
History and Information In 1998, distribution of Republic Pictures titles were given to Artisan Entertainment. Although these Artisan releases still have the Republic Pictures logo, it is only to denote the studio they are from, rather than who distributed them.
" Well-presented low-budget B-movie silliness." "It's big stupid fun about gigantic ugly bugs. " "So inane that it's entertaining."
Doug Beswick came up with the idea for the film and supervised the special effects as well as being the associate producer of the film.
Drug dealer Jarvis Tanner (Clint Howard) uses steroids to enhance marijua...na plants. Run-off from his operation has mutated the local ticks. Tyler Burns (Seth Green) is sent to join an inner-city wilderness project in an attempt to conquer his fear of the woods... a group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking ticks. Director: Tony Randel : (also director of Hellbound & Hellraiser II) Writer: Brent V. Friedman CastPeter Scolari as Charles DansonRosalind Allen as Holly LambertAmi Dolenz as Dee Dee DavenportSeth Green as Tyler BurnsClint Howard as Jarvis TannerRance Howard as Sheriff ParkerAlfonso Ribeiro as Darrel "Panic" LumleyBarry Lynch as SirMichael Medeiros as JerryJudy Jean Berns as Dr. Kate
The film was shot in Big Bear Lake, California.
Filming Dates 18 June 1992 - 16 July 1992
The film was rated R “for sci-fi gore and violence, and for language” by the CARA.
Runtime 1 hr 25 min (85 min)
History and Information In 1998, distribution of Republic Pictures titles were given to Artisan Entertainment. Although these Artisan releases still have the Republic Pictures logo, it is only to denote the studio they are from, rather than who distributed them.
