A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

• DirectorGuillermo del Toro
• Release22 August 1997
• Genre
  Horror / Science Fiction
• Duration1h 45m
• Budget$30,000,000
• Revenue$25,480,490
• Rate
  

  6.1
  1135 reviews
• Productions

  Dimension Films