The Millennium Bug

"What's bugging you?"

Director: Kenneth Cran Year: 2011 Runtime: 88 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.4
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Synopsis

When the Haskin family seeks refuge from Y2K hysteria in the isolated forests of the Sierra Diablos mountains, madness and terror find them there. Abducted by a vicious hillbilly clan, the Haskins fight for survival, but neither they nor the hillbilly Crawfords can comprehend the monstrous nightmare about to erupt from the bowels of the earth.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler Many characters both male and female ate sexually harrased and assaulted.
there are bugs
spoiler The Millennium Bug doesn't have an insectoid bode but it's head has two large compound eyes that are similar to a house flys. The Millennium Bug also lays 3 eggs that hatch into more insect looking larva.
an animal dies
spoiler The Monster, The Millennium Bug, is killed.
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
spoiler A deformed hillbilly is left trapped in a dungeon by its family.
there's child abuse
spoiler The hillbilly family constantly verbally and physically abuses the younger family members.
there's domestic violence
spoiler The entire hillbilly family frequently verbally and physically abuse eachother throughout the entire movie.
the abused becomes the abuser
spoiler The entire movie the two families go back and forth for power.
someone is stalked
spoiler The hillbillies stalk the Haskin family in the beginning of the movie.
there's addiction
spoiler One of the hillbillies has a bottle of moonshine tied around their neck that they drink from frequently.
alcohol abuse
spoiler One of the hillbillies drinks moonshine frequently
someone uses drugs
spoiler One of the Crawfords has to resort to using a strange substance in order to get an erection.
someone is sexually assaulted onscreen
spoiler No penetration happens however it's implied to be the objective of the assailant though they are interrupted both anytime it's about to happen.
sexual assault on men is a joke
spoiler No jokes but a man unrelated to either family is also subject to sexual harassment and assault by the hillbilly family.
someone is restrained
spoiler The Haskin family spends the majority of the movie bound or trapped in some form.
someone is beaten up by a bully
Yes
there's excessive gore
spoiler The movie features a lot of gore and almost all of it is practical. There are frequent and expensive blood sprays, a character is shown being eaten alive by Millennium Larva and two characters suffer head wounds. One from and axe, the other a gun, and the wounds are shown extensively.
there's torture
Yes
there's genital trauma/mutilation
spoiler Many of the hillbillies get kicked in the groin in a few scenes and one hillbilly is stabbed in the crotch.
there's body horror
Yes
heads get squashed
Yes
there's cannibalism
spoiler No cannibalism is shown but is implied.
Someone becomes unconscious
spoiler Nearly every character in the movie gets knocked out at least once.
there's finger/toe mutilation
spoiler A character receives a large gash to their fingers that is shown briefly but is very gross.
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler A baby is shot offscreen right after being born.
an infant is abducted
spoiler A baby is taken from its mother after being born and is killed.
someone sacrifices themselves
spoiler The cryptozoologist sacrifices himself to The Millennium Bug and the mother of the Haskin family sacrifices herself to kill the Bug.
someone dies
Yes
a non-human character dies
Yes
the r-slur is used
spoiler I don't remember the r word being used but many in the hillbilly family are deformed and mentally handicap and are abused verbally and physically because of it.
someone is kidnapped
spoiler The Haskin family and Cryptozoologist are kidnapped.
a parent dies
spoiler The father of the Haskin family is shot in the head. The "Granny" and "Uncle" in the Crawford family are axed and stabbed respectively.
a family member dies
spoiler Members of both the Haskin and Craford family die, electing emotional reactions from both.
someone vomits
Yes
There's audio gore
Yes
there's spitting
Yes
someone dies by suicide
Yes
Someone attempts suicide
spoiler Cryptozoologist stands still and allows The Millennium Bug to eat him.
a mentally ill person is violent
spoiler All of the hillbillies seem to suffer from some form of mental illness and are all extremely violent.
shaky cam is used
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
a baby cries
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
spoiler A game warden watches the Haskin family drive by and briefly watches one of the hillbillies. The hillbillies watch the Haskin family briefly before attacking them.
there's childbirth
spoiler Very graphic on screen birth scene of a deformed baby. The effects are practical and the two shots we see of this are brief but very graphic.
someone has an abortion
spoiler A baby is born then killed right after because it was deformed.
there is a baby or unborn child
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
spoiler Deformed and mentally handicap members of the hillbilly family are abused, alienated, kept in cellars, and even killed because of their deformities.
a minority is misrepresented
spoiler Not necessarily a minority but thw Hillbillies are represented as stereotypical, incestuous, violent, isolated, and deformed southerners.
someone speaks hate speech
spoiler Again, the deformed members of the hillbilly family are verbally abused nearly everytime they are talked to.
there's a large age gap
spoiler Two female characters are assaulted by men that appear to be significantly older than them respectively.
there are incestuous relationships
spoiler The hillbillies are all inbread resulting in deformed offspring.
there is sexual content
Yes
there are nude scenes
spoiler Both nude scenes are of the same hillbilly woman. One where she is giving birth and the other where she exposes hers breasts to a man she is about to rape. And many other scenes show characters in little clothing.
someone is sexually objectified
spoiler Both women and men are objectified by the hillbillies for their ability to bear or produce offspring.
a male character is ridiculed for crying
Yes
someone has a chronic illness
Yes
the ending is sad
spoiler All the characters in the movie die.
there's blood/gore
Yes
there's gun violence
spoiler A hunting rifle is used throughout the whole movie.

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