“Miss-quito”

Films: Insectula (2015)

Alias: None

Type: Alien

Location: Desert/Eldritch location/Lake/Forest/Civilized area

Height/Weight: That of an average tank.

Affiliation: Neutral

Summary: Insects are by far some of the best things to choose when you need a monster and fast. But why bother just sticking to a regular bug and being over with it? No, you got to throw everything at the screen, even if it results in a movie with plot points held together with toilet paper and used gum.

History: On a faraway planet full of odd creatures, one in particular is coming to ruin ours. From a strange organic pod, a meteor travelled the cosmos looking for a planet to find the fresh blood its cargo craved. Said cargo is Insectula, an enormous mosquito-like alien that lands in a lake before haunting the woods, and then civilization. Also, there are some insane people and a mad scientist doing things that would even give the blood-sucking monster pause.

Notable Kills: Downs an entire plane, tricks a guy into landing face-first onto the pavement when he tries to jump her with an axe, rams into a copter, and tricks two tanks into shooting at each other.

Final Fate: After all military power proves to be helpless against Insectula, a particularly nonsensical person finally does something useful, and feeds himself to the monster...while packing enough C4 to level a building. Naturally, Insectula realizes her mistake too late as she's blown to pieces. Later, two butterflies from the alien planet show up on Earth, but they are a welcome and peaceful change of pace.

Powers/Abilities: An impenetrable carapace, as well as the uncanny ability to infest people with other insects. She can also melt faces off and is shown to be a good strategist.

Weakness: Heavy artillery, especially into her softer interior.

Scariness Factor: 3-Insectula is a VERY cheap CGI monster. She's almost always in the same position even in flight, the few practical effects feel like a band-aid, and a lot of people die rather pitifully to her (well, mostly anyways). Still, she's got a rather imposing design for what it's worth, and some of her actions are a bit too much for anyone who's even mildly afraid of bugs. At least she doesn't sting people.

Trivia: -This is probably the only film ever where you'll hear the Wilhelm scream and the Howie scream play at the same time. It happens when Insectula assaults the soldiers.

-Insectula begins her life in the water. This is actually the way Earth mosquitoes live. The eggs are laid in mostly still bodies of water, and the insects hatch as small nymphs that are only harmful to anything smaller than them. They leave the water and assume their adult forms after molting for a fourth time.


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Because we just suck in hindsight.


It was at this moment she knew...she fucked up.
You can tell she had to be tough from this neighborhood.

United Airlines is just about to get another PR nightmare.

Earth-girls are so easy to snack on!

May I present Hell's Itch-maker.

This is why she wants to fly to the big city. This rural town is depressing.


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