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Excellent but underrated film

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I enjoyed The Satan Bug.The 60s milieu is very attractive, desert locations, the film's premise, Anne Francis looking particularly lovely...The plot is a little difficult to follow unless one pays close attention to the dialogue, for example the murder of Dr. Ostrer. Also, why are the guard dogs trained not to bark?But I did wonder could not a lot of this malarkey have been avoided if the flasks were robust enough so that they could not be crushed with just "four and a half pounds of pressure"?Good film for those who enjoy this type of 60s hokum.

The times, they were a changin' in the Mid-Sixties, but unfortunately for Moviegoers they were not changing fast enough. It was a very awkward time at the Cinema just after the Fifties and not yet into the Definitive Sixties. This is one of those that just couldn't get it right. Should Men wear Hats or not? Should Women be more involved in a Men's Club Scenario (like Scientist and Spies)? These things would be answered shortly but not yet, at least not here.This is not a Bad Movie it just isn't too well thought out considering its Serious Subject Matter and its intention as High Brow Entertainment. It is a confusing Script that may bug (sorry) those wanting more credibility and tension involving the Bio-Weapons.There is a Chinese Checkers situation with vials of, which one is that now?, The Deadly one or the totally wipe out Mankind one, or the Antidote that really only works on the one, or the other, that nobody left on earth one, but we're not sure if it works but who's going to try it one. It is better just not to think of such things in this thinking Man's Movie.It is completely without frills or chills for that matter because everyone and everything is so bland and uninteresting that maybe smashing that flask is the only way to make this a satisfying affair. That just isn't going to happen. Especially in 1965.

Well, I guess I'm the only one but I found this movie incredibly boring. I loved the sets, the old cars and how it was filmed -- very Spartan, and I really wanted to like it but I just couldn't. There's also some odd holes which others have mentioned too, like they find the virus in a box under a rock in a river and when the guy takes it out to check it, suddenly these two bad guys step out of nowhere. Why were they there? That part was pretty cheesy and unforgivable. Also, near the end there is a ridiculous struggle that takes place in a helicopter which is pretty laughable and the end of the movie literally comes out of nowhere.However, if you have nothing else to do and it happens to come on TV it might be worth watching if you have time to kill.

SYNOPSIS: Insane genius seeks to destroy all life on the planet by developing the ultimate biological weapon....what could possibly go wrong?CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Fear. Fear that the overworked and stressed-out brainiacs in Station #3 will loose it, go postal and create the ultimate lethal chemical agent. If exposed to the air, the population of the planet has 2 weeks to live. This is all about men playing God, and what happens when technology overtakes our collective wisdom. This is still going on in society, with stem-cell research, genetic engineers, the human genome project and steroids, but the possible results are much more frightening and terrifying here.PROS AND CONS: This film started out on the slow side and at first appeared somewhat low budget. The sets and dialog seemed sparse and almost empty. As the film went on, it became apparent that this was intentional in order to give an overall feeling of alienation and loneliness. The entire cast of the film is minimal. Anne Francis is the ONLY woman you even see on screen for the whole picture. The stark and empty desert landscapes of Arizona and Southern California almost gave a sense of a world abandoned. There aren't a lot of plot twists in this film, but there is a lot of 'motivational' dialog. Questions regarding man's right to exist and the folly of runaway science. The scenes of death by bacterial toxins in the film are riveting and emotional. There is no blood or gore, just a momentary realization that they are about to die, and then they collapse and are gone.There aren't a lot of cons in this film, because you have to take it for what it is. Stark, minimalist film making on a terrifying subject. It does appear odd that with the fate of the world at stake, all the forces that the US government requires are about 12 men in trench coats that pick up a pastel colored rotary phone to bark orders and have things done. This makes you wonder how ever accomplished anything before cell phones and the internet. We like to see more detail and drama these days, but like I said, this is minimalist film making on a large scale.