I saw this in it's original release in 1975 at my friendly neighborhood inner-city theater. As I recall, the coming attractions made it look way better than it turned out to be. A lot of people actually came to see the film based on the trailer, which was shown during another in a series of Bruce Lee "Fists of Fury/Chinese Connection" double features which were always incredibly popular in St. Louis back in those days.
Add to this the dearth of Sci-Fi themed films during this time...the period between "Battle For The Planet of the Apes" (1973) and "Star Wars" (1977) were rather lean for the genre. So my friends and I were down at the Lowe's State Theater on a Friday afternoon to eagerly see the premiere of "Bug".
As I recall, the bugs seemed to originate close to the red-hot core of the Earth. Which is why, apparently, they could ignite at will. I seem to remember some weird sort of sound they'd make to let the viewer know they were there. And of course, all the action took place in the requisite small town. I haven't seen the film for 33 years, but I remember the audience's reaction (an audience used to watching tough films like "SuperFly", "3 The Hard Way", "The Chinese Mack", etc at this theater)...they laughed and then they left....
Add to this the dearth of Sci-Fi themed films during this time...the period between "Battle For The Planet of the Apes" (1973) and "Star Wars" (1977) were rather lean for the genre. So my friends and I were down at the Lowe's State Theater on a Friday afternoon to eagerly see the premiere of "Bug".
As I recall, the bugs seemed to originate close to the red-hot core of the Earth. Which is why, apparently, they could ignite at will. I seem to remember some weird sort of sound they'd make to let the viewer know they were there. And of course, all the action took place in the requisite small town. I haven't seen the film for 33 years, but I remember the audience's reaction (an audience used to watching tough films like "SuperFly", "3 The Hard Way", "The Chinese Mack", etc at this theater)...they laughed and then they left....