No. 23 Bug (2006) 23 of 100
Here’s a film that will leave you scratching both your head and your skin after 100 minutes of disturbing viewing. Ashley Judd stars as Agnes, a barmaid in a lesbian bar who has struggled in the ten years since her son disappeared during a supermarket visit. She lives in a grotty motel room and offers little resistance when her lesbian friend sets her up with a quiet man at the bar. This chap, Peter, played by our friend Mr Shannon is polite and says he doesn’t want sex as he’s off that kind of thing. Agnes lets him stay the night, on the sofa, and the next morning Peter witnesses a domestic as Agnes’ recently freed husband shows up to take her money and punch her in the gut. Peter doesn’t intervene but gets some loving anyway. The night of passion soon gives way to some disturbing moments as Peter feels a bite from a bug. He determines it to be an aphid and the room to be infested with them. The next day he’s invested in a load of bug spray and fly papers, but they do ...