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Killer Mosquitos

Original title: Tafanos
  • 2018
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
3.3/10
365
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Killer Mosquitos (2018)
ComedyHorror

During a weekend a group of friends, holed up in an isolated house in the mountains, are attacked by a swarm of killer horseflies that feast on human flesh like piranhas.During a weekend a group of friends, holed up in an isolated house in the mountains, are attacked by a swarm of killer horseflies that feast on human flesh like piranhas.During a weekend a group of friends, holed up in an isolated house in the mountains, are attacked by a swarm of killer horseflies that feast on human flesh like piranhas.

  • Director
    • Riccardo Paoletti
  • Writers
    • Giacomo Durzi
    • Andrea Garello
    • Carlo Giudice
  • Stars
    • Alessio Lapice
    • Cristina Marino
    • Salvatore Langella
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.3/10
    365
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Riccardo Paoletti
    • Writers
      • Giacomo Durzi
      • Andrea Garello
      • Carlo Giudice
    • Stars
      • Alessio Lapice
      • Cristina Marino
      • Salvatore Langella
    • 3User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Alessio Lapice
    • Umberto
    Cristina Marino
    Cristina Marino
    • Sylvie
    Salvatore Langella
    Salvatore Langella
    • David
    Filippo Tirabassi
    • Ricky
    Maria Chiara Giannetta
    Maria Chiara Giannetta
    • Christine
    Federico Tolardo
    • Armando Spadoni
    Giulio Greco
    Giulio Greco
    • Johannes
    Lana Vlady
    Lana Vlady
    • Rebecca
    Salvatore D'Onofrio
    • Mauro
    Clive Riche
    Clive Riche
    • Lionel
    Stefano Chiodaroli
    Stefano Chiodaroli
    • Contadino
    Marco Gualtieri
    • Policeman #1
    Alessandro Di Francesco
    • Policeman #2
    Guglielmo Poggi
    • Stoner #1
    Giulio Neglia
    • Stoner #2
    Antonino Masilotti
    • Stoner #3
    Tiberio Fiori
    • Cableman #1
    Andrea Bonella
    • Cableman #2
    • Director
      • Riccardo Paoletti
    • Writers
      • Giacomo Durzi
      • Andrea Garello
      • Carlo Giudice
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    1ant36au

    I couldn't do it

    This is one of the very few movies I just couldn't deal with,20 minutes in and I found myself skipping through it just to escape the dubbing,now,I don't mind a dubbed movie but the dubbing in this is so horrendously bad I couldn't stand it any longer it just made me feel the entire thing would have been truer to this type of movie if they had left it in it's original form with the natural voices of the actors themselves and subtitled it,give the dubbed version a big miss and try to find an Italian copy.
    6ops-52535

    an honest try on a anorectic budget

    Its man against beast, aka horseflies that can make you die in an instant. i thought id have a look cause when young i saw a lot of movies containing natural beasts, all from barracuda, piranhas, bees and even flies, and a newly made movie like this should have its comparition done.

    budgetwise its like mr Griswald christmas turkey, dry and smelly, but the underdog may find this excruciatingly fun and inspiring, and to some extent i will agree to that, its witty and it gulping up the same reciep as to all films made on the subject in the past. i had a nice time in this primitive war of the flies, that bites so hard that it make the horse kickstart the as usual broken italian car.

    because its an italian production, with dubbed dialouges and tints of italinglish, but thats allright. the acting a more or less frantic and at the amateur stage. though that it has some inspiring funny moments and horryfying flesheating moments that will impress even the squemish. and the only thing that protects you from the horseflies are smoke but and that is a big but , it has to be the fumes from a good old cannabinoid smoking torch.

    the sound nd filmquality are at best of low quality, so take it for granted that its not for the beefeater, just for the meateaters among us. the grumpy old man had a child-ish moment watching ''tafanos'', and a recommend it gets.
    8riccardo-718-736670

    A funny b movie that fits the standards

    In spite of what people say this film does not have to teach anything... It is just fun for 85 minutes and the great achievent is that being made on a very low budget stands out of the generlc b movie scope with great dignity.

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    • Trivia
      A remake of a film from 2000 titled Tafanos, which was directed by Dipteros and Carlo Giudice.
    • Connections
      Remake of Tafanos (2000)

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    • Release date
      • March 26, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Insect
    • Filming locations
      • Italy
    • Production companies
      • Minerva Pictures
      • Sky Cinema
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.2:1

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