A guy cuts himself on
a rare plant and has an allergic reaction. He is taken to a hospital where he pukes up a
larva that rapidly grows into a giant bug.
It starts making babies like crazy and it's up to cop Steve Railsback to
kill the sucker. Meanwhile, the health
department, fearing an outbreak, quarantines the place and shoots anyone who
tries to escape. They also threaten to
bomb the shit out of the hospital if Steve can't kill the bug Thankfully, there happens to
be a giant experimental laser in the basement that just might do the trick.
Blue Monkey is more effective when it's concentrating on the giant bug killing people. The whole outbreak subplot feels like filler and the movie slows to a crawl during these scenes. The bug scenes would've been decent if we could've actually seen the thing. Director William (Funeral Home) Fruet bathes it in near total darkness for most of the running time. (When we do see it, he kinda looks like The Deadly Mantis, but not as big.)
Railsback delivers a good performance and carries the movie on his shoulders during the slow sections. John Vernon is pretty much wasted as the head of the hospital though. When he shows up playing the guy in charge, you're ready to see him chew the scenery and be a total asshole. Sadly, he's basically a good guy and isn't in it a whole lot. Faring even worse are Joe Flaherty and Robin Duke as an expectant couple. Their scenes aren't funny at all and only serve as more padding in an already overcrowded film.
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