Bug

"As in The Exorcist, Friedkin establishes a tone of hard-edged, almost documentary-style realism before ratcheting up the horror to nearly unbearable levels."

"(Bug is ) supposed to be... an unsettling little number designed to creep us out and make us think. But it's really just junk."

"With Bug, William Friedkin continues to be more fascinated by the evil inside our heads than the boogeyman outside."

"An oddball romantic drama that descends into comic horror..."

"Bug's relentless unpleasantness... can get to be a chore."

"Bug goes exactly where it needs to go... and gets there brilliantly."

"Bug may not be a big deal, but it is a sublime and remarkably disturbing small deal..."

"A ludicrous foray into psychological horror."

"(Bug) will assault you with its ghastly claustrophobic drama and over-the-top performances."

"We find ourselves in the fascinating no man's land between horror and comedy - right where this movie wants us to be."

"A tense and effectively claustrophobic experience."

"The sheer freakiness and psychotic commitment of the actors keep you watching."

"Has the feverish compression of live theater and the moody expansiveness of film. The mix is insanely powerful."

"Buzzes around in random menace for an hour until its third act, when - zzzzzt! - it flies straight into the zapper."

"A ranting, claustrophobic drama that trades in shopworn paranoid notions, William Friedkin's overwrought screen version of Tracy Letts' play assaults the viewer with aggressive thesping and over-the-top notions of shocking incident, all to intensely alienating effect."

"The enjoyably icky heart of Bug is still contained within the airless, increasingly ''bug-proofed'' room that becomes Agnes and Peter's whole world."

"Begins as an ominous rumble of unease, and builds to a shriek. The last 20 minutes are searingly intense: A paranoid personality finds its mate, and they race each other into madness."