Bug‘s French-American director, Jeannot Szwarc – who was using the film to graduate from television gigs like Night Gallery and Marcus Welby, M.D. Castle’s film made its money back, but naturally it was eclipsed in the wake of Spielberg. Alas, released the same month was Jaws (1975), a film that was to cinema the kind of seismic event depicted onscreen in the opening minutes of what would be Castle’s last effort, Bug (1975). His next film would be a retreat to the audience-pleasing exploitation that made his name. His unusual horror film Shanks (1974), starring Marcel Marceau, failed at the box office with no help from an unenthusiastic Paramount in declining health, he decided to take a step back from directing. The times were catching up with William Castle, in more ways that one. N° de ref.Midnight Only is a proud participant in The William Castle Blogathon: Scaring the Pants Off America (July 29th-August 2nd, 2013), presented by The Last Drive In and Goregirl’s Dungeon. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Title page present, dated July 22, 1974, noted as Revised Final Draft, with credits for screenwriters Castle and Page. Green titled wrappers, with die-cut window. Set in Riverside, California, and shot there on location. Gimmick-horror auteur William Castle's final film, an entertaining throwback to the mutant-monsters of 1950s horror cinema. When Dillman discovers that the creatures possess a group intelligence, he attempts to train and breed them.
Although larger than the average beetle, the most disturbing aspect of the critters is their innate ability to ignite fires with their bodies-a talent dramatically revealed after a few of the bugs crawl up a vehicle's tailpipe. James Parmiter (Dillman) is a mad scientist who discovers the presence of a bizarre strain of mutant cockroach emerging from the earth after a severe earthquake.
Revised Final Draft script for the 1975 film, "Bug," here under its working title, "The Hephaestus Plague." "Bug" in holograph pencil just below the title on the title page.
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