Storyline

Driving near a small Mississippi town in 1964, newlyweds Eli (Ronny Cox) and Caroline (Bibi Besch) experience car trouble. When Eli goes off to look for help, Caroline gets raped and is made pregnant by a horrible creature. Years later the child, now teenager Michael (Paul Clemens), finds himself undergoing an inexplicable physical change that compels him to return to that area in Mississippi. Soon dead bodies start piling up while his desperate parents struggle to understand what's happening.

Plot Keywords

husband, wife, teen boy, son, creature, love interest, creepy, gory, frightening, mississippi, small town, country road, family home, monsters, secret past, serial murders, search, rape, coming of age, metamorphosis, growing up, 1980s

Short Review

A movie that suggests that not just the chickens but the locust-monsters inevitably will come home to roost in a postbellum South -- a 'Heart of Dixie' -- haunted by its violent, bigoted past.

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Streaming Service

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2. Apple iTunes : Track Price: 12.99, Track Rental Price: 3.99, Collection Price: 12.99,