Mansquito
| Mansquito | |
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Mansquito DVD cover
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| Written by | Kenneth M. Badish Ray Cannella Boaz Davidson Michael Hurst |
| Directed by | Tibor Takács |
| Starring |
Corin Nemec Musetta Vander Matt Jordon |
| Theme music composer | Joseph Conlan Sophia Morizet |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kenneth M. Badish David Varod Boaz Davidson |
| Cinematography | Emil Topuzov |
| Editor(s) | Ellen Fine |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Nu Image Films Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II Active Entertainment |
| Distributor | Bridge Entertainment Group First Look International Kinowelt Home Entertainment Mondo Home Entertainment Ninth Dimension Home Entertainment Nu Image Films |
| Budget | $5,000,000 (estimated) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syfy |
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Mansquito, also known as Mosquitoman, is a 2005 Syfy Pictures original film, directed by Tibor Takács, and stars Corin Nemec, Musetta Vander and Matt Jordon. It shares many similarities with the 1986 adaptation of The Fly, and was conceived by Ray Cannella, Manager of Program Acquisition for the Syfy Channel. He and other two colleagues began producing films for the channel feeling that they could do better than the films they bought from independent producers.
Dr. Jennifer Allen (Musetta Vander) in Baltimore, Maryland wants to find a cure for a disease known as the Gillen virus, a disease similar yet more deadly than the "Fire Rising virus." She and a colleague capture infected mosquitoes and give them small doses of radiation. She explains that the levels have to be exact because if the mosquitoes receive too much radiation, the results could be more devastating than the virus itself.
A convict named Ray Erikson (Matt Jordan) joins Dr. Allen's program in exchange for his lifelong prison sentence. He takes a hostage and convinces Dr. Allen to open the door to the experiment room. The security guards open fire and cause an explosion that showers Ray and Dr. Allen with the chemicals and the genetically altered mosquitoes. Ray manages to flee the scene.
He begins to transform into the titular monster, a deformed chimera, half man, half mosquito, yet he manages to find his way to his ex-girlfriend's apartment, where the process continues. When the ex comes home, she finds it in ruins. She and Ray have a short, anxious conversation before Ray's transformation is complete and he kills her.
Meanwhile, Dr. Allen returns home with her boyfriend, police officer Tom Randall (Corin Nemec). That evening, she notices her wrist is red and raw-looking. She thinks little of it, but next morning, it has spread to her entire arm. Later, while kissing Tom, she has a sudden craving for blood and bites him. He is called to Ray's girlfriend's apartment and leaves. Dr. Allen rushes into the bathroom to find her arm bleeding. She convulses, falls to the floor and her skin starts to bubble.
Tom arrives at the crime scene and is puzzled by the way Ray's girlfriend died. He is called to investigate another crime scene, where he encounters Mansquito. The monster seems unstoppable, until Tom shocks him with a stun gun, making him flee in pain. Tom's partner doesn't believe him at first but puts a bulletin out on the creature.
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