Ticks - Good Bad Flicks 

Carlton as a gangster. That'll make anyone feel baked

To this day i am amazed of how good the effects were back then for a movie with such a tight budget and even more impressed at how good the effects have aged.

Late to the party but that little tick running away with his newly acquired trophy stick is adorable and funny.

It would be fun to meet Alfonso Ribiero in real life and tell him, "I loved you in Ticks", and act like you've never heard of Fresh Prince if he brings it up.

He who bites and runs away. Has the stick for another day.

I had a feeling Carlton played Panic. The Tom Jones reference worked great there.

I blame this movie and 'Mosquito' (and USA) for my entomophobia. That giant tick disgustingly bursting from Alfonso Ribeiro's body will forever be ingrained into my memory.

What is going on with Panic's body? Go, Carlton! Go, Carlton! Go, Carlton!

Damn. Those ticks look mad scary. CGI really aint got shit on well done old school practical effects. I'll have to go hunting for this DVD.

As a pre-teen in the late 90s, my cousins and I found this movie in my parents' cache of VHS tapes. Someone in my family cared enough to record it from a cable movie channel, and I thank them every day. Though we only watched it a handful of times back then, we remember it very well and still bring it up to each other every so often. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

I agree with you, the creature effects in this movie are phenomenal. All the CGI nowadays doesn't hold a candle to physical creature models and animatronics.

Wow the practical effects in this are actually pretty good

Hah! Love the music at the beginning! Shout out to The Tick, one of the best cartoons ever!!

"SERIOUSLY, FUCK THESE WOODS!!!" True words spoken so hilariously!😂

Seth Green was always a solid supporting actor and it wasn't really until he started Robot Chicken that he became known beyond that Thanks!

wire,syrup and ingenuity is what they used to call me in highschool

Ticks are creepy. I found one that was 1/2 inch long and a grayish beige color. It looked like something from hell. The thought still gives me the creeps.

Holy shit, I never realized that the guy who played Jarvis was the same guy who was the killer Ice Cream man in .... the Ice Cream Man.

My terror movie as a child. Until This day I'm completely freaked out by this movie

The ultimate horror movie boss CARLTICK !

Panic took steroids when he was attacked. That's how he got back and why the tick grew inside him.

Ive always loved this movie, its just so creepy and makes my skin crawl..the spfx in this one are just awesome.

_"Is that toxic waste or kale juice?"_ ... are they not the same thing? *er... yes.*

This is the best movie about a forest full of giant bugs that get stoned from a shack full of burning weed ever made.

It's clear from the scenes included in this video that this flick was filmed for 3D. I hope it was shown that way in its theatrical release.

I didn't realize that was Seth Green until you mentioned it - I was like "holy shit, it is, huh!?"

Heh, the Tick theme seemed so fitting. Love that show. The Nest is on the short list. Probably sometime early next year.

This movie was the bane of my childhood. Saw the Hamster scene when I was 6, right in the middle of the night and in complete darkness... that pod was sooo disgusting! Nowadays I still find ticks absolutely revolting.

I remember this end scene scared the fuck out of me as I kid. I never knew what it was until now.

Again, I feel like I need to attack the arachnid biology of this movie: -Ticks are explicitly defined as "ectoparasites", meaning they stay on the outside of their host. They can burrow their jaws into prey, but not their whole bodies, nor would that help them in any way, because... -When ticks parasitise an animal, they feed off it for days, consuming many times their original body weight in blood, and becoming so bloated they have a hard time walking thereafter. A tick that burrowed into a host and then finished feeding would be unable to get back out, effectively dooming itself. Especially these giant ticks, because they'd consume enough blood to kill their host by exsanguination. -Ticks don't have two separate fangs like spiders - they have a single tube-like proboscis, just like mosquitoes, and two extra parts they used to cement themselves to their prey. -Ticks also don't have a pupal/"pod" stage in their life cycle - eggs are laid individually, hatcy into a nymphal stage, and take on their adult form as they moult.

I saw this movie as a kid and again recently and the effects are really freaking good. Also my god the character Alfonso plays is just depressing. His dog dies, get attack by a tick, gets beat up then dies and is ripped apart by the tick inside.

6:42 I'm dying!

This fucking movie scared the shit out of me as a little kid. I had such bad nightmares it was awesome.

I saw this when I was very young and all I could remember was that there were ticks and Clint Howard. Turns out it was pretty easy to find lol

CARLTON??

(Psychostick plays....) GOOOOOOOOOOOOD! BAAAAAAAAAAAAD! TICKS!

You just gave me the craziest flashback to watching this and "Mosquito" in the same day as a kid! I didn't want to go outside for a week!

Each time I go in woods, I bring back a tick with me. Didn't catch any disease yet!

You know what ticks me off, bugs.

Mosquito is awesome! Another good giant bug movie

I remember I watched this movie to see Carlton getting killed by mutant ticks, was not disappointed.

Excellent job reviewing the first horror movie I ever saw. The shot of the tick with a syringe in it's back has been permanently imbedded in my memories ever since.

This movie ticked me off, no pun intended.

Funny to see a pre-robot chicken Seth Green in this type of film.

The super-mega-ultra tick is super-mega-ultra awesome.

Many thumbs up for using The Tick theme!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 I loved that cartoon, growing up!!!

For a million dollars this movie is absolutely mind blowing

Those ticks are really well done. I love bugs.

Clint Howard always rocks whatever he's in, I just finished watching _Ice Cream Man_ (1995) here on YT and he was great fun in that movie!

Eight Legged Freaks should be sometime next year (which is closer than it sounds!)

I don`t think I gave this movie the credit it was due when I first watched it. Looking at those effects again now I can only say its awesome! CGI doesn`t hold a candle to practical effects in my opinion.

Wait,Carlton? Oh man Uncle Phil is gonna be pissed.

That cast! Those effects! So great!

This movie is like having a Seth Green rookie card. Sell it now and you make a shit-tonne of money

Flame Thrower, great minds think alike.

Love the usage of the tick cartoon theme

This film gave me nightmares for about a month when i was a kid

This movie scared the hell out of me when I ran into it ta Blockbuster and then when I watched it on the Sci-Fi Channel (before it became Syfy). The movie has really impressive practical effects for its budget. Astoundingly the dvd and blu ray are now going for over $100.

Oh damn why couldn't his Panic attack be at the Disco!!! Aaaahahaaaha!!

Also, Sir is the pot-farming terminator!

This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid.

Just a random comment - ticks is NOT bugs or insects, its specialized subclass of spiders (arachnids).

I was watching ur channel with ear buds in a library, and when this came on, and the intro tune from the Saturday morning Tick cartoon played, I legit lol'd. Havent heard that in over a decade at least. Well played, sir.

Fucking goddamn do I love this movie, I only saw it once on the Syfy channel but God damn it last in an incredible impression on me and I've been looking for this movie for years!

Thanks! The ticks burrowing under the skin got me. So creepy.

Damn those creature effects are a treat, it's movies like this that remind me why CGI feels so empty and artificial compared to the handmade stuff.

I used to watch this as a kid all the time.

I would guess that they changed the title back to "Ticks" so that creature feature fans wouldn't confuse it with the movie that starred Amy Jo Johnson.

Don't be confused with the tick that blue suited guy lol Carlton that goof ball

Wow - so many familiar faces! Love it!

SPOOOOOON! - Thanks for digging up all the gems mate, keep them coming ;p

Thanks! Ami Dolenz was so hot, I had the biggest crush on her back then.

GBF: Who is the Mastermind behind this mega pot farm? *points out hamster* Me: I knew it. It could be none other than the notorious DOCTOR HAMSTERVEIL!

I just read Clint Howard's Wikipedia page and my head is exploding!!! Voice of Roo....and Ice Cream Man?! I don't know how I missed that he was Ron Howard's brother; he appeared in Grand Theft Auto, Splash, Gung Ho, etc. The fact that I missed all these connections....

I used to watch this on space it totally creeped me out. But it was such a guilty pleasure. The monstruous tick ar the end who came out of Panick's body was awesome!!!!

Only a million dollars? That's impressive as hell. Presumably the cast was paid peanuts to get such solid special effects and an after shoot out of that. And I thought Dredd did an amazing job with its meager budget....

Well, I guess we all knew it was coming. Carlton from "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" has finally gone down hill. :P

Idk why tf Im watching this... The only thing I hate more than spiders are ticks.

In all honesty, that would be my reaction too.

Also, thanks again for your exhaustive research on this one. I had no idea how they did the running tick effects. I thought that they were remote controlled or something. Once again, well made practical effects trump CGI any day! I made a friend of mine watch this once and he almost threw up!

2:40...yep...a good backpacker/overnight prepper would always have had a diy wrist mounted flame thrower to confront any mutant zombies or GIGANTIC TICKS they might have encountered near the abandoned nuclear reactor camp site...but do these idiots do that? no... that's what you call really poor planning and not being ready for any contingency regardless of how remote

that was my first r-rated horror movie. must have seen it in 94 or 95 as a wee lad. scared the living shit out of me. thanks for the video, man. I've been wondering what the name of the movie was ever since turns out in German it's called C2- Killerinsect

One of my faves thanks for the great vid

I loved that you used the theme to the TV show The Tick in the beginning

I Love seeing all these movies I watched and loved as a kid on here! you should do "the willies" with Sean Astin next

Watching it in my blu ray looked it up to see comments about it because i like this film.

its well worth it

Clint Howard says that when he meets fans, they often ask him to say the Infested line

Very much looking forward to it

"The Tick" theme song was a great touch, another kick-ass review Cecil.

My sister and I love this movie.

So, was that tick head that got stuck in Panic's body supposed to have regenerated into another much larger tick?

Such a creepy concept done well. Seriously, seeing those ticks crawling still gives me the sensation that they're crawling on me! Yikes

This movie is funny!😂

Say what you want, but giant ticks are terrifying!

I remember watching this as a kid! Good shit.

why did I have to watch this while I was eating

love this movie

i just realized... the guy that got lost in the woods as a kid. goes back in fuckin camo xD.

this movie is why i am afraid of ticks