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The Satan Bug

1965 · 114 min

A sober, ticking-clock manhunt through labs and highways, more procedural dread than spectacle, with a grim race against an invisible killer.

Directed by: John Sturges
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis

Tagline: The price for uncovering the secret of the satan bug comes high - YOUR LIFE!
Overview: A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen.

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Directed by: John Sturges
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
conspiracy
power
morality
death
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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