Mimic

About Mimic

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches.

Mimic is a 1997 horror science fiction film directed by Guillermo del Toro. Mira Sorvino appears as Susan Tyler, Jeremy Northam as Peter Mann, Giancarlo Giannini as Manny, and Charles S. Dutton as Leonard.

It runs 105 minutes and was released in August 1997. Written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins.

Shelv files it under scientist, experiment, animal horror, and virus. American members can watch it on fuboTV, MGM Plus, and Paramount+ Amazon Channel. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 1,317 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Contagion, The Fly, and Alligator make useful companions to Mimic, all filed under disease, epidemic, and mutation.