# Bug (2007)

> A traumatized motel waitress and a paranoid drifter retreat into a terrifying shared delusion where intimacy, conspiracy, and bodily horror become inseparable.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7169

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Director: William Friedkin
- Cast: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins, Brían F. O'Byrne, Neil Bergeron, Bob Neill
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470705/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: claustrophobic, paranoid, harrowing, late night horror viewing, intense arthouse film night

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