Genocide

Genocide

1968 · 84 min · ★ 5.1 · Horror, Science Fiction

A group of military personnel transporting a hydrogen bomb are left to figure out how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane; the answer is more deliriously nihilistic, and convoluted, than they could imagine.

Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu · Written by Susumu Takaku

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