Meet the Applegates aka The Applegates is a satirical black comedy published in the year 1990. In the film a group of giant shapeshifting sentient insects from Brazil move to America disguised as Humans with a plot to infiltrate Humanity and unleash a nuclear holocaust so the insects may live in peace again.
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Brief Summary[]
After a few attacks upon loggers by giant Brazilian Chocoradas, who are really a species of sentient insects, a family of these beings moves to the USA with a mission (motivated in part from a misunderstanding of the danger of nuclear power) to set off a nuclear explosion that will ride the world of Humanity with Dick, the head of these family having gotten a job at the town's power plant. At first the operatives find themselves living the American Dream but hardships and cultural influences leads to a dire state involving extramarital affairs, interspecies teen pregnancy from non-consenting sex, and a son with a cannabis addiction. Being helped through these troubles emotionally by the town folk causes them to reconsider their plans. When Aunt Bae from Brazil comes and horrified at the state the family is living in decides to do the task of setting off the explosion herself Dick intervenes to save the Humans the family has grown close to and in the struggle seems to kill Aunt Bae. The family leaves America and returns to Brazil to pursue peaceful relations with Humans and encourage such among their kind. There they are visited as their true selves by the Humans they had befriended in America- though said Humans have lost their hair due the incident at the power plant.
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Production[]
The film was produced by New World Productions in association with Cinemarque Entertainment (USA) LTD. The film was shot between the years 1988 and 1989.
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Post Production[]
A scene in which Aunt Bae is shown to have survived and still plots to destroy Humanity was cut from the film. The scene would have been situated as a post-credits scene.
Release and Reception[]
The film was initially published in The Philippines in the year 1990 and reached theaters in France and Australia the same year. It would reach mainland United States in the year 1991 and Japan in 1992.