History Film / BlueMonkey

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Jim and Rachel take out the "female" and her eggs, by torching the ever-loving crap out of the monsters' nest.]]

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Hospital director Roger Levering, who doesn't see people vomiting up larvae and then bursting as anything to get ''too'' worried about, and refuses to even contact professional help until its almost too late.
** He becomes [[TookALevelInKindness nicer]] as the movie progresses, however, and even becomes a ReasonableAuthorityFigure once the severity of the giant killer bug situation becomes impossible to ignore, and even helps get many of the patients and staff to safety near the end. On top of this, his [[ProperlyParanoid hesitancy]] in contacting the Lincoln Institute becomes understandable considering their reaction to the situation is to have the hospital surrounded with armed troops and shoot anyone who tries to escape.

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''Blue Monkey'' (also known as ''Green Monkey'', ''Invasion of the [=BodySuckers=]'', and ''Insect'') is a 1987 Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet (''Film/FuneralHome'', ''Film/DeathWeekend'') and starring Creator/SteveRailsback, Creator/JohnVernon, Creator/GwynythWalsh, and Creator/RobinDuke.

First things first. [[NeverTrustATitle The title]]. Other than one mention of "Maybe we'll find a big blue monkey" from one of the FreeRangeChildren exploring the creepy utility tunnels underneath the hospital where the majority of the film is set, the title has nothing whatsoever to do with anything, and in fact it was originally going to be called ''Green Monkey'' before the distributors realized that it was a theory at the time that AIDS came from green African monkeys (although since part of the plot concerns a disease, "''Green Monkey''" might've been apropos after all).

In an effort to identify the insect, the hospital calls in entomologist Elliot Jacobs (Don Lake). But before he can get a look at the thing, a group of FreeRangeChildren from the pediatric ward decide to feed it some growth hormones while the lab technician who's supposed to be guarding it is lured away from her duties by an orderly for a little hanky-panky. The bug [[MiracleGroMonster grows gigantic]], then kills the technician, the orderly, and a hapless janitor ([[ImprobableInfantSurvival but not those pesky kids]]) before making its lair in the tunnels under the hospital. Now Rachel, Jim, and Elliot have to figure out how to combat the big bug, while Judith tries to deal with the infection it carries – which, it turns out, is highly contagious – before the military takes drastic measures against the hospital and its occupants.

''Blue Monkey'' (also known as "''Invasion of the [=BodySuckers=]''", "''Green Monkey''" (original title) and simply "''Insect''") is a 1987 Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet (''Film/FuneralHome'', ''Film/DeathWeekend'') and starring Creator/SteveRailsback (Commander Carlsen from ''Film/{{Lifeforce|1985}}'').

Handyman [[PatientZero Fred Adams]] pricks his finger on a mysterious new plant from Micronesia in his friend Marwella Harbison's greenhouse. Despite his assurances that he's fine, Fred collapses in the parking lot and has to be rushed to the Hill Valley Clinic with a very high fever. He isn't the hospital's only emergency; Doctors Rachel Carlson and Judith Glass have their hands full. Police Detective Jim Bishop (Railsback) brings his partner in with a gunshot wound from a stakeout gone bad, and there's also a couple, the Bakers, expecting a baby. But things go from hectic to terrifying when Fred seizes up and promptly regurgitates an insect pupa, which soon hatches into a particularly nasty-looking praying mantis-like critter.

In an effort to identify the insect, the hospital calls in entomologist Elliot Jacobs. But before he can get a look at the thing, the aforementioned FreeRangeChildren decide to feed the thing some growth hormones when the lab technician who is supposed to be guarding the specimen is lured away from her duties by an orderly for a little hospital hanky-panky. The bug [[MiracleGroMonster grows gigantic]], kills the technician, the orderly and then a hapless janitor ([[ImprobableInfantSurvival but not those pesky kids]]), before making its lair in the tunnels under the hospital. Now Rachel, Jim the detective and Elliot the entomologist have to figure out how to combat the big bug, while Judith struggles to deal with the infection it carries, which it turns out is highly contagious, and all before the military decides to take drastic measures against the hospital full of innocent people.

''Blue Monkey'' (also known as "''Invasion of the [=BodySuckers=]''", "''Green Monkey''" (original title) and simply "''Insect''") is a 1987 Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet (''Film/FuneralHome'', ''Film/DeathWeekend'') and starring Creator/SteveRailsback (Commander Carlsen from ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'').

It's basically "''Film/{{Aliens}}'' in a hospital."

* DeathBySex: Lab technician Alice and her boyfriend Ted, who sneak off to fool around, are the first people who get killed by the creature.

''Blue Monkey'' (also known as "''Invasion of the [=BodySuckers=]''", "''Green Monkey''" (original title) and simply "''Insect''") is a 1987 Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet (''Film/FuneralHome'', ''Death Weekend'') and starring Creator/SteveRailsback (Commander Carlsen from ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'').

''Blue Monkey'' (also known as "''Invasion of the [=BodySuckers=]''", "''Green Monkey''" (original title) and simply "''Insect''") is a 1987 Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet (''Film/FuneralHome'', ''Death Weekend'') and starring Steve Railsback (Commander Carlsen from ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'').

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a disagreement about the proper pronunciation of "database."

* FrickinLaserBeams: The hospital is experimenting with powerful surgical lasers (a little ''too'' powerful, in fact). [[spoiler:Jim and Rachel use one of these to kill the final creature at the end.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Elliot, with a dash of {{Keet}}. His enthusiasm for his profession is something to behold.

* DeadpanSnarker: Both Rachel and Judith have their moments.

''Blue Monkey'' (also known as "''Invasion of the [=BodySuckers=]''" and simply "''Insect''") is a 1987 Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet (''Film/FuneralHome'', ''Death Weekend'') and starring Steve Railsback (Commander Carlsen from ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'').

In an effort to identify the insect, the hospital calls in entomologist Elliot Jacobs. But before he can get a look at the thing, the aforementioned FreeRangeChildren decide to feed the thing some growth hormones when the lab technician who is supposed to be guarding the specimen is lured away from her duties by an orderly for a little hospital hanky-panky. The bug [[MiracleGroMonster grows gigantic]], kills the technician, the orderly and then a hapless janitor ([[InfantImmortality but not those pesky kids]]), before making its lair in the tunnels under the hospital. Now Rachel, Jim the detective and Elliot the entomologist have to figure out how to combat the big bug, while Judith struggles to deal with the infection it carries, which it turns out is highly contagious, and all before the military decides to take drastic measures against the hospital full of innocent people.