tick be another entry in what seem to be an ongoing competition between b grade film maker to produce movie feature the most harmless and innocuous of creature turn into monster frequently make gigantic or at least large than they normally be . killer tick aren not the most ridiculous menace ever create in one of these movie a anyone have see night of the lepus ( killer bunny rabbit ) or various 50 b movie will attest but they certainly aren not convincingly threaten enough to be the monster in any movie . that be the main problem with tick and which be basically a serviceable b movie . the tick be certainly icky little creature which have gross out value which be use to good effect here and the prospect of have one of them attach to you and suck your blood be not a pleasant thought . the sfx use to portray the tick be actually pretty good and they be suitably gross little critter and a case of practical special effect do a good job than cgi ever could and the gory scene of them burrow into the flesh of their victim be quite well render . my favourite scene be that of a tick with a syringe stuck into it skitter across the floor and complete with the silly movie skitter sound . however and the tick could only be see a a real threat in the most contrived of circumstance and which the movie do it best to provide and via an area selective forest fire toward the end of the movie and be certainly not enough of a threat to pad out a 90 minute movie . it be clear the maker realise this and add in other element such a the some human bad guy and in this case some gun wield dope grower to generate some more conflict and danger ( not to mention run time ) into the proceeding . none of this be particularly interesting nor be the clichéd character interaction between our group of main character and some troubled teen from la out in the wood with their counsellor on some kind of bonding . get back to nature program ( the detail be never make clear ) . the character be barely sketch in and their interaction and conflict be painfully hackneyed e. g. the teenage daughter of the lead counsellor who resent her father for drag her along on these excursion and hat her step mother . we do not even get a lot of detail about what the problem of these trouble teen be and in some case none at all . the acting be pretty average and you get the impression that nobody be try too hard . despite this there be some fun to be have . the tick be actually pretty cool little creature even if they aren not a believable threat and there be enough blood and goo around to liven thing up between the bad character stuff . there be some really bizarre plot twist which succeed in make the movie more entertaining and such a the contrived circumstance in which the forest fire be start and the uber ridiculous way in which an even big monster tick be create in the movie climax . i do not know steroid could do that . i also like the fact that the tick become the way they be not because of government experiment or evil big company dump waste but because of weird growth agent be use by the marihuana grower . it doesn not make much more sense but it be at least one lame cliché avoid . then again it still have time for the lame clichéd kicker end . i also get some entrainment from see a young seth green on screen and before he develop much personality and alfonso ribiero aka carlton bank from the fresh prince of bel air . anyone familiar with the character he be on the show will find his performance a the tough guy from the street here most amusing .