Meet the Applegates (1990) on Netflix
A family of shapeshifting insects from a Brazilian rainforest takes human form and moves into an Ohio suburb. Dick Applegate works at a nuclear plant, part of their mission to end humanity.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb5.5/102,900 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes10%
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Plot summary
The Applegates look like an ordinary family settling into a comfortable Ohio suburb, but they are Brazilian Cocorada, shapeshifting insect creatures who have taken human form. They came from a rainforest to explore human society, and their assignment is to blend in with their neighbors while Dick, the father, works at a nuclear power plant. His job is part of a plan to set off a nuclear explosion and wipe out the human race. Jane is his wife and the mother of Johnny and Sally. Johnny is a strait-laced A student, and Sally, a high school girl, dates Vince Samson, the captain of the football team, as the family goes about assimilating into human culture.
Cast
- Adam Bieskas Vince Sampson
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Meet the Applegates (1990)
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- Meet the Applegates was filmed in 1988-89 but held back from U.S. release until 1991 because its production company, New World Pictures, was in financial difficulties.
