Mimic 1997

Directed by Guillermo del Toro | Starring: Josh Brolin, Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, F. Murray Abraham

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.