Mimic (1997) is a sci-fi horror movie, one of the earliest works of Guillermo del Toro. Mimic is not akin to Del Toro's masterpieces like Pan's Labyrinth and Shape of Water. Mimic also doesn't fall under his mainstream Hollywood exercise like Hellboy or Pacific Rim. But it does reflect his unique personal vision. Mimic is not a unique horror film. But it scares us considerably. The movie is similar to Ridley Scott's Alien-- an observation first put forward by the late critic Roger Ebert . Instead of a space ship we have the subway and trains. In Mimic, the deadly insects replace the aliens of Aliens. The movie starts by inviting us to a grim world where children die due to a contagious disease. The city depicted here has turned uninhabitable, especially for children. And no one has found a cure for the disease that kill children. The dying children Enter Dr Susan Taylor (Mira Sorvino), an entomologist. She discovers that the disease is caused by common...