The Locusts (1997) | (VHS) Screener

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Title: The Locusts (1997)

Genre: Drama / Romance

Plot Synopsis
In 1955 rural Kansas, a drifter arrives in town seeking employment and ends up working at a sprawling cattle ranch owned by a wealthy widow. While befriending the farmhands and forming a connection with a local beauty queen, he also becomes entangled in the volatile relationship between the widow and her troubled son—a young man recovering from years of institutionalisation whose only solace is his late father’s aging bull. Tensions rise as the widow’s brazen manipulation and the son’s fragile psyche collide, the drifter finds himself drawn into a dangerous web of desire, guilt, and escape.

Cast and Crew

• Director: John Patrick Kelley

• Writers: John Patrick Kelley

• Cast:

  • Vince Vaughn as Clay Hewitt

  • Jeremy Davies as Joseph “Flyboy” Potts

  • Kate Capshaw as Delilah Ashford Potts

  • Ashley Judd as Kitty

  • Paul Rudd as Earl

IMDb Link: The Locusts (1997)

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. STE­VEN – ★☆☆☆☆
   “Much better than most reviews give it credit for; where the script is pretentious, the cinematography is excellent and all acting often enhanced by the psychosexual allure in its atmosphere.”

2. SAMIDOG – ★★★☆☆
   “It meanders quite alot but i ended up liking the plot. Rudd as well as Vaughn were great in their roles too; i hadnt even realized that was Paul Rudd until quite a bit in. It winds up being a little flat in places, the sentiments dont really get across that good but i found the plot interesting and wanted to see where it was going.”

3. dracutack – ★★☆☆☆
   “Really fun queer-coded movie best described as a quiet soap opera. The tropes in this are practically built for me but the execution never really rises above mediocre (except possibly in the castration scene? But even then…).”

Meta Description:
A drifter’s arrival at a wealthy widow’s ranch in 1950s Kansas sparks seduction, rivalry and a fragile young man’s brutal awakening in this dark, atmospheric drama.