URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The 41st Annual Insect Fear Film Festival (IFFF) will be held on Saturday at Foellinger Auditorium on the University of Illinois campus. This year’s theme is “Ant-Men,” ...

Lizzie Bello loves insects — and she wants you to love them too. “They’re really wonderful creatures,” said Bello, a Ph.D. student in entomology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). ...

Insect Fear Film Festival T-shirts will be available for purchase during the festival. The 41st annual Insect Fear Film Festival (IFFF), sponsored by the University of Illinois Department of ...

Insect-human hybrids provide the scares at the 2026 Insect Fear Film Festival at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.The festival, which is ...

Elevated horror is nice and all, but sometimes a farcical romp just hits the spot for me. No need to digest and dissect heavy emotional themes, just sit back and revel in the over-the-top nature of it ...

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Hairy, scary spiders will be the focus of an annual film festival at the University of Illinois over the weekend. Feb. 22 marks the 42nd Annual Insect Fear Film ...

An mad, unhinged chef and his futile attempts at killing a cockroach in a restaurant kitchen. This film takes its cues from the giant-insect films of the 50's such as "Them!" (1954) and a nod in the ...