Them!
“A horror horde of crawl-and-crush giants clawing out of the earth from mile-deep catacombs!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 42, rated by 1 admin.
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Giant ants turn a desert investigation into a carefully escalating military emergency. The performances and physical creature work make this a strong foundation for a monster-movie night, especially before one of its less disciplined descendants. Its atomic-age seriousness is part of the appeal rather than a failure to be funny.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 2/10
- Plot
- 5/10
- Effects
- 2.5/10
- Dialogue
- 4/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The ants are oversized. The filmmaking knows exactly what it is doing.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 42
Synopsis and movie facts
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
- Released
- 1954
- Directed by
- Gordon Douglas
- Running time
- 94 min
Starring
- James Whitmore as Sgt. Ben Peterson
- James Arness as FBI Agent Robert Graham
- Joan Weldon as Dr. Pat Medford
- Edmund Gwenn as Dr. Harold Medford
- Onslow Stevens as Brig. Gen. Robert O'Brien
- Sean McClory as Maj. Kibbee
- Sandy Descher as The Ellinson Girl
- Chris Drake as Trooper Ed Blackburn
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 11071.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises Gwenn's performance and places the film at the foundation of the giant-bug cycle.
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