Ruuz
The audio in Empire of the Ants is infuriating to the point of being nigh unwatchable. But on mute? By jingo you might just be onto something there.
Final rating: - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
Empire of the Ants
- Horror
- Science Fiction
6/29/1977
89
PG
For they shall inherit the earth... sooner than you think!
A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.
- Director:
- Writer:
- Revenue:
- $2,500,000
- Budget:
- $500,000
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Cast
Joan CollinsMarilyn Fryser
Robert LansingDan Stokely- John David CarsonJoe Morrison
- Albert SalmiSheriff Art Kincade
- Jacqueline ScottMargaret Ellis
- Pamela Susan ShoopCoreen Bradford
- Robert PineLarry Graham
- Edward PowerCharlie Pearson
Brooke PalanceChristine Graham- Tom FaddenSam Russell
- Irene TedrowVelma Thompson
- Harry HolcombeHarry Thompson
- Jack KosslynThomas Lawson
- Ilse EarlMary Lawson
- Janie GavinGinny
- Norman FranklinAnson Parker
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Wuchak
Despondent strangers are thrust into a life-or-death fight near the Everglades
A vixen selling questionable swamp land by the ocean in southeastern Florida (Joan Collins) leads a tour of potential buyers suddenly assaulted by colossal ants, evidently altered due to (what else?) radioactive waste.
"Empire of the Ants (1977) may have been inspired by HG Wells short story, but it wasnt based on it at all. Its basically Them! (1954) set in the Everglades in living color two decades later and therefore more akin to Frogs (1972). The milieu of cynical people struggling to survive in the Florida bog fighting sci-fi jungle creatures reminded me of Steve Gerbers Man-Thing comics from 1973-1975.
To give an idea of what to expect, it w...