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The Food of the Gods
Why this pick
Another Bert I. Gordon creature feature with outsized animals, pulpy peril, and the same enjoyably earnest drive-in sensibility as Empire of the Ants.
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MOVIE1977 1h 29m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Empire of the Ants
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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Kingdom of the Spiders
Why this pick
A rural community faces an escalating spider invasion in a similarly straightforward, low-budget 1970s eco-horror mode with plentiful creature panic.
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The Deadly Spawn
Why this pick
Its handmade monster effects, suburban setting, and scrappy independent energy deliver the kind of unpretentious creature-feature fun that Empire of the Ants invites.
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Bug
Why this pick
This 1970s insect horror steadily turns a scientific anomaly into claustrophobic menace, keeping the era-specific creature-feature atmosphere while taking a more serious tone.
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Phase IV
Why this pick
For another tale of ants becoming an unnerving force, this offers a far more stylized, cerebral vision while retaining isolated locations and ecological dread.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Con artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Robert Lansing
Dan Stokely
Pamela Susan Shoop
Coreen Bradford
Edward Power
Charlie Pearson
Brooke Palance
Christine Graham
Tom Fadden
Sam Russell
Irene Tedrow
Velma Thompson
Jack Kosslyn
Thomas Lawson
Robert Pine
Larry Graham