Empire of the Ants

1977

Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 26% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 26% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.3/10 10 6055 6.1K

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Plot summary

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

Bert I. Gordon Photo
Bert I. Gordon

Top cast

Ilse Earl Photo
Ilse Earl as Mary Lawson
Pamela Susan Shoop Photo
Pamela Susan Shoop as Coreen Bradford
Irene Tedrow Photo
Irene Tedrow as Velma Thompson
Albert Salmi Photo
Albert Salmi as Sheriff Art Kincade
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
702.27 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 2
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by markelsparks 5 / 10

It's like a campy sequel to THEM! I love it!

I absolutely love this movie and would highly recommend if you're looking for something fun to watch! There are only two or three clips of ants that are consistently overlaid and recycled and it just gets funnier every time. Not sure if this is quite what H. G. Wells saw in his mind, but so happy it exsists!
Reviewed by The_Void 5 / 10

A long way from brilliant

Shortly before seeing this film, I saw Bert I. Gordon's other giant killer animal flick, The Food of the Gods, and on the basis of these two films, I've discovered two things about a director I previously knew nothing about; first of all, he obviously enjoys making films about giant animals, and secondly; he has very little in the way of directorial talent. My main complaint with The Food of the Gods, in spite of the fact that I knew it was going to be a somewhat less than brilliant film, was the fact that it was boring - unforgivable since it's about giant animals! The plot we have here is very similar to the earlier film, as a bunch of people travel to a secluded place and end up being attacked by animals which are larger than normal. This time, the group is lead by the scheming Joan Collins, who leads a bunch of property buyers to Florida on the promise of some bargain property. The property turns to be fake, Joan Collins a fraud and that barrel of toxic waste washed up on the beach has given the ants a growth spurt!The obvious films to compare to this one are fellow giant ant movies such as the classic 'Them' and the interesting, but fairly boring Sci-Fi Phase IV, and this film isn't as good as either as those. The special effects are important in a film like this, and they're even worse than those seen in The Food of the Gods. The ants are just enlarged shots of real ants superimposed onto the screen, along with a couple of puppets to fill the gaps. As you can probably imagine, this doesn't look good; and it's hard to be convinced by a film with effects like these - cheap or not! The film stars Joan Collins, and she reaffirms what a shame it is that she went crazy with the plastic surgery as the pre-surgery Joan Collins is actually quite hot! The plot itself is nothing exciting - just your average monster flick stuff - running from the monsters, fighting the monsters etc. There's also a subplot involving the ants' pheromones that doesn't come off well at all. Overall, Empire of the Ants just misses the 'fun bad film' mark and ends up just being a bad film! It's not completely terrible - and it's better than The Food of the Gods - but I still don't recommend it!
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