The Food of the Gods

1976

Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 18% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 26% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 5260 5.3K

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Director

Bert I. Gordon Photo
Bert I. Gordon

Top cast

Ralph Meeker Photo
Ralph Meeker as Bensington
Ida Lupino Photo
Ida Lupino as Mrs. Skinner
John McLiam Photo
John McLiam as Mr. Skinner
Belinda Balaski Photo
Belinda Balaski as Rita
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812.21 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 1
1.47 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 6 / 10

Amusing nonsense.

In this adaptation of a portion of H.G. Wells's "The Food of the Gods", a strange substance bubbles up out of the Earth and causes giantism in forms of animal life including wasps, chickens, worms, and rats. Among the unlucky people caught up in this invasion of plus- sized critters are football player Morgan (Marjoe Gortner), his teams' P.R. man Brian (Jon Cypher), expectant couple Thomas (Tom Stovall) and Rita (Belinda Balaski), pathologically greedy opportunist Bensington (Ralph Meeker) and his associate Lorna (Pamela Franklin), and farm woman Mrs. Skinner (Ida Lupino).You gotta love him; veteran film director Bert I. Gordon was *still* relying on his favourite movie theme of large menaces at this point in time. This effort is ultimately dumb, silly, and sloppy, but just like many bad B movies, it's not without appeal, especially when it comes to supposed shock scenes (that chicken attack scene early on in the movie is a riot). The special effects, as one will expect, are for the most part none too convincing. The acting is variable; Gortner is likable as always as the hero. Veterans Lupino and Meeker had certainly been in much better films, but they're as solid as ever. Meeker is particularly funny in a very one note and sleazy portrayal. The lovely Ms. Balaski does well as the young mother to be who feels no need to marry the father of her baby. Gordon does generate some atmosphere from the surroundings; this was filmed on location in the Canadian province of British Columbia.One thing's for sure: this will rub many animal rights activists the wrong way.Six out of 10.
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Reviewed by whlwtcher 6 / 10

Oldie but Goodie

Disappointed to see some recent reviews that give this score a low rating. This movie is from the 70s - of course it's cheesy and the special effects are low budget when you compare it to movies made today. Watched this film when I was a kid and loved it - very scary for its time. And the end scene - what if! Definitely haunted me.

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