Empire of the Ants (1977) (H.G. Wells' Empire of the Ants)

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4	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Bert I. Gordon

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Joan Collins
Marilyn Fryser

Robert Lansing
Dan Stokely

John David Carson
Joe Morrison

Albert Salmi
Sheriff Art Kincade

Jacqueline Scott
Margaret Ellis

Pamela Susan Shoop
Coreen Bradford

Robert Pine
Larry Graham

Edward Power
Charlie Pearson

Written by

H.G. Wells
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Bert I. Gordon
(screen story)

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14 years, 9 months ago at Aug 10 10:43

kathy

11 votes

Badly-written and acted horror movie - exactly the kind that I love; Joan Collins is a real estate agent trying to sell plots of land on an island, not realising that leaking chemicals from discarded oil drums have caused the local ants to grow into giant-sized insects.

Miss Collins and a party of prospective real estate buyers become trapped on the island, being chased by the ants... read more

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11 years, 10 months ago at Jul 16 9:42

vulpeszerda

2 votes

I was 10 to 11 years old when I watched this film with other older kids. It scared the shit out of me and since then, insects with antennae give me the creeps.

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Vacationers on an isolated island find themselves at the mercy of voracious ants that have become monsters after feasting on a leaking barrel of radioactive waste.

Release date: 1 July 1977
UPC: 027616868404

Tags: Horror (2), 1977 (2), Sci-fi (2), Mutant (1), American International Pictures (1), Joan Collins (1), Elvira's Macrabe (1), Giant Ants (1), Horror Movie (1), Double Features (1), Ant (1), Bug (1), Ants (1), Insects (1), American (1), Bugs (1), 1970s (1), Suspense (1), Cult (1), Science Fiction (1)

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I saw this when I was a little kid and even then I knew it was laughable crap! xD

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“Badly-written and acted horror movie - exactly the kind that I love; Joan Collins is a real estate agent trying to sell plots of land on an island, no”

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“Badly-written and acted horror movie - exactly the kind that I love; Joan Collins is a real estate agent trying to sell plots of land on an island, no”

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