I remember seeing this movie as a kid in the early 80's. After Saturday morning cartoons the local TV would play midday monster movies like Godzilla and King Kong. This was on the list. Loved monster movies as a kid.
I saw this on BBC in the 80s but at about 11.30/12 am , may have been bbc2, we used to get lovely double bills back then. Checking the daily paper esp on Fri, sat to see what was coming on...universal double bills, sci fi like alien, outland , Solent green , omega man etc ...awesome childhood..then video came out and my life was transformed as a 10yr old horror fan.😊 Happy days
I remember this scaring the shit outta me as a kid. I was around maybe 8 years old and we were learning about dinosaurs in school and I thought giant ants would be like dinosaurs. This film was on the television and my parents knew I was dying to watch it so they let me stay up late. Five minutes into it and I ran into my room and hid under the covers crying in terror.
25 years back when I was a little kid this movie was a traumatic experience. Watching it now I can still feel my heart pumping. Supersized ants just look so scary and murderous!
Awwww, the drive-in theaters!!!! I saw it at the drivein as well. Was hooked on H. G. Wells at that time. Could not read enough of him. This is a cool movie!!! I really liked it!
All three movies you mentioned are terrific B movies. I saw "Food of the Gods" at the drive-in with my dad and cousin in 1976. My dad took me to see "Grizzly" at the indoor cinema later that year. I didn't even know about "Empire of the Ants" until I happened to see it on regular TV sometime in 1980, but I absolutely loved it.
Mary Mother of God!! This movie frightened the Bejesus out of me as a child one night when it came on the local Saturday Night Macabre TV feature. Poor Joan Collins. She seemed to of been type cast as a Scream Queen in a few 70's flicks if I remember right. She was also in the original Tales from the Crypt film. Bless her Heart. 😄
I remember seeing this as a kid in the early 90s. Especially the scene with the old couple hiding in the cabin, when the old guy disappeared in the woods and the 'Ant vision' lol. I was scared of ants after that. Had no idea the movie was made in the 70s!
This was filmed in South Florida in and around Belle Glade and Clewiston Florida. Part was filmed at the Glades Coop Sugar Mill which was just down the road from where we lived. The actors stayed for a while at the Holiday Inn in Belle Glade which had a bar that we used to hang out in on the weekend. I saw two of their Police prop cars parked in the parking lot one day. It was pretty cool at the time. Ages ago though.
I was in Florida in 1976 watching them film this. I was standing just outside the frame when they pulled over to use a phone booth. I got a large plastic eye off one off the ant props. I saw the people in the caged trucks. They were used for sugar cane. that's a sugar cane plant in the movie located in Belle Glade Florida.
@@TommyBoy3D I was there as well. The Sugar mill was just down the road from where we lived. Had a lot of great memories there. Bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee…water skiing on the Rim Canal…drinking beer on the levee on a Saturday night…going to the local drive-in movie and sitting in the back of my truck with a cooler full of Budweiser…going to West Palm Beach to hang out on the beach…concerts in Ft Lauderdale. Saw just about every big band from the 70’s there at the Orange Bowl stadium. Good times.
saw this on BBC in the 80s but at about 11.30/12 am , may have been bbc2, we used to get lovely double bills back then. Checking the daily paper esp on Fri, sat to see what was coming on...universal double bills, sci fi like alien, outland , Solent green , omega man etc ...awesome childhood..then video came out and my life was transformed as a 10yr old horror fan.😊 Happy days
Believe it or not, WAY before Game Of Thrones, Masterpieces like 'Empire Of The Ants' played 4 times a day on HBO for a time, and I'm not kidding...this, and movies like 'Death Race 2000', Hong Kong Kung Fu Action flicks, etc. all dominated HBO's programming back in the day. HBO was essentially ''El Rey'' Network, lol.
What year was that? Because when Empire of the Ants was released in 1977 it played in so many drive ins and movie theatres. I don't believe we had HBO or even video cassettes quite yet but almost every neighborhood had its movie theatre back then.
I had a dream about an ant invasion or some form of alien insects(not starship troopers) and i was wondering if a movie such as it existed. Glad to know that my movie dream is a lot more exciting
This film was considered trash in 1977, then a good B-movie, but i can say that it is a masterpiece: may be they (the production) were just lucky but the film is a real masterpiece: plot, actors, subject, camera, design, all is perfect and you enjoy 90 minutes of perfection and you can watch this film even 100 times. Shoop is outstanding, a real cult role.
I wish it had been her debut. But poor Joan had already been acting in movies for close to 25 years when she did this film and this is all she had to show for it.
I know you're joking, but the line "that's the way it should be, for they are superior" has potential and could've been delivered better if the actors were actually good
This must have been pre Dynasty Joan Collins. She definitely paid her dues with this turkey before becoming an international star in Dynasty. @@nyancat.123
The majority of this B horror movie was shot in Martin County Florida. I was in seventh grade and thought it was so cool that a movie was filmed in our "one horse " town. I just now saw the movie 55 years later. B grade horror film, out of time would have been batching in the fifties.
Most of such movies these days are not really good with way too much shitty computer graphics and/or animations...and a lot of remakes fail miserably. It's better to enjoy the old (original) ones instead. For the times they were made they are awesome, a total different feeling...better than their remakes in general.
@@RSEFX Gotcha. Well I’m pretty sure them was supposed to be an original story… Or at least it never really gives credit to any specific author. So maybe it was inspired by this
@@StoryMemories86 I'm not entirely serious re THEM being inspired by the Wells story. The more I think about it, it seems unlikely, especially since the Wells story is about ants evolving and becoming more intelligent, whereas there is not a sign of this idea in THEM. Sooo, prob best to just ignore my (dumb-ish) thoughts in that regard.
I so loved this movie as a kid the war of the worlds remake was rely good but i wish they would do a remake on this one if you ever see this coment mr speilberg here you go.
my God...and here I thought it was just a joke on The Simpsons from when homer became an astronaut...maybe this is where they got the idea from....who knew the writers for the 90s simpsons were that big into obscure monster movies?
Thats actually the scariest thing that could ever happen to us humans in real life , like u don't even know!!!! Ants are super super smart & they can literally dig 30 human feet (30,000 ant feet) into the ground & lift concrete a hundred times they're size (a literal battleship in human weight) & they're super fast (ever notice how fast when they run around the sidewalk & you're shoe??) & thats only as the size they actually are to us right now!!!! They also are the largest population of animal species on all of planet earth which means they're in the trillions & they can also fly depending on the gender!!!! We would absolutely have no chance whatsoever!!! Absolutely no place to run or hide if they grew even that big & the ones from the movie *"Them"* are even bigger!!! If they were that big they would literally run faster than any vehicle , dig all the way to the other end of the earth literally & be able to lift any concrete or nuclear bunker that we try to hide out inside of away from them... literally!!!!! & did i mention that they also can fly & swim???? 😬😬😬😬😬😬 Thers a reason that God made all insects so small 👍
If they are bigger, then their weight would crush their legs due to increase in mass and they would be able to run much faster as before unless they have a more efficient respiratory system to take in more oxygen
Back then when horror movies was awesome and scary,not the cheap stupidities and unnecessary fanservice that is now (really,B class "horror" movies and unnecessary fanservice with attractive girls are killing this genre) PS: I will waiting a remake of this
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I remember seeing this movie as a kid in the early 80's. After Saturday morning cartoons the local TV would play midday monster movies like Godzilla and King Kong. This was on the list. Loved monster movies as a kid.
I had the same exact experience. Afternoon thriller matinees on our local station every Saturday. I saw this in 1990
We all remember seeing
this movie as a kid
I remember seeing it at the theater when it came out, I've been looking for it didn't remember the name I'm so glad I found it
I miss those days....
I saw this on BBC in the 80s but at about 11.30/12 am , may have been bbc2, we used to get lovely double bills back then. Checking the daily paper esp on Fri, sat to see what was coming on...universal double bills, sci fi like alien, outland , Solent green , omega man etc ...awesome childhood..then video came out and my life was transformed as a 10yr old horror fan.😊 Happy days
I remember this scaring the shit outta me as a kid. I was around maybe 8 years old and we were learning about dinosaurs in school and I thought giant ants would be like dinosaurs. This film was on the television and my parents knew I was dying to watch it so they let me stay up late. Five minutes into it and I ran into my room and hid under the covers crying in terror.
remember food of the gods?...the giant rats?
Let me guess, caught it on the Sci-Fi channel?
I wasn't born 😁
😂 So many memories seeing this clip! I remember watching it as a child. Remember the crows movie back then? And the blob?
Same here! Almost 30 years ago, and this shot was on in the middle of the day. That queen converting people with her mist truly freaked me out
1977 was a great year for movies: Suspiria, Star Wars, Smokey and the Bandit, The Car, Eraserhead, and of course, Empire of the Ants.
And The Spy Who Loved Me
@jjrj8568 and Saturday Night Fever. I was 8 years old and it was first time I saw a naked woman on the big screen. 😂
Don't forgot tentacles 1977
I remember seeing this on tv as a kid. Scared the absolute hell out of me!
I remember this, I was there when the attacks attacked. we were lucky to get out alive
@@SomeoneC It is true, i remember it like it was yesterday, the horror.
@@SomeoneC of course it’s real. Pick up a history book.
*ants
Brave soul
I haven't seen this movie in forever. I want to see it again!
25 years back when I was a little kid this movie was a traumatic experience. Watching it now I can still feel my heart pumping. Supersized ants just look so scary and murderous!
I saw this as a kid with my mom at the drive in in 1977. It was playing with two other movies "Food of the God's" and "Grizzly" 😀
Awwww, the drive-in theaters!!!! I saw it at the drivein as well. Was hooked on H. G. Wells at that time. Could not read enough of him. This is a cool movie!!! I really liked it!
All three movies you mentioned are terrific B movies. I saw "Food of the Gods" at the drive-in with my dad and cousin in 1976. My dad took me to see "Grizzly" at the indoor cinema later that year. I didn't even know about "Empire of the Ants" until I happened to see it on regular TV sometime in 1980, but I absolutely loved it.
Grizzly has a terrifying first kill.
Mary Mother of God!! This movie frightened the Bejesus out of me as a child one night when it came on the local Saturday Night Macabre TV feature. Poor Joan Collins. She seemed to of been type cast as a Scream Queen in a few 70's flicks if I remember right. She was also in the original Tales from the Crypt film. Bless her Heart. 😄
This movie scared me as a kid, especially the pier scene and the river boat scene. I can still recall the ant cry. Love the movie now tho
The primary ants used in the film were Bullet Ants which have one of the most painful stings in the entire animal kingdom.
I remember seeing this as a kid in the early 90s. Especially the scene with the old couple hiding in the cabin, when the old guy disappeared in the woods and the 'Ant vision' lol. I was scared of ants after that. Had no idea the movie was made in the 70s!
Wow. So many memories seeing this.
This was filmed in South Florida in and around Belle Glade and Clewiston Florida. Part was filmed at the Glades Coop Sugar Mill which was just down the road from where we lived.
The actors stayed for a while at the Holiday Inn in Belle Glade which had a bar that we used to hang out in on the weekend. I saw two of their Police prop cars parked in the parking lot one day. It was pretty cool at the time. Ages ago though.
I was in Florida in 1976 watching them film this. I was standing just outside the frame when they pulled over to use a phone booth. I got a large plastic eye off one off the ant props. I saw the people in the caged trucks. They were used for sugar cane. that's a sugar cane plant in the movie located in Belle Glade Florida.
Oh wow!!! That must have been so cool for u!!! Do u still have the eye?? Thank u for sharing that!
@@aileenwagner2576 I do not still have the eye 😒I had it for years in a junk box of odds and ends.
Belle glade was the hood 😆
@@TommyBoy3D
I was there as well. The Sugar mill was just down the road from where we lived. Had a lot of great memories there. Bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee…water skiing on the Rim Canal…drinking beer on the levee on a Saturday night…going to the local drive-in movie and sitting in the back of my truck with a cooler full of Budweiser…going to West Palm Beach to hang out on the beach…concerts in Ft Lauderdale. Saw just about every big band from the 70’s there at the Orange Bowl stadium. Good times.
@@earth_ling awesome! Thanks for sharing
saw this on BBC in the 80s but at about 11.30/12 am , may have been bbc2, we used to get lovely double bills back then. Checking the daily paper esp on Fri, sat to see what was coming on...universal double bills, sci fi like alien, outland , Solent green , omega man etc ...awesome childhood..then video came out and my life was transformed as a 10yr old horror fan.😊 Happy days
Believe it or not, WAY before Game Of Thrones, Masterpieces like 'Empire Of The Ants' played 4 times a day on HBO for a time, and I'm not kidding...this, and movies like 'Death Race 2000', Hong Kong Kung Fu Action flicks, etc. all dominated HBO's programming back in the day. HBO was essentially ''El Rey'' Network, lol.
my dad said it was on like every 6 hours lol along with 'home bodies' and 'rocky 1 and 2' lolol...
What year was that? Because when Empire of the Ants was released in 1977 it played in so many drive ins and movie theatres. I don't believe we had HBO or even video cassettes quite yet but almost every neighborhood had its movie theatre back then.
@@jackjules7552 Around 1978. HBO has been around for a LONG time. HBO ITSELF started in 1972.
Dame Joan Collins was just as fabulous as she was then as she is now.
She must have been auditioning for Dynasty when she made this film. Soon after this film she was hired to star in Dynasty.
I had a dream about an ant invasion or some form of alien insects(not starship troopers) and i was wondering if a movie such as it existed. Glad to know that my movie dream is a lot more exciting
0:25 Ants
0:30 Giant Ants
1:41
Where is Ant Man when you need him?
This and Food of the gods are my favorite giant creature films.
Both made by the Same Director-Bert I Gordon.
@@Inframan-6767Yep
This film was considered trash in 1977, then a good B-movie, but i can say that it is a masterpiece: may be they (the production) were just lucky but the film is a real masterpiece: plot, actors, subject, camera, design, all is perfect and you enjoy 90 minutes of perfection and you can watch this film even 100 times. Shoop is outstanding, a real cult role.
I know but this is the last natural horror film based on H.G Wells' novels.
joan Collins debut 😀
Actually one of her earliest roles was a Villainess called the Siren on an episode of Batman.
@@Inframan-6767 Really Batman series
I wish it had been her debut. But poor Joan had already been acting in movies for close to 25 years when she did this film and this is all she had to show for it.
I remember her in Tales From The Crypt.
Not the TV Show but a British Film based on the Same Comics.
My childhood
That has to be some of the best acting and animatronics I've ever seen! Wow, why didn't this end up with multiple oscars and Emmy awards?
I know you're joking, but the line "that's the way it should be, for they are superior" has potential and could've been delivered better if the actors were actually good
This must have been pre Dynasty Joan Collins. She definitely paid her dues with this turkey before becoming an international star in Dynasty. @@nyancat.123
The majority of this B horror movie was shot in Martin County Florida. I was in seventh grade and thought it was so cool that a movie was filmed in our "one horse " town. I just now saw the movie 55 years later. B grade horror film, out of time would have been batching in the fifties.
They should remake this
It has potential
Ants r always scary
And of course spiders
da'ved velazquez Definitely. I love to see giant bugs.
Spiders, yes. Something that isn't an inch or bigger and can't possibly kill you no.
should have won an Oscar 🥇 great cast 🎥
Which ant are you talking about? 🐜😱
Also Richard Pine from Chips
H.G. Wells Time Machine ⏰
I saw this at the Drive in brings back memories.
The thing the movie is remembered most for is Joan Collins.
Did she take time off from Dynasty to make this movie?
No, This was before Dynasty.
I saw this at the old Ramova Theater south side Chicago
This movie scared me as a kid. I remember seeing it some time in the 80s lol
I love the shots where they move the camera erratically during the attack scenes so you can't see just how fake the giant rubber ants are. lmao!!!!
😆
I search for this because I've seen this when I was around 5 years old I think, i cant forget this because you know GIANT ANTS hahahaha
We didn’t have cable as a kid in the 80s so I’d have to watch this mess 😂 I was thinking about it this other day and ended up watching the whole movie
This movie was popular in the drive in movie theatres when it was first released.
Them brought me here!
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esses filmes são fantásticos......
Love this movie
Priceless
Louisiana is beautiful this time of year
where can I rent this movie?
Im watching this movie right now.
Im watching Them right now.
This is B Movie heaven.
Yes
I enjoy seeing that they used the Bullet Ant
Saturday matinee type fun. Silly, yes, but enjoyable
I saw this movie on TV when I was little. And I picture Cow and Chicken, Dexter and Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory in this movie.
Anyone else remember seeing clips of this movie in Animal Planet's The Most Extreme?
i watched this movie and when i did i was confused to see a pg rating on a horror movie
@@rcsan8126 I guess rules about this sort of thing were different back then.
yep the raters were messed up
me, that's why I came here
qow you replieda one month reply
I wonder how they got those ants to be such good actors
This film is about the colony of ants drank the radioactive waste, causing them to become giant.
The Ant Queen could control people with Pheromones.
Why hasn't somebody done a Remake?
Can't wait for the ps5 game
Those people never heard of Raid?
You need a REALLY big can.
Pure class. If I say so myself
I remember that movie
Omg 😳 These were so awesome
I for one, welcome our new ant overlords
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords!
That’s from the simpsons, not this movie.
BROMANDO DREDD it be a joke :)
I kinda hope this movie gets a modern sequel
Me too
Most of such movies these days are not really good with way too much shitty computer graphics and/or animations...and a lot of remakes fail miserably. It's better to enjoy the old (original) ones instead. For the times they were made they are awesome, a total different feeling...better than their remakes in general.
Earth Defense Force Part 5 ! ! !
So I didn't imagine seeing this as a kid.
😂 Nope! Not your imagination.
0:27 is that gallium or mercury?
I have never heard of this! Is it supposed to be a remake of Them!?
Not remotely. It's based on the Wells short story from 1905. Maybe THEM was inspired by the Wells story?
@@RSEFX Gotcha. Well I’m pretty sure them was supposed to be an original story… Or at least it never really gives credit to any specific author. So maybe it was inspired by this
@@StoryMemories86 I'm not entirely serious re THEM being inspired by the Wells story. The more I think about it, it seems unlikely, especially since the Wells story is about ants evolving and becoming more intelligent, whereas there is not a sign of this idea in THEM. Sooo, prob best to just ignore my (dumb-ish) thoughts in that regard.
the villain in this was man, not the ants
Imagine these 🍫 covered 😭
Jackie Collins Netflix bios, brought me here
This is what is known as a great little movie, cheap and tacky but wonderfully entertaining!!
The tines when no CGI blood exited
I, for one, welcome our ant overlords!
Not if you have a massive amount of bug And ant killing spray.
This and FOOD OF THE GODS are great movies, love the prop ants. I actually built one and a RAT from food of the gods
I so loved this movie as a kid the war of the worlds remake was rely good but i wish they would do a remake on this one if you ever see this coment mr speilberg here you go.
Not the worst movie in the world, but definitely inferior to "Them!".
You cant go wrong with giant bugs
I thought it could be a fun but bad movie until I saw H.G. Wells, now I bet it will be fun and awesome and I really need to read it. :D
This Was A Good Movie.
I’m coyote Peterson and I’m about to go toe to toe with giant ants
my God...and here I thought it was just a joke on The Simpsons from when homer became an astronaut...maybe this is where they got the idea from....who knew the writers for the 90s simpsons were that big into obscure monster movies?
Thats actually the scariest thing that could ever happen to us humans in real life , like u don't even know!!!! Ants are super super smart & they can literally dig 30 human feet (30,000 ant feet) into the ground & lift concrete a hundred times they're size (a literal battleship in human weight) & they're super fast (ever notice how fast when they run around the sidewalk & you're shoe??) & thats only as the size they actually are to us right now!!!! They also are the largest population of animal species on all of planet earth which means they're in the trillions & they can also fly depending on the gender!!!!
We would absolutely have no chance whatsoever!!! Absolutely no place to run or hide if they grew even that big & the ones from the movie *"Them"* are even bigger!!! If they were that big they would literally run faster than any vehicle , dig all the way to the other end of the earth literally & be able to lift any concrete or nuclear bunker that we try to hide out inside of away from them... literally!!!!!
& did i mention that they also can fly & swim????
😬😬😬😬😬😬
Thers a reason that God made all insects so small 👍
If they are bigger, then their weight would crush their legs due to increase in mass and they would be able to run much faster as before unless they have a more efficient respiratory system to take in more oxygen
Ants have inherited my kitchen.
Good god - Robert Lansing was in this turkey?
Gary Seven Himself.
Back then when horror movies was awesome and scary,not the cheap stupidities and unnecessary fanservice that is now (really,B class "horror" movies and unnecessary fanservice with attractive girls are killing this genre)
PS: I will waiting a remake of this
This movie itself is considered a b movie. You're saying that because of nostalgia.
Special effects much better than asylum
I can tell they used Real Ants.
The giant ants I can shoot. The tiny invisible ants are impossible to control and are making me miserable.
It's awesome 👍
With Mrs. Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan
1:42 from tough to be a bug
In America...
First you get the sugar
Then you get the power
Then you get the women...
You killed me with this one. 🤣
And then you get ants?
I still prefer the effects in this, back projection, fake looking ant pupetry than the cgi crap in the new ant creature features of today
Replace ants with ultra-high-net-worth individuals for the real horror
Best comment ever.
Very super nice 👍🏻!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🐜😱
DISCLAIMER: all proceeds from this movie went to college fund of gigantic ant children
H G Wells will give you hells
This must have been pre Dynasty Joan Collins. She must have needed the work badly to pay her bills to "act" in this turkey.
Wabc New York, 4:30 weekday afternoon movie
They must've run this Movie at least Six Times.
4:30 Movie was Great.
They had a Godzilla Week.
A Planet of The Apes Week.
And I also Remember they showed the Adam West Batman Movie a few times.
Joan looks better in Playboy's..
Ray guns? What ray guns?
Perhaps a Reference of Things To Come ?
Don’t let them take you to the sugar refinery
I'm sure it would be a run ride. The ants would be my tour guides.
Um this is low key terrifying. Lol. My skin crawls whenever I see them up close. 🙄
Great isn't it?
Makes me think of It Came From Red Alert in Command & Conquer 😆
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How do these ants control humans?
Hive mind. Like evil spirits do to humans.
@@markchoma9822 thanks
With that mist that the queen ant sprays in a confined space.
@@anzaeria Pheromones at the sugar refinery.