Empire of the Ants

    Empire of the Ants
    1977

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Joan CollinsMarilyn Fryser
    • Robert LansingDan Stokely
    • John David CarsonJoe Morrison
    • Albert SalmiSheriff Art Kincade
    • Jacqueline ScottMargaret Ellis
    • Pamela Susan ShoopCoreen Bradford
    • Robert PineLarry Graham
    • Edward PowerCharlie Pearson
    • Brooke PalanceChristine Graham
    • Tom FaddenSam Russell

    Recommendations

    • 50

      Variety

      Periodic moments of good special effects are separated by reels of dramatic banality as players flounder in flimsy dialog and under sluggish direction.
    • 42

      Portland Oregonian

      With his customary sensitivity, director Bert I. Gordon ripped off Them! as well as his own Amazing Colossal Man. Nutty as it all is, it takes a sudden lurch into deeper nuttiness at the end. [09 Aug 1996, p.37]
    • 40

      Empire

      Every bit as contrived as the leading lady's hairstyles, and rather less technically impressive, this is still trashy fun.
    • 20

      The New York Times

      The human's fright is seen as play acting, and the account of their progress over a gory trail is slow and repetitive. And, aside from some multifaceted ant's-eye views of humans, the special effects are artificial and unexciting.
    • 20

      Time Out

      It's all drastically boring.
    • 20

      TV Guide Magazine

      Laughable exploitation film results in a complete waste of time and talent.