
Giant ANTS in the storm drains of LA~ Great Sci Fi Fun~
Review created: 04/04/09(updated 04/07/09)

PLOT: in the Desert not far from where the first Atom Bomb was "tested" in 1945~ 9 YEARS LATER~ there are 3 DEAD people and 2 missing people~ where are they and what KILLED THEM?
FUN SCI FI THRILLER FROM THE 1954~ this movie won an OSCAR NOMIMATION FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS~ IN THE Deserts they find 3 people DEAD, one missing and A little girl in shock.. wandering around the desert~ the girl is mute and NON RESPONSIVE~~ the State Police played by James Whitemore finds the girl and THE FAMILY~trailer tore apart but parents missing~ but the STRONG ODOR OF FORMIC ACID~ IS PRESENT~ along comes 2 SCIENTISTS EDMUND GWENN AND HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER~ PAT~ WHO claim it is giant ANTS who killed the people~ after the LITTLE girl comes out of her deep shock when she smells Formic Acid~ the child screams "THEM"....the plot being the atom bomb set off the mutation of the ants who have become about 10-15 feet in size~ and when they kill they released the odor of the FORMIC acid~ along comes FBI agent James Arness along with the military drop poision into the ants nest IN THE DESERT~ but find that 2 ANT QUEENS WHO CAN FLY~are gone~!(apparently the QUEENS before they breed can fly~) A now the hunt is on for the queens who Queen one~ ends up on a ship~ and they Kill HER OFF~ now the hunt is one for Queen two~ and WITH A DRUNK spotting "giant ants that could fly" he see them in the storm drains of LA~ with the military and Gwenn and Pat and The FBI all combing the drains for 2 missing kids and new "nest of ants"....THIS IS BETTER THAN IT SOUNDS~ THE creepy sounds the ants make when you spot them are excellent~ SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE VERY GOOD FOR THIS TIME AND BASIC suspense and silly horror of giant ants keep us glued until the final scene~( watch for Fess Parker in a small bit part ~ he later was in the hit tv series Daniel Boone) I GIVE IT A SOLID 8 OUT OF 10 FOR CLASSIC SCI FI FUN~ AND THRILLS ~ also see THE THING~
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