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Them! (1954)
"He's got a sweet tooth."
I'd heard about this for years, since I was a little kid reading those horror film novellas in my middle school's library. The clerk at my LCS loaned me his copy, and said because he'd seen it recently before buying it, he didn't take his bought copy out of the plastic wrap when he put it away, so he had to take it off before loaning it to me.
My dad saw this many years ago, and even my mom seemed to know a bit about it when I told her what I planned on watching tonight.
Because I'd seen The Deadly Mantis and Tarantula (and probably a few others) first, I got vibes from those when seeing this rather than the other way around. Such solid camera work, absolutely incredible visuals (the trailer, the store), the use of sound, even the models of the giant ants were pretty solid (they still look a little creepy, because insects).
My dad noticed a whole load of character actors (the bald reporter during the one press conference where they first declare martial law; the guy in the bed next to the drunk). I love that the extras had a fair bit of coverage on giant monster films (all the way from the 1950s to 2002, in fact!), and my dad got a chuckle out of the main menu look like a sensationalist newspaper.
I'm gonna have to buy The Black Scorpion (1957), because Netflix doesn't carry it and I found one listing that has it combined with Tarantula and Monster from Green Hell. I'll need to find a cheap copy of this as well.
"He's got a sweet tooth."
I'd heard about this for years, since I was a little kid reading those horror film novellas in my middle school's library. The clerk at my LCS loaned me his copy, and said because he'd seen it recently before buying it, he didn't take his bought copy out of the plastic wrap when he put it away, so he had to take it off before loaning it to me.
My dad saw this many years ago, and even my mom seemed to know a bit about it when I told her what I planned on watching tonight.
Because I'd seen The Deadly Mantis and Tarantula (and probably a few others) first, I got vibes from those when seeing this rather than the other way around. Such solid camera work, absolutely incredible visuals (the trailer, the store), the use of sound, even the models of the giant ants were pretty solid (they still look a little creepy, because insects).
My dad noticed a whole load of character actors (the bald reporter during the one press conference where they first declare martial law; the guy in the bed next to the drunk). I love that the extras had a fair bit of coverage on giant monster films (all the way from the 1950s to 2002, in fact!), and my dad got a chuckle out of the main menu look like a sensationalist newspaper.
I'm gonna have to buy The Black Scorpion (1957), because Netflix doesn't carry it and I found one listing that has it combined with Tarantula and Monster from Green Hell. I'll need to find a cheap copy of this as well.
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