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September 1974 (USA) moreTagline:
Ravenous Invaders Controlled by a Terror Out in Space Commanded to Annihilate the World! morePlot:
Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the desert inhabitants... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Amazing mood. moreCast
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93 min | USA:84 min (TCM print)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Finland:K-16 (1989) | Iceland:12 | Australia:PG | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12Filming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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Saul Bass has said in interviews that the studio tampered with film in post against his wishes. moreGoofs:
Continuity: During one of the scenes inside the dome, Lynne Frederick speaks with a English accent instead of the American accent she uses during the rest of the film. moreQuotes:
Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs: You did your major work applying game theory to the language of killer whales.James R. Lesko: Well, it seemed cheaper than applying it to roulette
Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs: Did you actually *succeed* in making positive contact with the whales?
James R. Lesko: Only with the emotionally disturbed.
Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs: How were you able to determine that?
James R. Lesko: We talked!
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Despite the dated quality of some elements, particularly the costumes this picture is, in my book, the best killer bug movie of all time. Through the use of an almost nature documentary style of photographing the ants, we really get a new perspective on the film's six-legged antagonists. There's something totally raw about the way these ants act and are shot alongside the inexorable, almost plodding pace of the piece that makes Phase IV seem amazingly, terrifyingly real.
The performances by the human actors are very much in the wooden, gee-whiz style of older sci-fi but here it works. The ants are a silent, almost invisible, killer. Their creeping terror, when cut against the classic characterization of the chisel-chinned hero and the bearded professor, illustrates that the best that humanity has to offer against the threat might not be enough.
A hard-to-find favorite.