One of the worst movies of all time is about to start

Noooo

One of the best 50's sci-fi, nuke mutation monster movies, maybe the best. Quality production, state of the art FX, great cast. James Arness' role opened the door for "Gunsmoke", Fess Parker got "Davy Crockett" because of this film.

It was actually pretty good. Cheezie ants but good locations and live action.

Yes, lots of interesting characters. Apparently filmed in B&W because the studio didn’t want to spend a lot on it and it became a hit.

So bad it's good.

It was okay, better than 'The Giant Gila Monster'-which I liked for the cars.

There was another one, I forget the name, where the kids of the town surrounded and illuminated a space invader with their cars.

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Originally posted by mr kablammo:
There was another one, I forget the name, where the kids of the town surrounded and illuminated a space invader with their cars.

Invasion of the Saucer Men 1957

I loved it as a kid! James Whitmore, a Thompson SMG, and giant radioactive ants! What's not to like????

Lots of machine guns and flame throwers. What’s not to like about flame throwers.

Carbines and Thompsons had to use multiple rounds to drop the giant ants. Garand, one or two shots and it was down. Trying to recall if they used Ma Deuce on them ant critters...

I swear that movie is possibly WHY I ended up in the cop job.

When the NM Trooper abandons. his pistol, runs to the patrol car for his THOMPSON! That really got to me as a ten yr old.

Sadly during my career in rural LE no mutated insects and no tommy gun in the trunk. DID have an M-14 though.

Next to DTESS an The Thing, Them is one of my childhood favorites.

I remember it. Special effects a little contrived, but OK for the 1950s.

flashguy

Ants, rabbits ("Night of the Lepus") lizards (Godzilla)- what else did radiation cause to become giant in hokey sci-fimovies? Oh, moths, too (Mothra). And shrews, who could forget "The Killer Shrews"? (well, everybody, but still....)

Anything else?

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Originally posted by joel9507:
Ants, rabbits ("Night of the Lepus") lizards (Godzilla)- what else did radiation cause to become giant in hokey sci-fimovies? Oh, moths, too (Mothra). And shrews, who could forget "The Killer Shrews"? (well, everybody, but still....)

Anything else?

Don't forget Klowns.

"Killer Klowns from Outer Space." - 1988.

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Originally posted by GWbiker:

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Originally posted by joel9507:
Ants, rabbits ("Night of the Lepus") lizards (Godzilla)- what else did radiation cause to become giant in hokey sci-fimovies? Oh, moths, too (Mothra). And shrews, who could forget "The Killer Shrews"? (well, everybody, but still....)

Anything else?

Don't forget Klowns.

"Killer Klowns from Outer Space." - 1988.

Women. Spiders. Octopuses. Whatever Rodan was.

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Originally posted by joel9507:
Ants, rabbits ("Night of the Lepus") lizards (Godzilla)- what else did radiation cause to become giant in hokey sci-fimovies? Oh, moths, too (Mothra). And shrews, who could forget "The Killer Shrews"? (well, everybody, but still....)

Anything else?

Attack of the Crab Monsters!

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Originally posted by joel9507:
Ants, rabbits ("Night of the Lepus") lizards (Godzilla)- what else did radiation cause to become giant in hokey sci-fimovies? Oh, moths, too (Mothra). And shrews, who could forget "The Killer Shrews"? (well, everybody, but still....)

Anything else?

Grasshoppers: "Beginning of the End" with Peter Graves as a USDA researcher blasting away with a Thompson, while trying to escape from Chicago before it's nuked. Never in my 30 some yrs. with USDA was I given a Thompson. (snapping fingers)

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Originally posted by pulicords:
I loved it as a kid! James Whitmore, a Thompson SMG, and giant radioactive ants! What's not to like????

Yes! This^ A good one from a long time ago.

I think it was a good movie for its time. No CGI.
I think the sounds the ants made was irritating to great effect.
Besides you had Tommy guns, flamethrowers. rifle grenades; you dont see that anymore!