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Empire of the Ants (1977)

89 min · Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film

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Directors

Bert I. Gordon

Cast

Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Edward Power, Albert Salmi, Jacqueline Scott, Pamela Susan Shoop, Tom Fadden, Robert Pine, Brooke Palance, Irene Tedrow, Harry Holcombe, Jack Kosslyn, Ilse Earl, Janie Gavin

The story

thumb|left|Joan Collins in the movie. The opening narration notes how ants use pheromones to communicate and how this causes an obligatory response. As the opening credits roll, barrels sporting radioactive waste decals are dumped off a boat into the ocean.

Catalogue themes and tags

Aggression By Animal, Ant, Assault, Atomic waste, Control, Deadly Blow, Eating, Flucht, Hypnose, Loss of Control, Monsters, Mutation, Property, Real Estate, Tier, Verletzung, Natural horror films, Science Fiction, Horror, Creature Film, Cult, Monster, B-movie

Genres

Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
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