Rotten
Periodic moments of good special effects are separated by reels of dramatic banality as players flounder in flimsy dialog and under sluggish direction.
Variety Staff, Variety
Empire of the Ants
For they shall inherit the earth... sooner than you think!
1977 · 1h 29m · PG
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Bert I. Gordon
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Empire of the Ants
Overview
A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.
Director and cast
- Bert I. Gordon Director
- Joan Collins as Marilyn Fryser
- Robert Lansing as Dan Stokely
- Pamela Susan Shoop as Coreen Bradford (as Pamela Shoop)
- John David Carson as Joe Morrison
- Albert Salmi as Sheriff Art Kincade
- Jacqueline Scott as Margaret Ellis
- Robert Pine as Larry Graham
- Edward Power as Charlie Pearson
- Brooke Palance as Christine Graham
- Tom Fadden Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
The movie swarmed into local theaters yesterday; unfortunately, the insects and the people in this melange of ersatz science-fiction and dull adventure deserve one another.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Rotten
It's all drastically boring.
Time Out
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