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"This is the ant. Treat it with respect, for it may very well be the next dominant life form on our planet." It seems we're moving in that direction. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they shop for prime real estate in the Empire of the Ants (1977). Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 170 – Empire of the Ants (1977) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine Con artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants. IMDb Director: Bert I. Gordon Writers: Jack Turley (screenplay); Bert I. Gordon (screen story); H. G. Wells (story, 1905) Selected cast: Joan Collins as Marilyn Fryser Robert Lansing as Dan Stokely John David Carson as Joe Morrison Albert Salmi as Sheriff Art Kincade Jacqueline Scott as Margaret Ellis Pamela Susan Shoop (as Pamela Shoop) as Coreen Bradford Robert Pine as Larry Graham Edward Power as Charlie Pearson Brooke Palance as Christine Graham Tom Fadden (in his last role before his death in 1980) as Sam Russell Harry Holcombe as Harry Thompson Irene Tedrow as Velma Thompson Chad chose Empire of the Ants , his second H. G. Wells-related pick in a row after The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) in episode 166 and his second Bert I. Gordon pick after War of the Colossal Beast (1958) on episode 80 of Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. (This is also the second Bert I. Gordon film featured on Decades of Horror 1970s after Food of the Gods (1976) on episode 28.) Chad does recognize his hometown where some of Empire of the Ants is shot, but it is not a terribly good movie, just terrible. To him, it feels like a TV Movie of the Week. The nasty effects and nasty acting, however, are not counterbalanced by how big the ants are. Robert Lansing is a plus for Jeff in Empire of the Ants but Joan Collins is a minus. Add in the terrible effects and jeff is in agree
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