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Just what I expected

Great Film overall

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This one is just for fun. It didn't break any real new ground, but I don't think that was ever the intention. And let's face it, you know if this is going to be your kind of movie from the title. But for those of us that embrace the campy, silly, and low budget, it'll fill the bill just fine. With a cast that is just random enough to make you do a double-take, the actors aren't sleepwalking through by any means. The insects attacking movies were well enough established by the late 70s so everyone is in on the joke and willing to go for it anyway.The ants may be regular size, but that just leans credit to all the shots of them swarming. Some might actually make your skin crawl.

Horror movies dealing with bugs can make your skin crawl. I've seen a lot of those types of movies. Some like spiders,roaches, and other household pests make you want to buy bug sprays. In "Ants", it makes you want to buy a lifetime supply of it. Here you have a construction crew working near an old hotel making an expansion to the place, and they get visited by an unscrupulous real estate magnate (Gerald Gordon) to buy the land so he can build a casino. However, unknown to the proprietor(Myrna Loy), they have a bigger problem. It's not the magnate, it's a pest problem that is nightmarish from the start. Earlier, two workers are in the pit, one gets bitten by the ants, and are accidentally buried by the loader. Normally, ant bites are not dangerous, but the ants here have became immune to pesticides due to years of exposure. After the deaths of the workers and the hotel chef, immediate action is taken. Since ants are smart enough to build bridges, everyone build a trench and fill it with gasoline, because they can't go through fire. Other non flying bugs could ever get over water. "Kingdom of the Spiders" was scary, "Bug" was scary, "Ants" was a little subtle. It can happen to anyone, and it might make someone to become an exterminator. All you need is research. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

I was looking for another work by Lynda Day George whether it was film or a TV movie and I came across with a 1977 TV movie entitled Ants. It was a film in the tradition of Jaws. This thriller is about a group of guest at a tiny resort that becomes prey to a group of ants - the type that could kill considering their chemically poisonous bites that it is capable of and their appetite for human flesh. While this film is far from realistic and with over-the-top performances from the cast that includes Lynda Day George together with Suzanne Sommers,Robert Foxworth,Brian Dennehy, Bernie Casey and Barry Van Dyke,it became enjoyable in the sense that it became unintentionally funny and comedic that made it enjoyable and entertaining. This campy classic is definitely worthwhile especially when one is looking back in the 70's that is similar to its genre.

This is one movie that makes my skin crawl everytime I watch it. I had a hard time finding this movie but finally found someone who was able to tape it for me on a vhs videocassette and now that I have it, I will definitely keep it.