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One of the best creature features of the early atomic age, Them! features effectively menacing special effects and avoids the self-parody that would taint later monster movies.
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One of the best creature features of the early atomic age, Them! features effectively menacing special effects and avoids the self-parody that would taint later monster movies.
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A little girl is found wandering in the desert, in a state of complete shock. When she finally revives, she can scream out only one word: "Them!" Any aficionado of 1950s horror films can readily tell you that "Them" are giant ants, a byproduct of the radiation attending the atomic bomb tests of the era. Extremely well organized, these deadly eight-to-twenty-foot mutations converge on the storm drains of Los Angeles in the finale. Forming a united front against the oncoming ant battalions are New
Jun 19, 1954 Wide
Aug 6, 2002
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This science-fiction shocker has a well-plotted story [by George Worthington Yates, adapted by Russell Hughes], expertly directed and acted in a matter-of-fact style.
Top CriticDefinitely a chiller.
Decently budgeted and atmospheric, it's a sober accomplishment in a cycle that would quickly turn to self-parody.
Smart and idiosyncratic, with enough climaxes for two movies.
...while the ant constructions are understandably less sophisticated than what Hollywood can conjure up today, they're effectively menacing in their awkward, lumbering way.
It isn't all that bad, except when the ants themselves show up.
This is first-rate pulp.
Them! was Warner Brothers' highest grossing film of 1954 and inspired countless imitations, all of which were inferior to the original.
By far the best of the '50s cycle of 'creature features.'
Who doesn't love a giant ant movie? Who?
Sci-fi shocker is surprisingly timely
A Great horror film with a wonderful screenplay and a message anti-war that gonna fascinate the audience, until the people that in beginning don't expect too much. Fresh.
August 11, 2011Super Reviewer
The hallmark of the great monster movies of the 1950's is one of the best from that genre. "Them!",a chiller about giant mutant ants terrorizing a nearby town that was so good, initial efforts to film it in color and 3-D were scrapped. Tight and suspenseful today and it was when audiences went to see it in 1954,it pits
December 21, 2010
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