In honor of heading out to the Skyline Drive-In this weekend for their Super Monster Movie Fest, featuring an array of movies dealing with bugs, we thought that this Friday we’d go with one of the tried and true themes back in the ’50s were ordinary insects or spiders that were somehow cause to grow to enormous sizes. That’s right, let’s celebrate the tiny beasts that we all know someday will take over the planet! Now we’re looking for your favorite bug movie, so it doesn’t have to be a giant one, like Them! (1954) or Deadly Mantis (1957), but could be just intelligent cockroaches like in William Castle’s Bug (1975), or maybe killer bees, like in The Swarm (1978).
As a kid, I loved all of these kind of movies. Even remembering being terrified watching The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) as he battled the normal size spider that had become a giant monster to him! But from giant tarantulas, to praying mantis, to even grasshoppers, they were always so much fun.
So? What about you? What is your favorite BUG movie!
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This is a toss-up between 2 movies; both very different. Them is a phenomenal giant bug movie. The one that started it all and with good reason. By building up the suspense as to what is the source of the carnage it amps up the monsters threat and excitement. i really love the scene where they show the ants and the skeletal body.
2nd (if it counts) would be Cronenberg’s “the Fly” To me, it should count as it is about a man becoming an insect and it is sad, scary and poignant all at the same time. Also, it is a normal fly that causes all the problems in the first place.
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I have to say, seeing THEM! on the big screen this weekend was freaking awesome.
And I would count Cronenberg’s The Fly, only because it is one of my favorites.
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For me it’s Kingdom of the Spiders. Like Jaws, anytime that it was gonna be on tv when I was a kid, I HAD TO watch it! Lol!
Of course if you’re allowing it, then I’m with Chris in that Cronenberg’s The Fly is without question the ultimate insect film!
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Kingdom is a pretty fun watch. Between Shatner and the spiders all over the place, it is one that everyone should see.
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I am going to vote “Phase IV” (1974) as my favorite BUGS film. This film was made an impact on me in my early years when I saw it on TV, and still holds up today as an intelligently written film with some good ant effects and a cool soundtrack.
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Phase IV is one film that I’ve seen a couple of times and sad to say, I just don’t get it. I would agree it is a lot more intelligent than say, Kingdom of the Spiders (and that is not meant as a criticism to Kingdom), but not sure why but it just didn’t click with me.
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