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Post by 58chevy on Dec 13, 2020 12:27:30 GMT -8
Over the years there have been lots of sci-fi movies featuring giant insects & other arthropods. Some of them that come to mind are The Fly, Them (giant ants), The Beginning of the End (giant grasshoppers), Tarantula, The Black Scorpion, The Deadly Mantis, Starship Troopers, The Wasp Woman, Mothra, etc. What others can you think of?
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Post by wingedwishes on Dec 13, 2020 18:55:07 GMT -8
8 legged freaks
Loved the jumping spiders catching people off of dirt bikes!
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Post by kevinkk on Dec 13, 2020 21:34:19 GMT -8
Beginning of the End? You mean the Quatermass movie? I know that one as 5 Million Years to Earth. Not to be confused with 20 Million Miles to Earth..
Phase IV, about ants, an oldie with a peculiar ending,1974
Lots of ant movies, there's the H G Wells one where the ants control people to get them sugar, I think Joan Collins is in it. Empire of the Ants,(I had to look up the name.)
Another ant one with I think Charlton Heston, he runs a plantation and gets a mail order wife, then some driver ants go on the march.
Green Hell is an oldie about a giant wasp.
Mimic. There were sequels.
There is a stack of tarantula movies.
I like the old ones best, you can't beat atomic radiation or mad scientists.
There are dozens of others that are newer, Ticks is one that comes to mind.
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Post by trehopr1 on Dec 13, 2020 21:59:28 GMT -8
I too have always had an affinity for sci-fi flik's featuring insect themes.
Some good worthy movies mentioned already although I don't consider any Mothra films
in quite the same regard as the classics from the 50's, 60's, or early 70's. Even "Starship
Troopers" from the 90's is a real "reach" as the nasties in the film bear no real resemblance
to anything natural.
I was about to mention Empire of the Ants (with Joan Collins) but, kevinkk beat me to it. However,
another early 70's flik starring William Shatner is worthy and its title was Kingdom of the Spiders
(I have it on VHS as well as the Joan Collins movie).
The movie Arachnophobia from 1987(?)or so is worthy and featured a fogging scene in which insects
are collected (just as in real life) !
Another overlooked classic from 1958 is Earth vs the Spider (the superimposed tarantula was every bit
as good as in the "Tarantula" movie of earlier).
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Post by trehopr1 on Dec 13, 2020 22:19:50 GMT -8
I would also mention that insects have played some pivotal parts as
"bit actors" in other sci-fi fliks...
Who could ever forget Mysterious Island and the Elephant-sized honeybees
and associated comb they had made. One of them even capped a cell with wax
trapping two of the actors inside.
Ever seen the Incredible Shrinking Man. He had quite the fright trapped in his
own basement with a spider lurking about. When you are only half the length of
an insect pin any spider looks Gigantic. This scene was quite good.
Even the idea of typical social insects being somehow controlled en masse by
some revenging human or more importantly scientist has evoked a couple movies.
In the mid-60's an movie out of England came out called the Deadly Bees. Ever see
that one ?
And of coarse we cannot leave out "The Collector" from the mid-60's. Even though
there were no offending insects involved there was a REALLY great scene of an English
collectors "butterfly study" complete with a work desk, pull out drawers in a bureau
behind his desk, and of coarse some framed things on the rooms walls.
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Post by kevinkk on Dec 13, 2020 22:33:03 GMT -8
touche' Trehopr1. You beat me to Kingdom of the Spiders, I found that one in the discount dvd section.
I watch a lot of old movies. Without streaming, I'd have to read or something...Mothra has a place, and there were those
"gimantids" in Son of Godzilla, but, like you said, not exactly insects. Certainly nothing we need to worry about, bugs can't get that
big, at least the non mutated ones.
Killer Bees is another, maybe I'm mistaking the Deadly Bees for the name, it starts with a woman having nightmares, and the bees end
up descending on a baseball game or parade, with kids trapped in a school bus.
and I'm sure there are a lot more "Bee" movies...
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Post by 58chevy on Dec 14, 2020 7:47:11 GMT -8
"The Beginning of the End" movie I was referring to was not the Quatermass movie. It was made about 1957. Here's the trailer:
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Post by tv on Dec 14, 2020 11:52:17 GMT -8
I'll admit, a lot of these are before my time, but I was exposed to them through Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3k). They had a show that was based on watching B (or C) movies like these and making fun of them. If you haven't seen them, it's worth a try.
They've covered a lot of movies mentioned here and several that haven't been -
Phase IV
Beginning of the End
The Deadly Mantis
The Giant Spider Invasion (a movie where spiders invade Wisconsin)
The Deadly Bees (A British film where a beekeeper's house is a perfect vacation spot for a famous starlet)
The Horrors of Spider Island
Squirm (did you know electricity makes worms carnivorous, apparently only in the southern United States) They've also covered Kingdom of the Spiders in the newer iteration of their show called Rifftrax. |
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Post by leptraps on Dec 14, 2020 12:36:19 GMT -8
I remember as a teenager watching the "C","D", "G", &,"HS" class movies on Saturday mornings. Yesserie Buffalo Bob class movies. Maybe you must be my age to remember such things
Do any of you remember those cheapo Saturdays morning flicks???
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Post by kevinkk on Dec 14, 2020 17:44:49 GMT -8
"The Beginning of the End" movie I was referring to was not the Quatermass movie. It was made about 1957. Here's the trailer: I'll look that up on the roku. |
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Post by kevinkk on Dec 14, 2020 17:52:16 GMT -8
I'll admit, a lot of these are before my time, but I was exposed to them through Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3k). They had a show that was based on watching B (or C) movies like these and making fun of them. If you haven't seen them, it's worth a try.
They've covered a lot of movies mentioned here and several that haven't been -
Phase IV
Beginning of the End
The Deadly Mantis
The Giant Spider Invasion (a movie where spiders invade Wisconsin)
The Deadly Bees (A British film where a beekeeper's house is a perfect vacation spot for a famous starlet)
The Horrors of Spider Island
Squirm (did you know electricity makes worms carnivorous, apparently only in the southern United States) They've also covered Kingdom of the Spiders in the newer iteration of their show called Rifftrax. I just have to comment about MST3K, and Rifftraxx. I find them demeaning to the people that went to the trouble to make these movies, and it doesn't take much intelligence to make relentless moronic comments about other people's work. Maybe they do a smidgeon of good by bringing these movies to light, so you can search for them without comments. I was scolded by Lego once for commenting on a proposed Lego set of the MST3K studio. On a separate, and lighter note, there's also a movie called "Bug" where giant beetles craw lout of a crack in the ground and kill people by burning them. |
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Post by kevinkk on Dec 14, 2020 17:58:57 GMT -8
I remember as a teenager watching the "C","D", "G", &,"HS" class movies on Saturday mornings. Yesserie Buffalo Bob class movies. Maybe you must be my age to remember such things Do any of you remember those cheapo Saturdays morning flicks??? A lot of them are still around, we get a channel called Memorable Entertainment, and there's a lot of streaming channels for those oldies. of course, many are in public domain now, and it takes some work to find channels that are actually different. I grew up on Looney Tunes, Sinister Cinema(late night), a lot has changed, but there's also a lot of us that like those campy double B movies. |
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Post by tv on Dec 14, 2020 19:12:46 GMT -8
I'll admit, a lot of these are before my time, but I was exposed to them through Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3k). They had a show that was based on watching B (or C) movies like these and making fun of them. If you haven't seen them, it's worth a try.
They've covered a lot of movies mentioned here and several that haven't been -
Phase IV
Beginning of the End
The Deadly Mantis
The Giant Spider Invasion (a movie where spiders invade Wisconsin)
The Deadly Bees (A British film where a beekeeper's house is a perfect vacation spot for a famous starlet)
The Horrors of Spider Island
Squirm (did you know electricity makes worms carnivorous, apparently only in the southern United States) They've also covered Kingdom of the Spiders in the newer iteration of their show called Rifftrax. I just have to comment about MST3K, and Rifftraxx. I find them demeaning to the people that went to the trouble to make these movies, and it doesn't take much intelligence to make relentless moronic comments about other people's work. Maybe they do a smidgeon of good by bringing these movies to light, so you can search for them without comments. I was scolded by Lego once for commenting on a proposed Lego set of the MST3K studio. On a separate, and lighter note, there's also a movie called "Bug" where giant beetles craw lout of a crack in the ground and kill people by burning them. I have to admit I'm a little intrigued at the apparent grudge you have against MST3k/Rifftrax. That aside, you make it sound as if they're talking trash on pieces of art. There's a reason a lot of the creature features we're talking about here are called B, campy, or schlock. The studios put them out as fast (and cheaply) as they could. So you know that the people working on them were under no illusion that they were making Citizen Kane. These movies were generally about working for a paycheck. You can't say they're demeaning a movie when the people making it don't even care enough to do a second shot when the guy in a rubber ant suit (with visible zipper) and pipe-cleaners glued to his face flubs his lines.
Back to the subject at hand - The Wasp Woman was another film that falls into the C or D category that Leroy was mentioning. Made for $50,000 by Roger Corman, so you know it has to be good.
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Post by leptraps on Dec 15, 2020 2:54:11 GMT -8
At the age of 76, I have lived a few more years than most of you. AND, my taste in movies is beyond any of you.
I like good movies. Some of today's movies really challenge my intelligence. My older son returned a box full of movies (DVD's) that my wife and I enjoyed. Last night my lady friend and I watched "Doc Hollywood" staring Michael J. Fox.
I can hear the responses now.
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Post by kevinkk on Dec 16, 2020 19:59:07 GMT -8
The point to me, at least, is that even the directors know it's not art. That's what make the movies fun. There's nothing wrong with Plan 9,
it is what it is. B movies have a devoted fan base.
You have to appreciate each movie on it's own, for what it's meant to be, I like Lawrence of Arabia, or Oliver!, just as much as Godzilla.
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