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Them!

1954

Gordon Douglas

James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, Chris Drake ...

6.8

2,853

Sci-Fi. Horror. Fantasy That ol' cinematic devil the A-bomb has spawned a colony of giant murderous ants bent on destroying humanity in this, the seminal big bug movie (an obvious and oft-credited influence for Alien among countless others). The special effects may be dated, but this brilliantly rational-sounding film has held up wonderfully in all other regards, including some starkly effective location work in the high Arizona desert, a genuinely inspired ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Entertainment Weekly	"[It] can still tingle your carapace, thanks to taut direction, an intelligent script, a believable cast, and a nail-bitingly effective climax in the sewers of Los Angeles."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"By far the best of the '50s cycle of 'creature features', 'Them!' and its story of a nest of giant radioactive ants (the result of an atomic test in the New Mexico desert) retains a good part of its power today."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"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."	POS
United States	Boston Globe	"Lovers of science-fiction pictures will certainly go home satisfied. "	POS
United States	Philadelphia Inquirer	"A first-rate horror film, of which there aren't many"	POS
United States	New York Daily News	"The threatened catastrophe, as destructive as any H-bomb, is handled with enough realism and tension to be plenty scary"	POS
United States	TV Guide	"One of the best of a 1950s spate of monster movies rooted in nuclear paranoia."	POS
United States	The New York Times	"Suffice it to say that the combination of three writers, director Gordon Douglas, producer David Weisbart and a cooperative cast have helped make the proceedings tense, absorbing and, surprisingly enough, somewhat convincing."	POS

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