Unlike many sci-fi movies of that time, the movie Them! stands up pretty 
well today in terms of acting and cinemaphotography. That is, until the 
"professor" starts explaining where they came from. Radiation from nuclear 
testing? Of course! *headslap*Although I have never seen mention of this, it 
seems to me that James Cameron was inspired by the ending to Them! when he 
made Aliens.

Mike


"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:49a9c486$1@news.povray.org...
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> "clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
> news:web.49a994ccf3f1ac26e41007250@news.povray.org...
>> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>>> I think the film you are referring to might be called: Them!
>>>
>>>  Could be wrong though, although, it was an ant horror film from the 
>>> 50's or
>>> 60's I think.
>>
>> The German title of the movie you are referring to (1954 according to
>> Wikipedia... heh, did you know that Leonard Nimoy appeared in that 
>> movie?),
>> "Formicula", did come to my mind already, but that's not the movie I 
>> mean.
>
>     Oh well, it was worth a try. Quite a good film if I remember 
> correctly. Giant ants building giant nests underground in one of the many 
> deserts in America. And of course, the queen has many babies... EOTWAWKIJ! 
> ;)
>
>
>> Duh, that was an easy one - googling for "movie ants scifi" actually 
>> brought up
>> the IMDB entry as first hit, and the title immediately "clicked" with me:
>> "Phase IV", 1974, GB.
>
>   Can't remember seeing this one, although I may have. I'll go look where 
> you did.
>
>      ~Steve~
>
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