Formicula

Originaltitel: Them!

1954
12
1 Std. 34 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,2/10

25.156

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Die ersten Atomtests in New Mexico lassen gewöhnliche Ameisen zu gigantischen menschenfressenden Monstern mutieren, die die Zivilisation bedrohen.Die ersten Atomtests in New Mexico lassen gewöhnliche Ameisen zu gigantischen menschenfressenden Monstern mutieren, die die Zivilisation bedrohen.Die ersten Atomtests in New Mexico lassen gewöhnliche Ameisen zu gigantischen menschenfressenden Monstern mutieren, die die Zivilisation bedrohen.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,2/10

25.156

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 3 Nominierungen insgesamt

Mrs. Lodge
(as Mary Ann Hokanson)

Don Shelton

Trooper Capt. Fred Edwards

Fess Parker

Alan Crotty

Olin Howland

Jensen
(as Olin Howlin)

Richard Bellis

Mike Lodge
(Nicht genannt)

John Beradino

Patrolman Ryan
(Nicht genannt)

Robert Berger

Patrolman Sutton
(Nicht genannt)

Oscar Blank

Alcoholic Ward Patient
(Nicht genannt)

Willis Bouchey

Official at D.C. Meeting
(Nicht genannt)

Richard Boyer

Trooper #1
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
The flamethrowers used in the movie were standard World War II weapons and were loaned by the U.S. Army. The actors handling the weapons were World War II combat veterans, who had used them in battle.

Patzer
Sergeant Peterson and Bob Graham are seen throwing cyanide gas bombs into the ant nest without wearing gas masks, only wearing gear to protect against the heat. Cyanide gas is so deadly to humans that this simply would not have happened that way.

Zitate
The Ellinson Girl: [screaming hysterically] AHHH! THEM! THEM! THEM!

Crazy Credits
Although the movie was shot in black and white, the film title at the opening credits appears blood red and blue. This was accomplished by Warner's Eastman Color process.

Alternative Versionen
A 2-3 minute segment following the projection sequence was excised from the film in the mid-1950s following a lawsuit from a real-life scientist whose name was used in the story for a fictional explanation of atomic energy effects on ants. The scene was removed from the negative and has not been restored though it has turned up in some collector's prints.

Verbindungen
Edited into Begegnungen am Ende der Welt (2007)

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8/10

The best giant bug movie ever

Them was the best giant bug movie. It was about giant ants and started a horde of pathetic clones that followed it, but none have even come close to matching this movie's effectiveness.

Atomic testing in New Mexico that went on in 1945 creates a horde of giant ants. It is up to a group of scientists, a police officer, and the military to stop these creatures from spreading throughout the USA and killing off the human race.

This movie is not only a horror movie, but it also makes a point about the dangers of atomic testing. Much like Japan's Godzilla, Them finds nothing good in radiation testing or atomic bombs. There is even a monologue at the end of the movie which explains that things have changed now that we have entered the Atomic age.

James Whitmore, James Arness, Joan Weldon, and Edmund Gwenn give good performances as the heroes who are out to save mankind, along with the U.S. military police. The pacing was rather good as well, slowing down when things need to be explained, and then picking up when the giant ants are on screen.

Though the special effects seem cheesy by todays standards, I thought they were rather effective in this movie and memorable for 1954. This movie definitely looks best in black and white because it adds a haunting feeling to the desolation of the desert where the creatures are first found, and it also makes other scenes in the movie seem darker and sinister. Definitely a thumbs up in my opinion.