Too much of everything

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A made for TV addition to the "Nature Strikes Back" genre that was prevalent at the time, this shows its audience a pretty good time. Lakewood Manor is a lodge in Arizona (although the production actually filmed in Canada) that ends up under siege by a never-ending onslaught of ants that have become toxic and can kill people provided they bite their victims enough times. Robert Foxworth is the grim-faced, take-charge Mike Carr, a construction worker and the hero of the piece; Lynda Day George is his appealing leading lady, and screen legend Myrna Loy plays Lyndas' wheelchair-bound mom.A number of familiar faces get trotted out, disaster-movie style, for this well-directed tale that delivers a reasonable amount of thrills. While ants may not be among the most off-putting members of the insect world, to see so many of them mobilized here, and to see human beings covered with scores of them will ensure nail-biting tension for the more squeamish people in the audience.The characters are largely standard-issue, but fairly engaging just the same. We also get stock individuals like the stubborn dummy (Steve Franken) who doesn't believe Mike about the killer ants theory, and the worthless jerk (Gerald Gordon) who will be out to save his own skin when the going gets rough. That said, there is a very first-rate cast at work here, although Ms. Loy gets precious little to do after a while. Also turning up are Bernie Casey, Barry Van Dyke, Karen Lamm, Anita Gillette, Brian Dennehy, Suzanne Somers, Stacy Keach Sr., and Rene Enriquez.In a way that hearkens back to sci-fi monster movies of the 1950s, the filmmakers (Robert Scheerer directs from a script by Guerdon Trueblood) take the time to educate us as well as entertain us, with some facts shared regarding the nature of ants.Well done overall, with a particularly effective finale.Seven out of 10.

I'm huge fan of killer creature Featurs , This as be on my watch list for some time.Finally had time to watch it, I enjoyed it , actually I really enjoyed it for what it was.I found it very entertaining from start to end I didn't find it boring at all.The Ants attacks scenes was decent for a TV movie, I didn't expect any blood or anything , I did laugh a number of times, silly stuff in th8s movie, that is meant to be taken seriously but it very funny.(Small Spoiler ) Chef I kicked had 2₩ ants on his foot, he didn't one of them for a least 5 mins) it was so bad , it was funny, Which the movie so bad it good.Acting wasn't great but decent.

I was looking for another work by Lynda Day George whether it was film or a TV movie and I came across with a 1977 TV movie entitled Ants. It was a film in the tradition of Jaws. This thriller is about a group of guest at a tiny resort that becomes prey to a group of ants - the type that could kill considering their chemically poisonous bites that it is capable of and their appetite for human flesh. While this film is far from realistic and with over-the-top performances from the cast that includes Lynda Day George together with Suzanne Sommers,Robert Foxworth,Brian Dennehy, Bernie Casey and Barry Van Dyke,it became enjoyable in the sense that it became unintentionally funny and comedic that made it enjoyable and entertaining. This campy classic is definitely worthwhile especially when one is looking back in the 70's that is similar to its genre.

This is one movie that makes my skin crawl everytime I watch it. I had a hard time finding this movie but finally found someone who was able to tape it for me on a vhs videocassette and now that I have it, I will definitely keep it.