Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE FOOD OF THE GODS

Cult fave director Bert I. Gordon makes his debut on the show with "The Food Of The Gods", where Marjoe Gortner battles giant rats, wasps & chickens. Yes, chickens.
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[@itsmebilly725]

Just found out today that Bert I. Gordon passed away last month, died from complications following a fall in his home. He seemed like such a nice guy from the interviews I've seen with him, it's a real shame. Man was a legend, working in the film industry from the 1950's to the 2010's. Rest in peace Mr. B.I.G. us cult movie fans will never forget you.

[@Hewylewis]

Bert. I. Gordon. When your name spells BIG, you're pretty much destined to make giant monster movies! :D

[@aaronflowers8881]

Lol

[@cosmic_crash2953]

Lol I was about to comment this

[@davidroarty7192]

Bert I. Gordon Sept. 24th, 1922-March 8th, 2023 RIP 😣😣

[@Hewylewis]

@@davidroarty7192 Oh my...

[@deadalready7467]

Not Giant but BIG Monsters Many Blessings 🙏🇺🇸

[@SuperSaiyanGuyver]

13:40" if you get outsmarted by a giant rat you deserve to die" The Shredder walks away, crying.

[@gundanout11]

Master Splinter.

[@Tareltonlives]

Anyone else picture Phelous doing his "Sad Shredder" bit?

[@edgarthepenguin5121]

not to mention Tom

[@Powderedcornet1]

Haha lol

[@Tareltonlives]

♫I hate Splinter♫

[@sheltonbrightjr.5988]

Mrs Skinner wrote "FOTG" on the jars. "Food Of The Gods". Silent title drop. 😉

[@blackraptor311]

Seriously though, while the effects may not be top notch, it beats the hell out of Birdemic. Compared to that, Food of the Gods is like Jurassic Park.

[@michaelccozens]

Sure, but that's like saying that McDonald's is better than a delicious dish of nails squished into Play-dough. It's a low bar, is what I'm getting at.

[@Clay3613]

Those aren't just wasps, they're Tarantula Wasps...aka Cazadors from Fallout: New Vegas! Marjoe should've been a bigger star.

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

He will live forever for his role in Starcrash.

[@prehistorichero2755]

They’re still wasps.

[@meesalikeu]

check out marjoes life as a kid its beyond belief

[@kylabeau]

Wandering the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@axelwulf6220]

I hate Cazadors...

[@Mr.DiughGames]

The Food of the Gods. This brings back some childhood memories. Thank you Brandon!

[@DealsFS]

You know its gonna be a good review when there's a giant chicken in the thumbnail

[@Alexanderortiz99]

Biggest cock ever.

[@ConstantineFurman]

Real talk: that dam destruction sequence from "Godzilla vs. Megalon" is better than the dam destruction sequence in "Superman" a few years later.

[@VerisimilitudeFilms1]

KeepingAngelaBaker As an enormous fan of both Godziller and Superman, I have to agree.

[@Chuck1lokin]

A giant chicken would kill an unarmed person dead in seconds.

[@TaintedMojo]

Akhet it would be pretty much like running into a Utah raptor.

[@critterfreek83]

I don't doubt it, especially if it was a rooster. Your average barnyard roosters have actually killed hawks, and even cats, more than once over the centuries in defense of their hens-no fooling!

[@skug9bob]

The "deeply incompetent rustic couple" is actually from the book: the scientist who invented the FOTG hires them to test it out on chickens (hardly being able to fit them in his apartment) and is too unworldly to realize that they're a couple of screwups.

[@michaelccozens]

Uh, I'm gonna say it's kinda on the scientist for hiring two backwoods dirt-farmers and just assuming they can safely handle what amounts to a biological weapon (also, he was testing this shit in his apartment, ie. a building full of innocent people?). "Unworldly" seems like a... generous description, at the least; I think he may have slept through his lab-safety courses.

[@ooeygooeygoodra3068]

Lets be honest the wasps are a million times better than the birds from Birdemic

[@ooeygooeygoodra3068]

Jack _ hey do you know anything about kaijus? Im trying to remember the title of one where there is a giant Kappa as its main monster

[@bunkerzero]

A sock puppet is would be better

[@gregorybarna1026]

Death Kappa (2010) is a good throwback kaiju movie with plenty suitmation destruction. There's Kingu Kappa from Ultraman Ace with a swimming pool in his head he traps victims in.

[@ooeygooeygoodra3068]

gregory barna ah thank you very much!

[@RyllenKriel]

They would of defeated the wasps faster with the keen edge of a deadly coat hanger.

[@mathewgreen4099]

Marjoe Gortner’s friend was played by Jon Cypher, who starred as Man At Arms in the 1987 movie of Masters of The Universe.

[@ericvelasquez473]

This movie scared the crap out of me as a child

[@ghosturiel]

Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they really exist...

[@Zay-Does-Stuff]

I understood that reference

[@comixproviderftw_02]

IT’S MEGA ULTRA CHICKEN!!! CHICKEN ARISE! ARISE CHICKEN! ARISE!

[@eduardoflores1503]

ComiXProvider FTW_02 then I summon slifer the exetuteve producer

[@geardog24]

No, shh. He is only legend.

[@eduardoflores1503]

geardog24 I don't get it?

[@BulletTooth504]

Eduardo Flores It's from an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

[@eduardoflores1503]

BulletTooth504 oh okay, I thought we were refrening yugioh abridged

[@exodous02]

The rats with the miniatures do look adorable. Should have had a scene where they came upon a crate of top hats and put them on.

[@SeptienPatterson]

The Twin Peaks reference was accurate and well played

[@ExodiaTheD1HATER]

Took a second watch through to catch it pretty good placement if I honest

[@ActualLee42]

A GIANT CHICKEN! Where's Peter Griffin to beat the living s*** out of it.

[@Lee-Darin]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HeilRay]

Too busy enjoying big busty pheasants on the glass

[@seanducharme413]

Hey in fairness the chicken gives out just as much as a beating then he gets I actually think the chicken is the better fighter bigack

[@devinmccreery8003]

Maybe he's kicking all those rats asses.

[@TheEricJBotelho84]

I would love to see Brandon review the Critters movies, I want to see his reaction so bad, I know he'll have some witty jokes and cracks at it.

[@ffmachinist61]

And where did this mysterious substance come from?.....Monsanto!

[@Zay-Does-Stuff]

It came from Ohio

[@Noman679actual]

Just got a Polly Pocket ad on this, "Tiny is mighty!"

[@trulsosmundsen515]

The Twin Peaks reference made me smile all evening. Well played!

[@edwardflanagan2623]

The twin peaks music just got me cracking up

[@daveheel]

i remember watching this movie when i was a kid with my parents in a one screen movie theater. i only remember the rats and not the wasps or chickens.

[@daughterofwolf]

Same!

[@tobyparsons2480]

Same here ,with brother ,was 6 or 7 ,,ran out of theater

[@jackdoe552]

I dimly recall watching this on cable in the early 80s. Honestly, the movie looks more entertaining than I remember.

[@megalon73]

Zombies - brains (2x) Giant Rats - Cheese (2x) (13:14) I could not stop laughing.

[@BobHershey]

Marjoe Gortner was also in the 1974 disaster movie "Earthquake". Ah, good ol' "sensurround" (amping the subwoofers up to 11 to make the whole theater shake). 😝

[@mike5556]

TFOTG was one of those movies you waited to play on the late movie when you were a kid.

[@wheatballz9059]

one of the best schlock reviewers on you tube. thanks for more content as always!

[@jiujitsu77]

One of the best parts of the week....a new video from Brandon.Also, thank you for the Megalon review. The first Godzilla film I owned as a kid. I got straight A's in first grade, so my dad promised me he would get me Godzilla 1985. Well.... since resale value was ALOT back then, I settled for G vs Megalon, no problem at all. In fact, I preferred it because I had never seen it before,and it had more monsters

[@slipknotboy555]

jiujitsu77 Nice story! (No sarcasm, I like these kinda comments)

[@tannerprice2018]

Now you have to review the sequel, Brandon.

[@JohnBlack2345]

he really does because DAMN! that is a suck ass treasure of bad cult films.

[@DeepEye1994]

Bobby: And I would like you to get the FUCK out of here! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!!

[@gmanley1]

Me: Let’s see, I went to Las Vegas, went to Atlanta... (A giant wasp stung me) Me: Of course, you realize, this means war.

[@ryandowney8743]

Brandon still needs to review the sequel.

[@devinmccreery8003]

If being eaten by A bunch of giant rats ain't nightmare fuel, I don't know what is.

[@wstine79]

Boy, Chicken Boo from Animaniacs was really crabby in the 70s.

[@Zay-Does-Stuff]

That isn't Chicken Boo that's Rooster Doo

[@lt.danicecream]

I loved this movie as a kid. I was hyped to see you had a video on it!

[@johncaulfield8935]

“Maybe a wolf will come along and eat some.” Was that referencing the Rampage movie?

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

And then the wolf grows porcupine quills and flying squirrel flaps. And it can glide like Varan.

[@henrytoledo4103]

@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 yeah Varan is way underutilized in Toho and any other of Varans various depictions

[@jabezhane]

I was 5 years old when this came out and I really wanted to see this. The adverts on TV really captured my imagination. I even drew about it in my 'News Book' that we used to scribble in with crayons. I still haven't seen it 44 years later.

[@tornadot2025]

@6:47 made me spit soda everywhere. I'm still laughing as I type this.

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

There's a pretty big difference between not being afraid to die and being suicidal.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Just sitting here waiting for the next five years so you can take over Cinema Snob.

[@CineMasterDamian]

I see I'm not the only one who saw Linkara's 500th episode

[@comixproviderftw_02]

I was surprised he got a cameo.

[@caseygibson7266]

I was surprised seeing both him and Cyborcat in the 500th.

[@skyslasher2297]

ComiXProvider FTW_02 really I watched it just for his cameo

[@Moonbeam143]

I was surprised to see him, too.

[@88seanster]

I just found this channel. You are covering my favourite genre, schlock! Liked and subbed!

[@michaelthomas5433]

I heard the albino rat didn't die but moved on to the small screen to play Martha Mouse on "Hammy Hamster".

[@walterfechter8080]

I've read the story by H.G. Wells and this celluloid shuck doesn't even come close. Thanks, Brandon.

[@MicrowaveJellyfish]

Brandon, how much begging, root beer or Patreon money would it take to get you to record a decent quality Village of the Giants theme/Last Race cover? That bass line is one of the sweetest things I've ever heard and the Grindhouse version just isn't the same.

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

I have seen every film you showed in the first 2 minutes. I regret nothing.

[@batangbatugan]

I remember watching this on Betamax and it scared me, maybe because as a kid I did realize the rats they used were actual rats, and I was afraid of rats!

[@jasonkaiser8752]

You have absolutely gotta do a review of the 2nd one, you'll have a freakin' field day!!! Brandon, please, please, please review Gnaw: Food of The Gods 2

[@Cedricisbadass]

I saw this movie in 1981 and I’ve been scared of rats, chickens and flies since then

[@Drixenol86]

The giant chicken reminded me of that episode of Danger Mouse where London was overrun with giant chickens.

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

To be honest, those rats are freaking adorable and I want to pet one.

[@Zay-Does-Stuff]

Holds them gently like hamburger

[@taewyth8680]

This movie's french title is "soudain... les monstres" and it translates to "Suddenly... monsters." and I think that this is one of the most wonderful B-movie title ever.

[@patrickdoring7149]

Village of the Giants featured a young Beau Bridges and a younger Ron Howard.

[@larry1350]

The giant chicken scene. I was hoping for a reference to Family Guy were Peter is often fighting a giant chicken. Yes, gore in a PG movie. Like in a similar movie from 3 years later, Prophecy.

[@OldSchoolCurt]

Peter north joke had me in tears! I’m gonna have to buy some of your merchandise!

[@ChaserJonDoe]

Speaking of The Island of Dr. Moreau, that's actually one of my favorite old movies.

[@johntumahab323]

4:06 - "Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do..."

[@MichaelCoyle]

Filmed on Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

[@c.d.scalemodels9198]

Hey, Chris here.....you are correct on the filming location.....an area called Cowans Point specifically. The remake of the film The Wicker Man was filmed there as well. I know a lot about this movie because it disturbs me, yet I'm intrigued by it if that makes any sense.

[@johnhooser5483]

A childhood favourite! Run through by a wasp! Marvelous!

[@raythulhu5143]

What? No snarky comment about Beau Bridges, when you showed him in the clip from Village of the Giants? I'm shocked.

[@VerisimilitudeFilms1]

Raythulhu Twice no less!

[@omegaman222000]

Whoa! I wonder if that stuff can be adapted to make only certain parts of the anatomy grow!

[@mechazoic]

Also strange that the poster for the movie played up the giant chicken when the rats were the main threat.

[@mikeymorales360]

4:20 at last the secret origin of chicken boo has finally been revealed

[@mythirdij]

Fun fact: If you watch this while tripping it's a hilarious comedy. I saw it on TV sometime around 1990-1991 and it still stands as the worst film I've ever watched from start to finish, but my friends and I couldn't walk away from the TV. As you note, the pacing was actually pretty good. There are so many things to ridicule in this film that watching it was great fun. Your comparison to MacGyver is accurate. It was the source of many laughs. If I recall correctly, he drives his Jeep back and forth throughout the film, yet never had to refill the gas tank. He even had enough extra gas to use some for making explosives when he donned his "demolitions expert" hat. I still smile whenever somebody brings it up :)

[@noelmollinedo2187]

the end of this movie with the kids drinking milk really scared the shit out of me!

[@tadc345fan]

Brandon, A number of giant rats live in the underground.

[@kylemendoza8860]

Rats can actually swim very well and hold their breath for 3 minutes.

[@eddieking2976]

At least no Jeeps were harmed in the making of this movie 😎👍

[@leafyfeathers]

Alternative title, “Attack of the Wumbo Animals”

[@BRUISERBROWNBRAND]

Loved the twin peaks reference 😂😂

[@tjf7101]

This movie creeped me out big time when I was a kid. ...still does!

[@Goji73]

Not even one Chicken Boo joke? :(

[@Cybermat47]

Goji73 what’s a Chicken boo?

[@Goji73]

from Animaniacs

[@SciFiFan2012]

Cybermat47 in: Animaniacs Wiki Chicken Boo Chicken Boo is a giant chicken who has a habit of disguising himself as a human. No matter the profession Boo has chosen, he typically excels at it. One person in each cartoon claims he's really a giant chicken which is dismissed by the other characters in the cartoon. After Boo's disguise inevitably fails, the person from earlier returns to say "I told you that guy was a chicken!" and Boo is typically shunned or even attacked by those who were praising him just minutes before.

[@DollyBelladonna]

Shit got there before me X'D shows our age anyway lmfao

[@ginapazienza9349]

Like Octodad but much fowler. ba dum tis

[@lnwolf41]

Enjoyed the commentary, really like the twin peaks music

[@GabbyZombie]

I haven’t seen this yet but I have seen Food of the Gods 2...which is pretty much the same 😂 great video as always!❤️

[@Glycenide]

I was four when this came out and sort of remember it. I remember the rats running around as I was terrified.

[@rsilkw2]

I knew this day would come.... and it was worth the wait.

[@haruruben]

We all know Popeye’s chicken sandwich 🥪 is the food of the Gods

[@lamarjackson1946]

Yeah i still remember this movie .we went to see it at the drive in theater it was a double hitter i think the other movie was called at the earth's core.those was fun times

[@jeremyfrost2636]

At The Earth's Core was good.

[@anactualmotherbear]

I first watched this movie when I was 4 years old and rewatched it for most of my childhood until the taped-off-tv vhs finally snapped. Now as an adult I can see The Littlest Preacher Marjoe is in it and I am floored. I love that crazy babyface boy.

[@calebcostrini]

10:08 Hey, it's the killer shrews!

[@johnhannibal5108]

H.G. Wells and Rick Baker doing the close up effects? I was so hyped to see this. I went to see this movie as a kid, 10 years old, and a 16-18 year old guy at the same show threatened to rape me. Ooh, yeah, he gave me a detailed description of what he was going to do to me. And he even had the courtesy to explain that, while it would hurt at first, I'd end up liking it. I have memories of terror of this movie and nothing to do with the movie When he first sat beside me, he started chatting about horror movies and he seemed to know all the stuff (like Famous Monsters magazine knowledgeable) and I was, "wow, a person who is almost an adult likes horror movies, like me. He's talking to me because I am obviously pretty cool for a kid". It wasn't too far in when the conversation began to switch and, well, i was too scared to run. I threatened to tell the manager but he threatened to drag me out the exit of the theatre and beat the shit out of me and rape me there. I wish I could recall but I just remember being in the seat and then out of the theatre, ducking down alleys, crossing lawns, heading home and evading as fast as I could I have never seen to the ending because I had to leave before the movie ended Was it irresponsible of my mother to let me go see this? No, she did not know. And I certainly could not tell her what happened because a) I would get in trouble for going to see that kind of movie and then b) punished for getting in that danger. It was the 70s, that was life. If you got hurt doing something, even if not your fault, you'd be punished. I got in a fight once and by "got in a fight" I was attacked and fought back. I could've broken my glasses so I was punished for that. God help you if you needed medical care - that's coming out of your allowance! And no dinner!

[@Thundarr995]

Once these rats hit 88mph,you're gonna see some serious shit!!🤣🤣

[@gallendugall8913]

Loved your cameo over on Linkara. Great Cinemasnob impression.

[@char1737]

I LIVE for twin peaks! That giant clock attack eat 4:11 brought me to attention

[@erikthompson619]

I just love that you pronounce "Bert I Gordon" so it sounds like "Bird-Eye Gordon" 😀

[@bastidface]

Yeah, it's a B movie, but it's still a lot of fun. I thought the rat heads looked great. My only gripe is the obvious harm done to the rats.

[@bryanferratt6598]

Danny Trejo.

[@dananichols349]

Brandon, you need to do the follow up Empire Of The Ants by the same director.

[@Nhurgle]

At 9:33, the actress' name is Belinda Balaski who played in The Howling and Piranha.

[@TrekCannon]

You know I just came across your channel and love it. All the movies you've talked about, I still have on vhs. Yes vhs. We used to call them b budget movies!

[@DeepEye1994]

Gotta review the sequel, that's where that hilariously out of context clip "Bobby" with the giant kid who swears at his mother and the doctor and yells them to get the fuck out of his room while a frog/lizard puppet watches comes from.

[@benitoguajardo6168]

Bert I Gordon has died at age of 100.

[@torrancecrosby3552]

That music and the chicken will give ANYONE nightmares...

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

09:36 I'm surprised no-one's mentioned bootleg Han Solo here

[@Oldguitar57]

I can't believe Ida Lupino agreed to do this movie.

[@henrykujawa4427]

Yeah, and what about Ralph Meeker? I guess a paycheck is a paycheck... I'd feel a lot better if I heard that they all had fun laughing non-stop between takes for the entire shoot.

[@terrencecoccoli524]

"Martin tries to go find help in a Friday the 13th movie" lol hahahaha

[@MoteofLobross]

I remember seeing this on UHF when I was a kid. Back then I thought it was made in the 50's or something. Turns out it was made a year before I was born.

[@strawberrymilk1683]

i was so little when i passed by the living room and saw this was on. GIANT FREAKING RATS. for the longest time i was so scared of weird milky white substances....

[@burn7391]

So cum

[@analplumber4147]

the guy from the second couple looks like he could be a Harrison ford stand in lmao

[@SMunro]

So this is the Island where that guy with the Ox lived?