Them! (1954) Official Trailer #1 - Sci-Fi Horror Movie

[@curt0803]

I was about 6 years old when my father for some reason took me to see this film at the drive in. The next day we had a family trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. My grandfather who of course had a "short cut" for any possible destination managed to get us lost in the desert. Imagine how much fun that was for a 6 year old who had just seen a movie about giant ants living in the desert.

[@moonled]

Michael McDaniel My mom came into our bedroom with her fingers up like antennae, going Eek eek eek eek

[@ashtongreig4137]

Andy Jones what do you mean by that?

[@peoplearecool1234]

so many spaces ._.

[@krystylsummers8749]

Ummm..... they are real. That's what happens after a big boom

[@judithhartley9392]

I'll never forget how terrified I was as a youngster to see this film at the drive- in !! I've never forgotten...🐜🐜🐜

[@larryhunter2026]

My daddy saw this as a kid at the drive in, he loved this film. just passed in April. I love u daddy!

[@capo3164]

This film is one of the most creepy and haunting movies I ever saw. The noise of the ants, the acting of the traumatized girl, the chase for the unknown "killer". A psychological masterpiece.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

You are quite right.

[@Sol-Cutta]

The one with Joan Collins is better

[@44excalibur]

This is what you get with excellent screenwriting, great acting, and great directing; a movie that could've been just a silly B-movie, but ended up being a classic.

[@vintagefan3759]

44excalibur *Bee-Movie

[@44excalibur]

Vintage Fan Well, bees are related to ants, so yeah. lol

[@everlenaoliver6912]

44excalibur Well said and very true!👏👏👏 (applause)

[@44excalibur]

Thanks!

[@FlyingFocs]

44excalibur that actually reminds me of a quote from John Landis: "In the 50s, you had the films that were well acted, had a good script, but the monster was always a guy in a rubber suit. Then, in the 70s and 80s, you had this weird shift where the actors were terrible, the director was an overpaid tool, but the monsters looked incredible!" I love 70s and 80s sci-fi and fantasy as much as the next guy, but... Yeah, the fifties monster flicks had a class to them that most nowadays are lacking

[@aussiedonaldduck2854]

"By order of the President, STAY IN YOUR HOMES, STAY IN YOUR HOMES" Yeah I can relate to that right now!

[@LiveLife-fg1bz]

bruh quarantine

[@marcychan168]

Tell me about it At least they could see the what Hope everyone is well God bless you all

[@JV-lq9gp]

yeah that rung a bell

[@eogg25]

They didn't have to wear masks like we do.

[@alejandroyava]

Back when people knew that to make a monster movie with low budget and wanting to be effective, they understood that they didn't need to show the monster right away, but to make you afraid of its presence! They didn't need to show the ants. With that continual wistle, you knew they were close and getting closer, and that was just enough. Genuis!

[@lyleswann6296]

I grew up in Nevada desert, anthills galore in my backyard. And as soon as I saw this movie, I couldn’t play outdoors without being on the lookout for giant critters. Great movie, probably the best ‘50s giant monster picture, definitely spurred my imagination as chil’. It always seemed so real to me as a kid, especially how even the military responds to them. Tommy guns and flame throwers, tanks and bazooka teams are hardly a match for THEM. It’s funny to look back on, but when the soldier gets caught between the mandibals of a giant ant, I was pretty spooked. I thought, “holy crap, even the army guys are getting chewed up.” Good times, give it a gander, folks.

[@lyleswann6296]

And the sound they make, that uncanny, high-pitched siren... forever etched in my consciousness.

[@ms.sonshine8878]

The sound the ants made was seared in my memory forever. Great, fun movie.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

It’s one of the most striking and memorable noises l’ve ever heard in a movie.

[@Droopah1]

This movie still holds up because the ants are made well enough to suspend disbelief

[@jemedemande5166]

Are you implying their not real?

[@iamcuthulu316]

nice profile pick, mortal.

[@4everyanks748]

A sci-fi classic. The PERFECT movie to watch with Tarantula (1955) and The Deadly Mantis (1957).

[@alexphillips4644]

Also Empire of the Ants and It Came From the Desert.

[@AyoxinBlake]

By far one of my favorite 50s movies. Amazing how they actually managed to build suspense better than today's drivel with the limited effects of the old days.

[@g-man6729]

This may actually be one of my favorite trailers of all time. I just love how descriptive the narrator gets and the music in the background. Really gets you pumped for the movie, which is also a masterpiece of sci-fi in my opinion. Although, (SPOILER ALERT) did anyone else notice that the last shot of the trailer is also the last shot of the movie?

[@danieltobin4498]

It is, but without context the audience wouldn’t know that’s the last part of the movie

[@edhelmick6490]

I love this movie. To me it's a classic, one of those films from the 50's that were made without blood and guts all over, but still scary.

[@wgoodwin67]

Joan Weldon who plays Dr. Patricia Medford passed away a few weeks ago on Feb 11 2021 at the age of 90. I don't know much of her other films but I enjoyed her acting in this one.

[@CopiousJohn]

One of the things that struck me about this movie is that they didn't make her the beautiful damsel in distress to be rescued (or won, e.g., Anne Francis in "Forbidden Planet"). They made her strong, intelligent, and brave. Paraphrasing, when James Arness says the nest is no place for a woman, she answers "You don't know what to look for, and I can't tell you! I'M GOING!" Who wrote this strong woman into a 1950's movie?

[@alexdavies7394]

This monster Sci Fi is actually quite intelligent in the writing department.

[@MegaCrocosaurus92]

What an ass kicker of a monster film! Probably my favorite 50's creature flick along with Godzilla and Black Lagoon.

[@atheml6506]

The Three 1954 baddies

[@itsnovation3723]

War of the Worlds 1953

[@dorothymalloy1474]

I agree 100% I have1954 Godzilla movie

[@dorothymalloy1474]

Oh yeah war of the worlds was a good one & the day the earth stood still 1951

[@spevman]

As a young kid, this was one of my favorite Saturday afternoon monster movies to watch. I think I first saw it around 1978 when I was 8 years old. It was and still is one of my favorite monster movies of all times. It really stands up because of its unique approach to storytelling at the time... A forensic police procedural approach that wasn't really seen in dramatic storytelling until TV series like law & order and CSI nearly 40 years later.

[@TomCatLyons]

I really liked the sound effects of the ants in this movie. I was 11 yrs old then. Scared the crap outta me.

[@pistolshrimp6252]

dude your like 73 years old

[@dwarfie24]

+pistol shrimp maybe he didnt watch it at realese.

[@rutabagasteu]

Tom Cat Lyons Yeah the ant sounds were scary.

[@adamharper1536]

My uncle had a truck with loose belt that sounded just like them. For the longest time weirded me out as kid.

[@comicbookal]

One of my favorite sci fi film's of the 1950's. I remember seeing this for the 1st time on the CBS television network on the Late Show in 1960. Scared the yell out of me at the time.....Classic film......

[@earlenem5745]

I've been watching this movie on and off for 40-something years and I still love this movie this is 2022

[@animateangus]

Brilliant 50's monster movie! The ant props look pretty good for 50s standards, shame they couldn't have got Ray Harryhausen or Willis O'Brien to use their stop motion magic on them. Great film none the less!

[@leoburgermanstudios3204]

Honestly I'm happy it's not stop motion! Even with the best stop motion people (I don't know the right word) I can still tell it's stop mktion

[@janmehn277]

My younger brother and I ADORE this movie! It was one of the first post-WWII atomic bomb/mutation movies we saw and the sound of the giant ants is unique and unforgettable. It ranks with Godzilla, The Fly and Night of the Living Dead as one of my favorite all-time Earth based horror films, outside of the dystopian human societal genre (although the racial implucations of "Living Dead" are and always were genius, in my opinion )

[@stuartgarfatth1448]

@1:50, the 'Morse Code' sending device (key) seen here is the type of 'key' generally only used by highly experienced or exceptionally capable Morse Code Telegraphists, it's nickname in my trade is generally a 'Bug' key, or a 'Sidewinder' key. It enables a a person trained and experienced, as above, to transmit at very high Words Per Minute, (WPM) speeds, which the average Morse code radio operator cannot keep up with and understand. A 'Good' bug key operator can usually send so fast that it almost sound like 'music', so that a good, capable listener, can literally 'hear' the alphabetical letters/ words he/ she is sending. It's an art.

[@chrisgonz9963]

Them 1954 is one of the greatest sci-fi monster movies of all time a true classic masterpiece

[@remusarizona2178]

This and the Invasion of the Body Snatchers were the two scariest movies of my pre teens when my friends and I would run home from the movie theater pretending/imagining to be chased by these beasts….then once home, don’t dare fall asleep.

[@honeyfitz3791]

I saw this on TV as a kid. i scared the hell out of me. Which was great! If the scene of the little girl screaming "Them!" doesn't get to you, nothing will.

[@andremax77]

My favorite sci-fi monster movie. Excellent intelligent script ,good acting, great directing, wonderful cast special effects and action.

[@michellebarnet2292]

Omg! The first scary movie I remember seeing as a kid. When the giant ants brought a skeleton out of their ant hole my younger sister lost it! 😂

[@mr.majestic8713]

I saw this movie with my parents when it first came out. One week later we all took a drive to Las Vegas. We stopped and checked in at a small Motel in the middle of the desert. Later that day as it was getting dark I went outside to play around the back of the Motel, it was very windy and there was a large sand dune way off in the distance. As I continued to play I swear I could hear the same sound the giant ants had made in the movie coming from behind a large sand dune way off in the distance. Needless to say, I ran back to my parents as fast as I could and told them what I had just heard but they wouldn't believe me. True story!

[@Marine1111-p5x]

Put yourself in a drive in, 1954. Not many people had seen a movie like this. Today, we're desynthesized to horror movies, but back then, this movie was terrifying to its viewers. It instantly became a classic. Today, we snicker as we watch it, the special effects, etc. But back in the day, this move gave many it's viewers nightmares.

[@thejesusspringershow4654]

This would make a great commercial for Raid.

[@marcychan168]

Lmao Good one!!!

[@WarrenRCG]

A "solution" like Raid literally caused the problem to begin with.

[@captainmidknight2173]

Outstanding

[@Olebull93]

And now a word from our sponsors; Raid F*ing Shadow Legends.

[@mitchelcole7007]

This is one of the best trailers I’ve ever seen. I’d go to the theaters more often with trailers like this one.

[@Angrybogan]

Brilliant movie. Saw it as a child and still remember it.

[@jomac2046]

James Whitmore (Shawshank Redemption) Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) James Arness (Gunsmoke) Fes Parker (Daniel Boone) all made an appearance. THEM also had a great line I've always remembered "make me a sergeant in charge of the booze"

[@yogistanu55]

That High pitched Antennae sound still gets me after all these years...Them, Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, It came from beneath the Sea, the Giant Behemoth and The Giant Mantis...Godzilla, King of the Monsters...Cold War Sci Fi at its best!

[@tonizamora8695]

Great memory of watching this one with my big brother on the Saturday afternoon classic, Sir Graves Ghastly. I'll never forget the sound of the ants! Miss you, Joe❤

[@straightupmurph559]

Movies like this were some of the best in history

[@thomasschoenstein1589]

Watching it right now on movies channel and still ranks as a great film.

[@Rebelgamer-1111]

Whenever I was around 5 my grandfather watched this and all I could remember for the longest time was huge ant and the screeches, now I love this movie

[@-ninjanOodlez]

"...there is no word to describe... THEM!" They're just giant ants. Just call them that.

[@mrblacksmith33]

Earllon Granada I know right! Its not hard!

[@terrygreer1]

The filmwas called 'Them' because the only witness to their first attack (which took her parents) was a little girl that referred to the attackers as 'them' .

[@hamstraa]

giANTs

[@marcychan168]

Yeah and get the Raid lol

[@frankroy2005]

I simply love these vintage Sci Fi Trailers. Great Movie By The Way.

[@RobertGoldman-o2p]

The scene at the very end when the ant killed the man by squeezing him with its mandibles was so well done considering when Them was made.

[@PocketMarmo04]

I saw this on TV when I was about 7 and I tinkled on myself.

[@Thebronzekneecap420]

I will never forget that sound they make

[@marksamson7058]

I still get the chills when a giant ant emerges from an ant hill and tosses out a human skeleton, picked clean. It was my first inkling as a child that we could be food! Also, there is that creepy scene where they bring the little girl out of her catatonia by giving her a whiff of formic acid (ant smell) - she suddenly screams "THEM!!!". That was a good scare.

[@les21forever]

+Mark Samson Me too! And I felt so bad for that handsome state trooper (Ed Blackburn). They don't make cops like that anymore.

[@chaoticthegod]

Leslie James lmao

[@lyleswann6296]

Classic.

[@ThePatriotPoet1776]

THEM and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ARE THE TWO BEST SI - FI MOVIES EVER. LOVE THE 1950'S

[@conradpaolucci3242]

+ThePatriotPoet1776 you got that right

[@senorkaboom]

What about Earth Vs The Flying Saucers? Not of This Earth? War of the Worlds? So many great, and not so great, sci-fi movies.

[@petercampi2840]

+ThePatriotPoet1776 And what of Forbidden Planet?

[@mitchman3006]

+ThePatriotPoet1776 Don't forget Godzilla(1954) original Japanese version.

[@gabriellemarshall74]

TheP Them 1950

[@chand101099]

Absolutely love these old movie trailers................

[@richardschaefer4807]

One of the best Si Fi movies of all time...It was shown on the Million Dollar Movie every nite for a week when I was a kid...I watched it 7 times! "Them!" and "The Thing"...Arness was in both.

[@CopiousJohn]

Richard- I was very upset (facetiously) that neither James Arness' nor James Whitmore's obits mentioned that they had saved the world.

[@richardschaefer4807]

@@CopiousJohn Ahhh....Giant ants, gunfire and Joan Weldon in a dress...Whew! Too Much!....for a 10 year old. RIP To All!....We Might Be Witnessing a Biblical Prophesy Come True!

[@yankees4ever504]

This is such a classic movie. I have to watch it every few months. Own the framed movie poster.

[@delthorpe223]

-“There is no word to describe THEM!” -“Ants. How about ants?” -“...”

[@davidperezjr.4248]

I saw this classic thriller in 1960 under the covers on a black and white TV scared the crap out of me 1 of the greatest black and white sci-fi movies of all time.

[@charleswest6372]

The entering of the nest to be sure ants are dead? No way. No sensible man would dare that.

[@Effective_tool_of_Satan]

This old trailers were amazing.

[@araymond1able]

A really good B movie with James Arness in it before Gunsmoke. The Gunsmoke TV series lasted 20 years (1955-1975) 635 episodes. THEM! On TV now TCM.

[@TheRetirednavy92]

I will watch this forever. Had the VHS, DVD, and now on my VCR from TCM

[@rogercrawford772]

One of my favourite 50s B movies. An A in my opinion. Have it on dvd and watch on a regular basis.

[@davidcarruthers5850]

Frikin grew up with this MOVIE !!! And crapped my jammies.... LOL.... CLASSIC !!!! Better than any hollyweird movies made today !!!

[@iamsean92]

my grandfather gifted me this movie on VHS tape when i was younger. love it.

[@roberthutchison8197]

One of the few creature movies that didn't scare me as ants were one of my favorite insects...

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

I'd forgotten how interested Kris Kringle got in ants after his big landmark court victory in 1947 declaring him the one and only Santa Claus. He got what he wanted but then lost all interest in Santa Clausing. Started taking all those ant classes, becoming an expert, shaving his beard, moving out of the Brooks Home, and living in New Mexico wt the ants. Let everyone down. Little Susie still cries for him

[@VIDEOgameDROME]

This needs a 4K release

[@DILFliquor]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!! I remember watching this with my father, I want to watch this movie again.

[@Nackols]

so this is why that one quest with the ants in fallout 3 is called "those" lol

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

Godzilla wasn't only the monster who lift up the monster fiction cinema. The sad thing is only one of the few Gordon Douglas films remembered

[@MegaAshWilliams]

Aliens and It Came From the Desert have a lot to answer for...

[@alexphillips4644]

And Empire of the Ants in the 1970s.

[@connorbrennan4233]

Them is probably the best of the American '50s giant monster movies. Of course, we all know which giant monster film was #1 thar decade.

[@aaronmcintosh8209]

I don't know why I love this movie soooo much 😀 oh and I'm 30.

[@thecursor1]

Say this movie when I was in 1st grade on my dad's black and white TV. Still freaks me out a little whenever I hear that sound the ants make.

[@KaosNova2]

It is funny how The mission in Fallout 3 called Those! Parodied this movie!

[@beastbee0118]

MEATBAG

[@nyarlathotep7321]

And the scientist from the quest is named Lesko in honor of the main character from Phase IV, another killer ant movie (a very different, but still very good one).

[@chrischeshire6528]

Stay in your homes!? That's where I finds ants, especially in the kitchen!

[@Remoniq]

Got to say it, it is a really good movie.

[@StoryMemories86]

While I will always associate the sound effects with Them! … it was the same sound effects loop that played in the jungle Cruise. So walking backstage Adventureland I always felt like a giant herd of ants was about to attack! LOL

[@dwnk4691]

I love how Santa Claus guest stars in this movie…..

[@ForbinColossus]

I want to hear the part where the professor says "Formic Acid!"

[@rancosteel]

This film inspired films Alien and Starship Troopers. The photography and script were excellent and veered away from the terrible monster films of that genre. The little girl screaming THEM after smelling Formic Acid was a film highlight. Epic work by the entire film crew.

[@DianaAlan1]

This deserves a remake

[@dennisjudd7550]

Somebody please upload the movie,Them! An awesome Sci-fi movie!

[@icebear7335]

I love this movie such a classic sad how many gen z don’t know this film, I feel privileged to have been shown this by my grandfather

[@albrownfromtheothersideoft3115]

One of the best of the golden era of horror, sci-fi,the 50's, many of them had that "noir" feel to them which made them for me more appealing and well done(I'm a big noir fan) the 50's horror was great and the noir feel,not idiot gore made the good ones but still had the scare horror effect and good acting,cast n atmosphere, example,the "manster," definitely had a noir feel but still had the horror story n well done, the "indestructible man" another noir type,"how to make a monster","curse of the faceless man", and there's many others, yes, the 50's was the best hands down and the golden era of horror, sci-fi,no gore,no blood!

[@JohnTLyon]

If any film deserves a remake, it's this one!

[@dioarya6275]

Them in 1954 : 🐜🐜🐜🐜 Them in 2022 : 🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@nwseaman6945]

This movie is a classic. Great movie

[@j.vi-geant6784]

Great old movie, I just missed purchasing the DVD last month.

[@rmhomemail]

I was 7 and my 12 year old sister and her friends took me to the Elmwood Theater in Providence RI. Of course, they sat in the front row. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fletchercastoria2338]

I've only seen this on TV. It would be really fun to see this on the big screen.

[@TylerHines-dy8yg]

You thought Godzilla was scary wait till you see these guys.

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

These old 1950's Sci-Fi flicks rock!!! Thanks to "Svengoolie" outta Chicago on Saturday nights for the fun scary times!!

[@MattSipka]

Am I the only one who thinks this movie deserves a modern remake?

[@CopiousJohn]

Matt- No, there are several other comments like that, but I'm not one of them. Sure, better effects, but not necessarily a better movie. E.g., Invaders From Mars, 1953 vs 1986. I say leave it alone.

[@TheKiller7276]

Great movie that still hold up today

[@darklordvyper1169]

I want a modern day take on this film. I own this on DVD and watch it like 3-4 times a year.

[@alexphillips4644]

We have Empire of the Ants and It Came From the Desert.

[@andreasschmidt2739]

1950s sci-fi/monster movies i love Them... They have an atmosphere you can´t even buy with the latest GCI.

[@tutts999]

I watched this when I was about 8, gave me nightmares for weeks.

[@hsh6677h]

I love old movie and i will love the old movies forever

[@zachbutler9484]

updating my classic horror collection, picking this for $2 bucks.... totally seems worth the $2 dollars...

[@oldrocker74]

Happy 70th Anniversary!

[@geraldjohnson7937]

Probably one of the best (if not the best) SCI-FI films of the 1950's. Anyone know if a remake is in the works???

[@Bizguy1217]

Is a remake coming?

[@ddmcpaisley6299]

I have always loved this movie. Searching for it streaming online this Halloween Season.

[@thranduil608]

Remember watching this film with my friends when i was a kid. haha we were scared shitless!

[@allgood6760]

Timeless.. cool movie 👍

[@Tree_Dee]

Still worth a watch!