Them - Giant ants attack guy rescuing kids.

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[@gregcraven984]

just the sound of the wind in this movie was enough to scare me when i was a kid

[@johngoerger8996]

Greg Craven it seemed after Warner Brothers used the wind sounds in this film, it should up in a lot of Warner Brother films!

[@kevinarnolts2768]

It was a VERY pobular movie. I loved it.

[@karar.kendall4872]

It's called a sandstorm and it is a very common desert weather.

[@markbellew7178]

I remember taking a road trip with my family through eastern Washington when the wind would blow through the high tension lines my bladder shrunk 3 sizes that day

[@bugutwo]

Not only in the 1950s but definitely one of the greatest sci-fi classics of all time. Big stars during that era and the story line not unbelievable, it could be possible. I watch this about once every year, never get tired of it. I could imagine if they tried to produce an up to date remake of this film, it would be all computer graphics with unconvincing acting, the magical atmosphere would not be there.

[@bugutwo]

East End of London born and breed. Never even been to America.

[@FriendlyRambler]

bugutwo, I agree this is one of the best sci-fi movies ever! I was 2 years old, but saw this many times on television later. And I agree that a modern remake just wouldn't be the same. There were so many great science fiction movies made back in the 50's and 60's. Also the Twilight Zone! One of my favorite old shows.

[@TheExtremeRealityPuppetShow]

It will happen some day, you can be sure of it! You need to protect your areas *NOW* with *TACTICAL ORGONE!* Our *ORGONE BLASTERS.* I am sure they will *HATE IT!*

[@sherryreed3402]

FriendlyRambler loo

[@sonrouge]

Not to mention probably the first movie where ordinary firearms were good against the monsters.

[@archangel0564]

The Thompson SMG- killing ants, gangsters and enemy soldiers, for a long, long time!

[@stevemorris3540]

"Them" is one of the best 1950's SciFi movies, The Thing is good too.

[@enlightenerofcryptozoology8761]

Absolutely!❤️ Never gets old watching it! It is a classic and a film representing of the radiation birthed or awakened giant monsters of the era.

[@sonrouge]

Man, I'd have loved to have seen the reaction in the theater to the very first showing of this scene.

[@GGE47]

sonrouge I actually saw this at a movie theater in 1954.I was just 7 and just learning about the atomic bomb.No screams from the audience like there were in Jaws or Alien.

[@dustygrant3043]

Me too!!!!!!! I've always enjoyed this scene from one of my favorite movies!!!!!

[@stevenpilling5318]

I saw it at a Saturday morning kiddie show. I can assure you that the little girls squealed their heads off!

[@timrompel4409]

I did....

[@ian_b]

Apparently getting the antennae wasn't as effective as getting a machine gun.

[@mhp237]

+jaxxstraw Few problems in life that can't be solved with a Tommy Gun.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

My man James Whitmore doesn't go anywhere without a tommy gun! Later he has the best line in the movie, deep within the ant tunnels. When Edmund Gwenn observes that the nest is cemented with saliva, he says, "Yeah, spit's all that's holding me together right now, too."

[@derajnitram1882]

I really love this movie, I watched this so much as kid, and re watched it a couple years ago, and realized how well done it was for it's time, truly a great B movie if there ever was one.

[@anthonycaruso8443]

Better then many oscar winning movies.

[@marlawhite1430]

The cop had the better idea! LOL!

[@tdunphy13]

Not bad pretty accurate with one had and such high winds and the still blew the ant's antennae off!

[@Kenoscope]

I carried a .38 (what the agent had) for five years as a police officer, hitting a moving target that small is very, very hard. He was lucky that the script writer was on his side this time.

[@AndyWardle]

“What is it”. “It appears to be specididdlius formicidae” “Uhh”? “An Ant” Love these movies.

[@Miketheman926]

I think the ants made their way down from Ant-arctica. and to translate the ants sound when it went down "YOU GOT ME"

[@fasx56]

I saw this movie when I was 13 years old and it scared me so much I went out to the lobby for a while. In today's standards of computer generated special effects this movie would probably get a yawn.

[@maclemaster2187]

Can’t beat James arness he was in Them and The Thing both great movies

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

You always notice one thing about real-life ants: *THEY MOVE FAST!* That's the only problem I have with this movie, but *hey!* it's 50 years old. (Spiders move fast, too...)

[@michaelterrazas3125]

I have a theory on that. I think the reason it couldn't move so fast because their size is not natural and probably takes a toll on them because of their exo skeleton it's not like millions of years ago where they can grow to large size because back then there was much more oxygen more potent but like I said it's a theory

[@OdeeOz]

Love this movie! Scared hell out of me when I saw it as a kid at theater.

[@Rickwmc]

First and best of the BEM (bug-eyed-monster) movies of the 1950's.

[@dickcole2345]

I remember this movie. Watched it as a kid. In the days before the internet a TV station where I lived would play the same movie every evening for a week. This was one of those movies. I think I watched it every day that week.

[@Howyaduing]

When I fight giant ants in Fallout New Vegas I shout “Get the Antenna!!! Get the Antenna!!!”

[@nickray2000]

god this movie used to be my childhood

[@Fabiolett]

Lilo & Stitch brought me here...

[@maxemomaxemo6250]

Catch MR. SPOCK....LEONARD NIMOY....playing a staff sargeant handing out information....SMALL PART BUT STILL GOOD.

[@jamesarmijo4169]

One of my all time favorite monster movies!

[@jojo9535]

Biologic family formicidae. For formic acid, HCOOH, the chemical which ants and bees use to sting.

[@TD-2011]

00:55 Nothing like a Thompson to save the day lol

[@daveruda]

It came from the desert. I never knew how close the game was to the movie as a kid.

[@RobertJones-ux6nc]

First time I saw this movie with my Grandmaw at the age of 4 it scared the bejibbers out of me way back in 1960. 😅😂

[@dkupke]

THEM! THEM!

[@wendyhardin5259]

One of of my all time favorite movies.

[@briangoodacre7155]

film, them big ants, I watch every week on dvd or every 3days,grate film of, 50s

[@DaveLucas427]

Came here upon hearing about the passing of actress Joan Weldon (Dr. Pat Medford). Her character surely inspired the character Ripley in the "Alien" movies. "Now destroy everything in here. Burn it" "But..." "I said burn it. BURN EVERYTHING!" Cue the flamethrower.

[@dorothymalloy1474]

So is the day the earth stood still which won academy award in 1951

[@dougbrowne9890]

Good cop, keeping a sub-machine gun in the trunk (or back seat).

[@pintificate]

They murdered this poor ant just because he was proportionally challenged - a little oversized. All he really wanted was a sugar crystal... .

[@carloscevallos9858]

ngl, that sound it made before dying was legit terrifying

[@topgeardel]

Just once would I like to see a sci-fi or horror movie where women don't FALL when trying to escape danger. I didn't notice but did she have high heels on when walking in a desert ? lol

[@johngoerger8996]

IF done correctly would make a great re-make!

[@uzidozit8909]

Such a great film! The two male leads at their best.

[@zyriuzstorm9971]

Perfect for any monstermovie, I'd love to see a movie where they bring all things in play, gigantic insects controlling dead humans (zombies) with their antennas and gigantic robots n spaceships are sent to eradicate too, it's all perfect for a monster alien action horror movie x)

[@whiteknightcat]

Cop: What is it? Scientist: The species appears to be Camponotus vicinus, one of the family Formicidae. An ant. Cop: Why the hell didn't you just say "an ant" to begin with?

[@jamesarmijo4169]

This was the first movie my dad took my mom to go see on a date!

[@willfredoguevarez4502]

Awesome movie!!!!!

[@sammontanez6908]

Willfredo Guevarez Agreed

[@myraking1792]

I saw this when I was a kid - terrifying! I think I was about five

[@anthonycaruso8443]

He is not a "guy".They are law enforcement.The other,a professor.

[@TheAspieGamer66]

Fallout new Vegas has giant fire ants possibly taken from this

[@michaelmaier7262]

..............ants have vocal cords? Like the shark in JAWS 4?

[@borusa32]

I'll have cheese on my Ant Burger please

[@mhp237]

Back when they realyl made FUN, entertaining movies. Possibly being eight or ten while watching these helps too.

[@FriendlyRambler]

I don't know, I still enjoy watching this movie, and all of the old science fiction movies and I'm 63! Just as much fun now as they were when I was little.

[@anthonycaruso8443]

I'm 72 and still love it

[@meezerpocalypse6651]

you mean this giant ant shaped thing is an .........ANT?!?! 😵🤪😏

[@randommemesweekly4417]

this is what would happen if ants were bigger than humans

[@tziuriky86]

Amiga game "It came from the desert" brought me here :-)

[@DeSoccerRefMan]

The ant made a noise or sound at the end. I wasn't aware that ants had vocal cords. I know mother in laws, x-wive and disrespectful children have vocal cords

[@dionwoollaston5717]

Mabye it's a form of Eco location ants have poor eye sight and the desert can get pretty hot probably to the point it burns away the scent of the pheromones they release to navigate

[@DeSoccerRefMan]

oic

[@jessesands4099]

Hide the Picnic Basket!😆🐜

[@TheConspiredOne]

CG but maybe robotics as well....The same ordeal Jurassic park had ya know?

[@harlodhalmuth2982]

This movie scared the shit out of me as a child..

[@forrestgumball]

Now this was a scary anime

[@Bill23799]

In the 70's there was a ( WAY ) Off Broadway live stage play based on this film. All the actors were from Brooklynn, NY. It was called " DEM ! " . It closed after one week.

[@johngoerger8996]

Year or so ago found "THEM!" on Blue-ray!

[@only257]

Love this movie

[@Kenoscope]

Always fun watching the old classics, woman is fall girl, comic relief, at best extremely intelligent yet helpless. Sigh, the days of Testosterone. My childhood, you were taught to care for women, protect them not use them as garbage.

[@druunderwood5602]

Buddy thats James Whitmore Jr (The Relic) & many more. Police Sgt. Ben Peterson

[@petermaxwell4904]

is that van morrison ?(obscure) oh well hear comes the night gloria.

[@popswhippersnapper9629]

If those are tour ants then I'd hate to meet your uncles!

[@AndrewWilliams-zc1hf]

A great film which hasn't been on the TV for a long time to my knowledge. It had an ecological message in it about nuclear bomb testing. I think the president of North Korea should watch it as it might put him off nuclear bomb testing & saber rattling with the west.

[@majorlee76251]

No dog is safe😄

[@egosumhomovespertilionem]

Were Thompson submachine guns standard issue for the New Mexico state police?

[@mrbigboichungus3504]

Bruh I used to love this movie

[@AndrewWilliams-zc1hf]

A classic film & worth a remake.

[@stuartlee6622]

See the current Vice President

[@anthonycaruso8443]

Lets hope not

[@randomaxe662]

Get your description right, this wasn't a rescue scene.

[@gregpitman6035]

Hate crimes against ants!!! Repugnant!

[@oldschoolrr6077]

Remember seeing this movie when I was around 9 or 10 on Channel 9 in L.A., Sunday Evenings on a show called "Strange Tales of Science Fiction" This movie was my favorite of all the Sci-Fi movies they showed. Scarred me, first time I saw it. If you can get your hands on it at Amazon or elsewhere, it is well worth buying.

[@TheConspiredOne]

This movie would make a great remake...I mean the idea is brilliant and I could only imagine what it would be like today.

[@claytonecramer]

They would have orange hair and Tweet.

[@classicgunstoday1972]

CGI garbage with cartoon ants jumping all over the place. Can’t see what’s going on. Way overdone. I have 0 faith in Hollywood today

[@unclealand]

Where are the kids in this video?

[@shanebethune2381]

Get the magnifying glass

[@marceloribeirobarros]

Amazing movie !!!!

[@jessesands4099]

Poor Ant!😞😢😭🐜

[@Rickwmc]

Look! It's a Fukishima ant!

[@spencerthewhip9204]

U sure it aint one of dem soviet chernobyl pinko commie ones!!!!

[@TheWalterKurtz]

Somewhere in Arkansas.

[@raphael18ify]

Dr. Harold Medford: We may be witnesses to a Biblical prophecy come true - 'And there shall be destruction and darkness come upon creation, and the beasts shall reign over the earth.' Apparently, this quote is not found in the Bible, just made up for dramatic effect.

[@davemiles9290]

top class 50's sci fi

[@maxproulx8235]

what kind of cop has a tompson in their cars

[@maxproulx8235]

well i mean it would make sense if it was the apocalypse lol

[@BrianMChampion]

Back when cops didn't take any crap.

[@nickmitsialis]

Think about it: several locals have been killed or are missing including an off duty FBI Agent, as well as one of your own officers. I figure the Police would be loaded for bear & armed to deal with 'anything'.

[@michaelmarchich2678]

That's actual footage.

[@coopercobb8867]

These could be the ants in king skull island

[@davidlafleche1142]

Ants, nothing! What kind of FLEAS would King Kong have?

[@shanebethune2381]

Poor ant

[@cyrildenaque2650]

You watch cloverfield king kong and them the giant ant is there.

[@DeneneGranger]

what is the name of this movie

[@ssnoyes]

Denene Granger www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/

[@wutang253]

+Denene Granger them

[@systemshocker2875]

Who came here cause of lilo and stitch 2?

[@p.m.makoye5741]

why doesn't play?

[@julianch7251]

Bruh just get a huge can of raid

[@TubbierWombat]

Those!

[@tdunphy13]

Big son of a bitch!

[@pukemaster666]

all cg?

[@systemshocker2875]

Animatronics

[@JustEraseTheSystem]

IHS anyone?

[@SavagePassion666]

One thing about giant bug movies that always niddles me. Their cardiovascular systems would make them collapse under their own weight. Insects don't have lungs and breathe through their skin. Large insects are naturally slow because if they went any faster they would suffocate. See bird eating spiders. I know suspension of belief is needed here but that's always in the back of my head. Although seeing as this is the grandaddy of all scary bug movies I suppose it's not too shabby all things considered.

[@syphonfilter8372]

Simple explanation- they developed lungs like in the film Mimic. Yeah, the scale to size thing with bugs gets me too but it's sci-fi.

[@syphonfilter8372]

***** Yeah, it bugs me. Buzz is, it's a cult film that will probably get a remake someday. That's pretty fly. My aunt ( don't worry, she's not a WASP) loved this film as a kid back then and I loved watchin it with her as a kid. She said if there's a remake, she'll jump in her V-Beetle and we'll be the first ones there. If it's a bad one, we can always flea the theater.

[@WitheringintheDark]

Nikki Lee The issues with their cardiovascular system are valid, but if giant bugs would collapse, i'd really like the explanation for 50 ton dinosaurs walking around and not collapsing and dying, because due to fossil evidence we know they existed, and yet by the same metric applied to these ants, they Shouldn't have.

[@SavagePassion666]

WitheringintheDark The atmosphere today is a lot less oxygen rich than that of prehistoric times. In fact giant bugs did at one point exist 300 million years ago because the amount of oxygen present could support their growth. Same with the dinosaurs I expect.

[@WitheringintheDark]

Nikki Lee Oxygen only helps bugs due to their cardiovascular system, and even then, they were only a couple pounds heavier than the biggest of today. A higher oxygen atmosphere will not magically alleviate the forces of gravity acting upon a 50 ton dinosaur.

[@trying2adult]

This songs like Thameslink