Empire of the Ants
“For they shall inherit the earth... sooner than you think!”
1977•PG•1h 29m•5.0•Released
HorrorScience Fiction
A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.
Director
Bert I. Gordon
Writer
Jack Turley
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$3M
Languages
English
Studio
Cinema 77
Cast
Joan Collins
Marilyn Fryser
Robert Lansing
Dan Stokely
John David Carson
Joe Morrison
Albert Salmi
Sheriff Art Kincade
Jacqueline Scott
Margaret Ellis
Pamela Susan Shoop
Coreen Bradford
Robert Pine
Larry Graham
Edward Power
Charlie Pearson
Brooke Palance
Christine Graham
Tom Fadden
Sam Russell
Irene Tedrow
Velma Thompson
Harry Holcombe
Harry Thompson
Jack Kosslyn
Thomas Lawson
Ilse Earl
Mary Lawson
Janie Gavin
Ginny
Production
Company
Cinema 77
Company
American International Pictures
Producer
Bert I. Gordon
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