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3.2/10   1,158 votes
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Director:
Bert I. Gordon
Writers:
Bert I. Gordon (writer)
H.G. Wells (novel)
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Release Date:
18 June 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi | Horror more
Tagline:
One Taste Is All It Takes! more
Plot:
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Exploitation Cinema: Mausoleum and Blood Song (DVD Review)
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User Comments:
Gordon's movies are all big Turkeys more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Marjoe Gortner ... Morgan
Pamela Franklin ... Lorna Scott
Ralph Meeker ... Jack Bensington
Jon Cypher ... Brian
Ida Lupino ... Mrs. Skinner
John McLiam ... Mr. Skinner

Belinda Balaski ... Rita
Tom Stovall ... Thomas
Chuck Courtney ... Davis
Reg Tunnicliffe ... Ferry Attendant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
H.G. Wells' Food of the Gods
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:18 (video re-rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Germany:16 | Finland:K-18 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Oversized reproductions of worms, chickens, wasps and rats were used to create the gigantic creature effect. Six different mechanized rat heads and four human-motivated rat costumes were also employed. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Morgan first meets Mrs. Skinner's Rooster, the legs (from the knees down) are visible of the crewmember wielding the giant chicken head. more
Quotes:
Morgan: [narrating] My name is Morgan and I play football. We'd worked our butts off tryin' to get it together for the big Sunday game, so the coach told us to knock it off and relax for a few days. One of my teammates, Davis, came up with the idea that we head out to the island... more
Movie Connections:
References Willard (1971) more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Gordon's movies are all big Turkeys, 27 March 2000
Author: Kai-18 from Website of the Gods

If you don't know who Bert I. Gordon is let me give you the jist of his movies: big things attack people. What's with this guy. Just about every movie he does has a giant something or other attacking people. And this is no different. This film is unintentionally funny and feature giant rats, bees, maggots, mosquitoes and funniest of all: giant chickens! You haven't seen a bad movie till you see a movie that has a man fight a giant chicken and still take itself seriously!

This is one of those movies that should have appeared on MST3k but didn't (a darn shame). With really fake gunshot wounds (rats are "shot"... shot with red paint and look perfectly unharmed) this movies good for heckling with friends.

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