"...and I need an amplifier that will turn up to 11"

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Call for Phillip "Grasshopper" Morris!

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We've mentioned the good folk of Massachusetts driving locusts into the sea twice, now.

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I hope the grasshoppers know about the atom bomb plan and Zero Wing them all.

"We get signal!"

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You can't drive them but maybe you can fly them

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Yeah well the early settlers also thought lobsters were insects and refused to eat them so, you know, I wouldn't put too much stock in their ideas #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

A bee call? That sounds rad. #Monsterdon

"Have you ever been duck hunting, General?" 😆

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"If we don't drop the bomb, chicago will be destroyed."

And if you do drop the bomb? What then?

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Attract them by sensuously dancing in Lake Michegan, Peter!

entice them!

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Reproduce the sound of horny locusts!

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Get the reporter lady to drive them. She’s driven just about everyone else in this masterpiece.

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Dr. Whatshisface really has a thing for the early settlers of Massachusetts, dang

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If we could reproduce their call... you know, like in "Them" with the ants?

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I hate it when I get out of the shower and then, SURPRISE ATOMIC LOCUST out my window.
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Atom bombs. That’s sure not to enbiggen them 🙄 #Monsterdon

"we'll get a giant fucking brush and drive them into the sea, yeah that'll work"

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I'll check with Warshington

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Warshington was the capital before DC #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

"If we dont bomb it, we'll almost certinly lose chicago" I want to be certain we lose it!

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Why didn't they nuke the locusts where like... nobody was?

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There we go, "You Can't Drop An Atom Bomb On Chicago!"

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The use of unnecessary force against giant locust has been approved
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....Warshington? #monsterdon

"Warshington"

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If we don't completely obliterate Chicago it could be destroyed. #monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

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"Do not panic!"

Fine panic then.

You know that scene were King Kong sticks his finger into Fay Wrae's apartment? Yeah, we kinda did something like that with a woman burrito and a giant locust.

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Washington has always hated Chicago.

Nuke that fucker!

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meh, who cares about property. go ahead and bomb chicago.

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"What about the property?" The true victim of this film

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holy crap, talk about 'nuclear option'

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Oh shit the locusts are coming for our dames! #Monsterdon

"Wurshington"?
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THE PROPERTY! NOT THE PROPERTY!

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The poor, starving locusts are huddled in the alleyways.

If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them in.

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well, it is only the _second_ city

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That was a BIG OLD intrusive 'r' in 'Warshington'

In ‘57 you could evacuate CHI in just a few hours.

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Unrelated crowd footage! That'll make this seem serious.

Men, charge! Charge at the green screen, whatever's projected there can't get us all! <bugs proceed to eat all the men>

Not a single shot of a man aims a gun, shoots, shows the locust being exploded. I suppose Berti couldn't really hurt the locusts.

YES! EAT THE FLEEING CHILDREN!!!

EAT THE BLONDE BATHING!

No money shots, but a couple of the shots looked OK.

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And that, young grasshopper is how you low cuss.

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this movie brought to you by kids torturing bugs in jars.
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Lady, a towel is not appropriate attire for a giant locust attack.

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"Keep all traffic moving"

Anyone who's ever driven on the Dan Ryan:

"BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!"

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Oh

can I try the alley too?

like alleys, me

Basements! I miss those since I left Illinois. #Monsterdon

Locust: "OMG help I can't get any sort of grip on this sheer photograph" #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

First 20 minutes from the POV of an intrepid ex-war lady reporter. I didn't realise this movie was going to be feminist. 🤔👍

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Grasshopper has King Kong envy.

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I'm fairly sure that the leading woman and leading man get together at the end. Failure to do so in your movie was a federal crime at this point.
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Locust w/ a taste for pretty white girls. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon They're surprisingly good at sneaking up on people, despite all that shrieking.

pervy locust

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The notorious B.I.G (Bert I. Gordon) provided the special effects for the film in his low-budget way. Working out of his home garage, he placed a photo of a building on a table, like the Wrigley Building, had the insects walk across it horizontally, and filmed it from above. He would blow air at them to encourage them to move.

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"OK, NOW PANIC. YOU, LADY IN THE WINDOW! PROCEED TO PANIC!"

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Do not panic, I repeat do not panic!

Scenes of mass panic.

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Pervy bug

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wait, did they really light one of the grasshoppers on fire?
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y'know i'm as happy as the next idiot to joke about the postcards but these are some pretty great 1950s B&W effects shots

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the grassy hoppy climbing the building is awesome

how did that locust find a woman in a towel?
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The special effects are amazing.

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Townspeople: :blobfoxpanic:

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Shouldn't we have another giang bugs?
It seems a bit unfair that just the locust can eat people.
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Shots of running crowds in what looks very little like Chicago.

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Love how they were just having a picnic when the bugs arrived

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DO NOT PANIC!
JUST RUN BLINDLY AND WAVE YOUR ARMS!

Ok Ok, maybe panic a little #Monsterdon

Maybe everything in the army being painted green isn't the best idea against giant locusts. #monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

The good news is they already ate Moby #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

B roll panic!!!
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@ricci I mean for all we know they already are

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what is this crowd stock footage? it looks like they're outside a theater or something?

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We'll take care of the locusts. The Chicago way!
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#monsterdon yeah if memory serves me - if you're sensitive to annoying sounds and at this point haven't already maybe put on some light jazz and just turn off the movie sound.

They knew the locusts were coming but still laid out a nice picnic.
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Well, there goes where I grew up...

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[whistles MASH theme]

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Eh, it's only the south side of Chicago. What's the rush? #Monsterdon

the special effects are honestly pretty good #monsterdon

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high freq radio equip & a fast boat?

OMG!

MeeToo!

That was masterful obfuscated combat editing. Well done, editor. #Monsterdon

this is what i've been waiting for. this is transcendent. 50's army guys fighting giant grasshoppers without a hint of irony. #monsterdon

The Illinois National Guard: not the best fighting force in our military, but the closest #Monsterdon

Why are they even using infantry?

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"They're hammering at a single point in our line" that one grunt owes the locusts money #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

Am I to take it he just described the grasshoppers as being organized?

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Look, any Pokemon master can tell you that fire is effective against bug!!!

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Locusts have outsmarted us with their formation!
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SLOWLY THEY SCREECHED

INCH BY INCH

WAVE AFTER WAVE

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#Monsterdon I think the locust footage would be more believable if they slowed it down a little.

There's no way they're moving that fast.

Okay. This right here is some of Burt's best work. #monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

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I love their wiggly antennae

@Crazypedia

Offered them a percentage of the net profits...

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@amyfou Larry, Moe and Curly, chemists!? #monsterdon

Wouldn't be a Burt I Gordon film without stock footage. #monsterdon

This movie miss some locust eating people. Just a little bit gore would be nice!
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👀 Look for the scene where the giant grasshopper is chasing the kids. They are actually friends and relatives of director Bert I. Gordon and Flora M. Gordon, and are fleeing down the street they live on.

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