What?!? How? who paid for to see this?

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Joan Collins is part of the Ant Collective now, Locutus of Joan

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@steggy

[Producer in 1976 does giant line of cocaine]
"okay so it ill be like jaws right? but ants!"
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#monsterdon The classic line, "they're herding us like cattle!” and we both looked at each other and went "moo” then laughed for a while. This is one of our very favorite B-movies :)

"Farted to death by a giant ant queen" the glamour of Joan Collins' career

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#monsterdon Ants covered in sugar. The worlds happiest ants.

I hope they explain to the captives what the big plan is before they try to kill them in an elaborate way

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#monsterdon Joan Collins gets wet, dry, wet, dry, wet, dry. It's amusing to notice these little bits now that you're thinking about it.

#monsterdon The ant sounds are a lot like remixed cicadas, and then I remembered that both Brood 17 and Brood 13 will be out to play at the same time. We're gonna hear a lot of that sound…

We’ve pretty much established that I can now watch unconcerned when the ants start their picnic on these people. Good thing no one brought along a nice dog or cat. I’d care about a dog or cat. #monsterdon

@brooke

Falling Dominos

Dominos sugar?

Mother of god it was an inside job!
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This time it's not White Supremacy in the South, it's ANT Supremacy!

I reckon the mayor is just hundreds of thousands of ants in a Human suit

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She wishes she'd seen Charlie die some other way? #Monsterdon

Joan Collins just abandoning that man to the Ants, she made choices....

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Just put a sign to the "Future Spaceport" for the all the likelihood of it happening.

Lego Man taking control of the foot situation there

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I’ve read about fire ants. It wasn’t like this. #Monsterdon

Chekov's flare gun

Sailor boy getting his moment

Ants too high on sugar to protect the Queen....scandalous

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All the small town American folk just going along with it all, "Ants, Capitalism, what's the difference really?"

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The Ants yelling cruel, Anti-human slurs at them now, luckily nobody speaks Ant.

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Middle Aged Earing Guy can control the weather.

Why is nobody taking shelter in the building in the background?

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Empire of the Ants, or Empire of the PANTS?!

The Sex Boat leaves dock

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I really wish I'd made my new years resolution to snort more ant pheromones. #Monsterdon

Those people would still have been better off under the Ant regime than under Ron DeSantis

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LOL @ the single stuntman in the car....

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@bunnyhero

its the 70s. okay theft auto at best
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@Taweret@octodon.social

I for one welcome our insect overlords
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Perhaps the ants see the red fire hydrant as sacred to them?

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(laughs in 2024 at the people in the 1970s buying beachfront property)

I would would not purchase land after being hollered at by Joan Collins with a megaphone, even before the ants attack.

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Imaging this guy with the Lego hair walking down to under the pier with that lady exactly as a Lego minifig would....nobody bats an eyelid.

The couple with marriage problems need to kinky fuck and I don't think the ants will help with that.

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Do you want Antzillas? Because that's how you get Antzillas. #Monsterdon

"The Ant Queen just farted in my face, but at least the taxes are down"

This is how Trump happens

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#monsterdon This is what happens to ants of this size, that get just too much Taco Bell. Ooooof! ;)

Cocaine Ant Party!

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Ants VAPE now? #Monsterdon

Those cops are ants

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Yikes! A human child!
freaky things.....

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Chekhov's sugar refinery? #Monsterdon

The boat captain sure seems like he's got an old ant-related horror story in him. I wish he'd get drunk and share it. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon She's unusually horny for a disaster run-away scenario… yeah?

Now that all the characters are stuck together on the boat they'll have to attempt some 'acting' to pass the time in the movie.
Ouch.

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OMG the live filmed ants are so cute! Love Paraponera!

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See, the Ants are smart, they were already taking shelter from the rain.
These humans are too stupid to live.

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@Taweret@octodon.social Carpenter ants, building kaiju housing #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Joan Collins' casually brushing off an attempted sexual assault there, Capitalism is wild.
Let's hope the ants get the sex pest anyway

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YES! YES! EAT! MUTATE! 🐜

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“We hope you’ll enjoy your three-hour tour.” #monsterdon

Do any of them have an idea where they are going in that boat?

Oh well, that's all folks!

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"what do you want for the credit music?"
"make it like jaws, but not too obvious"
"I gotchu fam"
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FLAMMMABLE

LOL

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Good thing that truck's only flammable, and not INFLAMMABLE. #Monsterdon

OK this sequence was hilarious.

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just remembered my partner had been given an H.G. Wells collection recently and here it is #Monsterdon

(none of the illustrations seem to include ants)

#monsterdon Suddenly getting Stepford Wives vibes…

I reckon that old survivalist couple are in league with the Ants.
They've done a Kent Brockman.

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Why are the humans so offended by the Ants chopping down trees, Joan Collins screaming at them like that.
The humans cannot tolerate that something else might have Culture and Technology.
Tsk, small minds.

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I hope the ants are building some kind of irrigation system with those trees and the Humans are just in the way of their plans rather than the focus of them

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@Taweret@octodon.social
The ants should have been up for best supporting actor that year. The oscars are rigged i say, rigged!
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Okay but right now i want a big ol’ manatee to swim up to them and say hi. :3 #Monsterdon

#monsterdon Questions without Answers, Eyes without a face! Ahhhhh! ;)

@apLundell@octodon.social I love how that man is just standing there, doing his 'looking sad on a beach' thing and he's not going to let giant ants bring him out of that just now

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This singer of "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" was murdered by ants, and this film is mocking him. #Monsterdon #StrangeFacts

Wonder what sort of previous "stepping of the tram" accident forced the driver to warn people to be careful getting out? #Monsterdon

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Is this part supposed to make us excited for them to be eaten by the ants?

This guy with the Lego haircut is America's Lost Acting Genius. Heroic.

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i hope the ants eat him first

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Joan Collins' swinger boyfriend eyes the old couple, winks at Joan.......but she ain't happy!

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Being on the water provides no safety from ants, they're known to be very adept with scuba gear and flippers. #Monsterdon

im already rooting for the ants

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That old couple are 'of the Lifestyle' too....I see where this is going....

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Joan Collins' boyfriend is dressed like a sex tourist #monsterdon

dumping barrels of toxic waste in the sea? really? do you want kaiju? because that's how you get kaiju

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Dropping radioactive waste like depths charges, huh? #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

When Wikipedia said the movie was "loosely based" on the H.G. Wells story, they meant *loosely*.
(spoilers ahead)
- it's set in Brazil
- the ants are a few inches long
- the ants have venomous bites
- did he say they were wearing clothes or is that a weird figure of speech?
- Set primarily on boats
- Basically this guy saw these ants kill a few people and then went back to tell the tale and is afraid they will spread and it ends abruptly

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This was definitely another movie that just kinda stops. No resolution -- Our Intrepid Heroes are STILL IN THE SWAMP, the ants may be leaderless but they're still dangerous... Bert, c'mon, you could've knocked out like half the padding and given us an ACTUAL resolution here! You don't have to PAD a film if you've still got CONTENT TO FILM >:/ #Monsterdon

And as we pull this week’s #Monsterdon to a close, let’s all remember to raise a toast to @Taweret for hosting, and give thanks to all #Monsterdoners - posters and lurkers alike.

Wait for Lego Man , he's been practising his limp all day!

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Another movie where the monster fucks off into the sea. The people were the monsters. #monsterdon

Ah the sweet sweet smell of Febreze

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Car theft! They are THAT freaked out? Don't they want to join the nice colony and help run the sugar factory? What rude people.

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We are all going to be so disappointed when the Ant queen reveals itself, aren't we?

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later, this same warehouse was regional distribution for The Stuff

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An army of what? Enough sugar to feed an army of what!? #Monsterdon

I want Joan Collins to fight the Queen #Monsterdon

I'm gonna conjecture that the ants are controlling the townsfolk via pheromones, and the sugar refinery is the new ant heaven. #monsterdon #empireoftheants

"they're herding us like cattle"

uh... I think you mean like aphids, miss.

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I always thought that "very large" ants would be more scary than "giant ants"

Like ants about 12cm long.

This would be a very big problem but they could still be sneaky... which is part of what ants are good at.

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I may not be watching but I can still enjoy as the story plays out in front of me

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NO, HONEY, THEY'RE HERDING YOU LIKE APHIDS. #monsterdon #empireoftheants

@joewynne

Ants can make sounds but they are not that discordant. The species in this movie is notoriously loud. They make squeaking sounds to warn people about their sting.

It's unreasonably cute, so I can see why they changed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJCa9NJT7zI

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Finally Leisure Suit Larry get's what he deserves

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I think Earring Guy wanted to play a sailor in another movie but this was what he got and he's trying to make the best of the boat scene.

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Again, the SHACK HAS NO DOOR #monsterdon #empireoftheants

all the scenes with no ants on screen are boring and bad

all the scenes with the ants onscreen are amazing

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Aaaand now they run into Octoman. #Monsterdon

Ant pheromones must smell exactly like polyester.

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"dozens of giant ants!"

thanks for clarifying that point everyone, including the audience, knew
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Which way to the Future Luxury Ant Colony? #Monsterdon

"they don't like fire"

well, they don't like being ON fire but then i don't know who does

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honestly the ants climbing onto the boat looked pretty decent

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I appreciate how this movie went from small talk to death by giant ants very quickly. #Monsterdon