The girl looks like I did every Sunday in church. (Including the screaming)
#Monsterdon

Them! Them! Them! Them! Them!

#Monsterdon

She doesn't look hysterical

#monsterdon

"We cannot tell you until we're absolutely certain about our theory"

whereas in real life scientists will talk your ear off about the slightest speculation

#Monsterdon

...So wait, the dead folks were camping ON A NUCLEAR TEST SITE? #Monsterdon

Woman talks down Man's ignorance!

But the Cop eye-rolled, Patriarchy was maintained

#monsterdon

TRINITY TEST MENTIONED

#Monsterdon

The most unbelievable thing so far? How fast the government worked with each other and reacted.

#monsterdon

My SEXUALIZED daughter Patricia
#monsterdon

Hm. So these ants are nine?

#Monsterdon

Richard Attenborough truly was timeless. He looks exactly the same in this as he did in Jurassic Park. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

So the giant ants stomp the people's bones too while they deposit their formic acid???

Looks like the oral LD50 for formic acid is 730 mg/kg (as measured in rats)

#monsterdon

@ramsey Yes, don't mention that you're a communist around him.

#monsterdon

Percentage of hat coverage in this movie is about 95% #monsterdon

@whknott Yes. The comments overwhelmingly express astonishment at how competent the police are in this movie.
#Monsterdon

"There was enough formic acid in him to kill 20 men."

Oh crap intensifies

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"There was enough formic acid in him to kill 20 men." Uh, how much formic acid would it take to kill one man? Just wondering #Monsterdon (cc @futurebird)

“He’s FBI, so watch your language?”

#Monsterdon

White Guys Entering Rooms and Being Introduced: The Movie #Monsterdon

Alamogordo. That's not ominous at all #monsterdon

Am I supposed to know enough about firearms to recognize a 30-30?

#Monsterdon

could have been a sugar hill gang?

#monsterdon

"Looney killer"?

I don't think we have to worry about Coyotes, rabbits, or Sams this time, sir.

#monsterdon

Combing the desert

#Monsterdon

@allanb If only they had invented horror movie tropes in 1954, they might have known better

#Monsterdon

"Just sugar taken" I'm screaming #monsterdon

A clue! More sugar!
#Monsterdon #Them

I think we're meant to think the wind is blowing so strong that the lamp in the ceiling is swinging. But the steam from the coffee pot is wafting gently and the rag on the wall isn't moving at all.
#monsterdon

sorry ed. #monsterdon

Good choice by cop #1 to leave cop #2 by himself
#monsterdon

Those cops are smarter then the average on this movies. Maybe they are really the main characters
#monsterdon

"Look at this, Sugar" Yeah. Looks like a barrel Honey. #Monsterdon #THEM

Do you want ants? This is how you get ants.

#Monsterdon

Against my better judgement I am really liking the cops coming upon the scenes of weird crimes that are way above their pay grade and beyond their feeble imaginations.
#Monsterdon #Them

#Monsterdon you want to get ants? THIS is how you get ants

A diabetic Sonoran Desert Moose #monsterdon

Sugar! Dun dun DUUUUUUUUN!

#monsterdon

Bent the gun barrel right backwards --- this might be more monster than America can handle

#monsterdon

the swinging lights are nice, I like the shadows

#THEM #monsterdon

You can tell we're watching this in 2024 because despite the massive windstorm outside in this movie, it's surprising the power is still on.

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon every place they've found an ant attack so far there's been a used and discarded gun

#monsterdon 12:00 is that a cartoon gun made real? Did giant insect shove a leg into the barrel before it was fired?

"...well, there's your problem"

#Monsterdon #Them

I love this film so much, I don't even want to make fun of it. 🐜 🐜 🐜 #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon this already seems like a genuinely good movie. feels weird man

I'd like someone to wipe out all malaria. Even if they made that sound.

#monsterdon

Yucks aside, this movie has done a great job in its first 10 minutes setting up some tension.

Hopefully we get some protags more interesting than these cops though

#Monsterdon

Man, someone's having a blast with the fan just off camera. #Monsterdon

Ack! That is *not* how you make a cast of a print ...

#Monsterdon #Them(1954)

SAAAAAAAANDSTOOOOOOOORM

#THEM #monsterdon #DeepHurting

@brooke

It's the process where you pour plaster of paris or similar into a footprint to create reproduction for forensic analysis.

Only show ever to use that term in screenplay.

#Monsterdon

Poor Newt, those giant ant sound really freaked her out

#Monsterdon

"...they're heeeerrrreee!"

#Monsterdon #Them

antpaws #monsterdon

try getting a warrant officer, just because some people have some spare carapace under the sink doesn't mean they're criminals #monsterdon

The broken baby doll head is such a good touch for building tension #monsterdon

"This wasn't caved in, it was caved out"

Ace investigation going on here

#Monsterdon

@jonny I suppose it's true, this is #Monsterdon after all

Personally I kind of want her to be an ant in disguise

Clearly the Kill Bill fight already happened there.

#Monsterdon #Them

the other guy just squatting outside like a dog...

#monsterdon

Love them creepy alien trees from the desert. Never looks like earth with those trees.
#Monsterdon #Them

No seat belts in this era, hold on tight #monsterdon

Children of the Joshua Trees

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kids are always soo spooky in this kind of movie
#monsterdon

"What's the matter with her?"

30 seconds of exposure to the news

#monsterdon

Good to see everyone's focused #Monsterdon

People don't really ask kids "who do you belong to?" anymore huh

#Monsterdon

she IS in shock. she's just had the script explained to her. #monsterdon

they didn't even ask her if she needed help they just kidnapped her #monsterdon

Maybe try giving her some water if she's in shock? #monsterdon

10-10.... 10-10-321? Save on long distance?

#iykyk

#monsterdon

Drat, the Canadian view of Tubi app doesn't seem to have the #monsterdon feature tonight, and I'm not interested in watching on Archive.org via laptop screen.

Oh well, we're out I guess.

"...what's your name?"
"ZUUL!"

#Monsterdon #Them

@blogdiva In your naughty dreams

#Monsterdon

The New MExico tourist bureau getting in some scenery shots here #monsterdon

clearly these are Hollywood Cops as the child is still alive...

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon ahhh! They’re coming right for us! I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing radium powder! ;)

nothing good comes out of the desert #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon is this what "speed limit enforced by aircraft" is?

@jeffron least of all religions

#THEM #monsterdon

Hey cops, why not shoot the little girl to get her attention?

#monsterdon

Listen to them slamming on the piano like they think this is a Godzilla soundtrack.
#Monsterdon #Them

Jesus Bronislau, take it down a notch. Don't wanna spend it all on the opening credits. #Monsterdon

A black and white movie with a red title. Cool. #Monsterdon

Movie just started and already there's a cat on the organ.

#monsterdon

This is not about the election, right? #monsterdon

@Crazypedia the actual conclusion? what?

#THEM #monsterdon

as fun as the ant documentary was, why did they keep that and cut the actual conclusion to the movie? Is there a juicy backstory to the production or editing?

#monsterdon #them1954

@YsengrinWolf I don't think I've seen that one either!

I didn't think I had seen any of THEM! but I had seen the last 20 minutes, starting with the LA River. Once I saw it I remembered it clearly. I must've come in late sometime.

#THEM #monsterdon

@moira For just giant "bugs," my next most favorite is The Black Scorpion (1957).

#Monsterdon

If "Them!" was a movie from the 1980s, hollywood would now be tripping over themselves to cast that little girl in an attempt to "revitalize" the franchise.

She'd be a mom now, and she just wants to forget, but circumstances force her to face her greatest fear ... to save her own daughter.

and it would be terrible, but they'd have to make it anyway to keep the franchise active. #monsterdon

@SarraceniaWilds :D YAAAAAS MARBLES MARBLES EVERYWHERE

#THEM #monsterdon

oh crap i didnt thread my #monsterdon posts and it feels like i dropped marbles on the ground

@YsengrinWolf @Taweret In which case I'd still be going with the neatest of turtle meats, Gamera

#THEM #monsterdon

It’s odd to live in a time when a movie about giant ants and death & destruction can bring such comfort to so many, if only for 90 minutes. #Monsterdon

@YsengrinWolf @Taweret best of the _American_ ones, I think I'd agree. But the Big G reigns supreme.

#THEM #monsterdon

Still the best of the atomic-weapon induced giant critter movies! Seen it many times over the years, it's a neat little self-contained double feature.

Thanks to @Taweret for bringing us together for the group watching pleasure!

#Monsterdon #Them(1954)