The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 374 1970s horror movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes10%
Metacritic26/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
129 audience votes
Key crew
- Bert I. GordonDirector
- Dana KaproffOriginal Music Composer
- Jack TurleyScreenplay
Cast
- Joan CollinsMarilyn Fryser
- Robert LansingDan Stokely
- John David CarsonJoe Morrison
- Albert SalmiSheriff Art Kincade
- Jacqueline ScottMargaret Ellis
- Pamela Susan ShoopCoreen Bradford
- Robert PineLarry Graham
- Edward PowerCharlie Pearson
- Brooke PalanceChristine Graham
- Tom FaddenSam Russell
- Irene TedrowVelma Thompson
- Harry HolcombeHarry Thompson
Stills
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Themes
mind controlfloridabased on novel or bookboatmutantevergladesantgiant insectradioactivityb movienostalgicreal estate