Them! (1954) A Science Fiction "Bug" Movie That Still Holds-Up After 71 Years

[Harry Dresden]

this one was kind of scary....

 

[fncceo]

The little girl at the beginning put on a top acting performance. Them is one of my favorite movies along with a few other from that period and type. Balck Scorpion. The tarantula and the one with Grass Hoppers.

Clint Eastwood played a stupid lab technician in a moment of comic relief in the sequel to “Creature from the Black Lagoon”, “Revenge of the Creature”.

 

[the watcher]

I saw Earth vs the Flying Saucers when we lived in Alexandria VA when I was about 8 or so, and it really hit me when I sat that one hit the monument. The stories had to rely on your own imagination for setting up the thrill, and it worked then, with some help from stop animation. The one that scared me most was The Thing From Another World, with James Arness as the bad ass. The suspense was built slowly and was wonderfully done with pretty good acting.

 

[Blaster]

War of the Worlds is a sci fi classic.

 

[whitehall]

One of the best for sure. The star of "Them", James Arness also played the monster in "The Thing".

 

[1srelluc]

Watching War of the Worlds the other day I can see where they put that screaming kid in the Tom Cruz remake....That damn woman screamed through the whole thing too.

 

[whitehall]

If you look close you might find Gene Barry, the star of the '53 W.O.W. movie in a cameo at the end of the Tom Cruse version.

 

[Zincwarrior]

If you look close you might find Gene Barry, the star of the '53 W.O.W. movie in a cameo at the end of the Tom Cruse version.

Wait, what?

 

[1srelluc]

Wait, what?

Yep, the ending scene....Credited as Grandfather. He passed in 2008.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Oh wow, it is!

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I loved these movies as a kid growing up in the 70s. They ran as reruns on local Friday Night Horror Movies - here it was a show called "Sammy Terry" out of Indianapolis.
Yes that is dishwasher gloves he is wearing - the budget for his show was apparently $.50 a week. LOL

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Ha! - you can pay a subscription and watch all 60 episodes of his show...

Nightmare Theater Subscription Gallery - Sammy Terry

sammyterry.com

 

[yidnar]

Good story, decent acting, M1 Garands, Thompsons, flame throwers, Jeeps.....It's got it's all!

OK, so the ants have to be looked at sorta sideways but it's not CGI.

Leonard Nimoy has a small, uncredited part as a U.S. Army staff sergeant in the communications room.

 

[yidnar]

another classic from that era that was a pretty good movie .

 

[yidnar]

I can remember watching an old classic horror movie when I was a kid about a mans severed hand coming back to life and crawling up to people and choking them to death .. lol ! as corny as it sounds at the time I thought it was scary ..

 

[yidnar]

War of the Worlds is a sci fi classic.

yep ! and another is the original The Day The Earth Stood Still .