Empire of the Ants

Well, one of the things we love most about Netflix is the crazy amount of cheesy Grade B or C (or even D) horror films that Netflix has available for instant viewing. Tim usually gets to choose the movie with my power of the veto if it just seems like we are going to be wasting time by watching a movie. Sometimes they seem like they could be really entertaining in the cheesiest way and at the end you are asking for your last 90 minutes back because you know you never will. Sometimes we don't even make it through the movie but it is fun playing Russian Roulette with these fantastically awful horror films.


Today's Netflix Friday movie is Empire of the Ants. It is supposedly an adaptation of H.G. Wells' Empire of the Ants. I am guessing they took a lot of creative interpretation with it since I have never read Empire of the Ants but it cannot be this bad! Released in 1977, it stars Joan Collins so we thought it had to be somewhat good. Hilariously entertaining? Yes. Feeding off my disain for insects which most certainly include disgusting ants? Yes. Cheese-tacular? Of course! A waste of our time? That's up for debate since Tim fell asleep. Good? Definitely not but a night full of our own mystery science theater commentating was perfect!

Here's the premise according to Netflix:

Vacationers on an isolated island find themselves at the mercy of voracious ants when a toxic spill turns the pests into rampaging, radioactive reprobates. Stumbling into the ants' creepy lair, a sleazy land developer (Joan Collins) and her clients are horrified to realize that the ants are having a human picnic. Seems these bugs are hell-bent on exterminating mankind and taking over the island. Can anyone stop them?

Watch it if you think you can stomach the giant ants and non-stop ant screeching!