The Food of the Gods: Difference between revisions

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'''''The Food of the Gods''''' is a horror film from the year 1976. It was directed by Bert I. Gordon, so it naturally has people fighting against (badly done) giant things.

Loosely based on a [[HG Wells]] novel ''The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth'', the film follows football player Morgan who, on a trip with his friends to an island near the British Columbia, encounters giant wasps which kill one of his friends. He later discovers that the insects got huge due to a weird substance which is bubbling from the ground and any offspring of whichever eats it will grow into giants. Unfortunately, rats have eaten the stuff and their litters are also growing into unusual sizes....

Loosely based on a [[H. G. Wells]] novel ''The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth'', the film follows football player Morgan who, on a trip with his friends to an island near the British Columbia, encounters giant wasps which kill one of his friends. He later discovers that the insects got huge due to a weird substance which is bubbling from the ground and any offspring of whichever eats it will grow into giants. Unfortunately, rats have eaten the stuff and their litters are also growing into unusual sizes....

In 1989 the film got an [[In Name Only]] sequel ''[[Food of the Gods 2]]''.

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* [[Behind the Black]]: Shown in one scene when Mr. Skinner encounters the rats in the dark.

* [[Berserk Board Barricade]]

* [[Big Creepy Crawlies]]

* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]

* [[Bullet Time]]

* [[Closed Circle]]: The island.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]

* [[Dangerous Windows]]

* [[Death By Materialism]]: Jack Bensington's fate.

* [[Death by Materialism]]: Jack Bensington's fate.

* [[Don't Go in The Woods]]

* [[Dramatic Thunder]]

* [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Chickens]]: Big ones!

* [[Everything's Better with Chickens]]: Big ones!

* [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Cows]]: Normal sized cows appear at the end.

* [[Everything's Better with Cows]]: Normal sized cows appear at the end.

* [[Everything's Worse ~~With~~ Bees]]: These "wasps" look more like mosquitos.

* [[Everything's Worse with Bees]]: These "wasps" look more like mosquitos.

* [[Forced Perspective]]: Most of the rat effects.

* [[Fun ~~With~~ Acronyms]]: The jars containing the size-altering substance are labeled as [[Title Drop|F.O.T.G.]]

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The jars containing the size-altering substance are labeled as [[Title Drop|F.O.T.G.]]

* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]: Morgan mentions in the opening narration the time when his father warned him about this.

* [[Hollywood Darkness]]

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* [[Impending Doom POV]]

* [[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It]]

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire]]: Morgan destroys the wasps by setting their nest on fire. The fire somehow vaporizes the whole thing without leaving anything behind.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Morgan destroys the wasps by setting their nest on fire. The fire somehow vaporizes the whole thing without leaving anything behind.

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Water]]: A dam is blown up to drown the rats who, due to their size, are unable to swim. It is notable that the dam is next to the ocean and water level on the island rises above ''the sea level''.

* [[Kill It with Water]]: A dam is blown up to drown the rats who, due to their size, are unable to swim. It is notable that the dam is next to the ocean and water level on the island rises above ''the sea level''.

* [[Molotov Cocktail]]

* [[Numbered Sequels]]: ''Food of the Gods 2''.