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[[File:them-poster-cropped_7566.jpg|frame|Could be worse. [[Tempting Fate|At least it's not giant hornets.]]]]

 

Classic 1954 horror/sci-fi movie. A little girl is found wandering in the New Mexican desert, the only survivor of an unknown calamity that befell her vacationing family. When roused from her catatonia, she can only scream [[Title Drop|"Theeeeem!"]] Official investigation finally leads to the discovery that the culprits are Cadillac-sized ants, [[I Love Nuclear Power|mutated by atomic radiation]]. The race is then on to locate and destroy the ants' nest before new queens hatch out and fly across the world.

Referenced in the video game ''[[Fallout 3]]'', which has a quest called 'Those!' featuring giant fire-breathing ants. Cinemaware's 1989 game ''It Came From The Desert'' is an open homage to this film. It also appears in ''[[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]]'' as a [[Demonic Spider]]. Also, the climax of the movie, including the rescue of the two children, is referenced in a Mark Hunt in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''.

 

* [[Absent-Minded Professor]] - Edmund Gwenn's character.

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]] - The Los Angeles storm drains are the setting for the climax.

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[[Category:Horror Films]]

[[Category:Films of the 1950s]]

[[Category:Film]]