{"product_id":"empire-of-the-ants-uk-import-limited-edition-region-b-blu-ray","title":"Empire Of The Ants (UK Import Limited Edition Region B BLU-RAY) Release Date June 23\/26","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"products__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"It’s no PICNIC! From sci-fi mastermind H.G. Wells and B-movie bigwig Bert I. Gordon (Village of the Giants, The Food of the Gods)—brace yourself for mutant mayhem and pestilent payback in this cult classic creature feature about good bugs gone BAD! Starring queen of mean Joan Collins (The Stud), this incredible insect extravaganza is swarming with flesh-crawling chills, hair-raising thrills and spine-tingling terror...with a venge-ANTS! A heavenly paradise becomes a hellish nightmare when a toxic spill turns harmless ants into rampaging, radioactive reprobates! Stumbling into their creepy lair, a sleazy land developer (Collins) and her clients (including Robert Lansing and John David Carson) are horrified to realize that the ants are having a picnic...and humans are on the menu! Fleeing for their lives—only to be squashed underfoot—they soon discover that these bad-boy bugs are hell-bent on exterminating mankind, and building an evil empire where humans check in...but they can’t check out! \"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":14337,\"3\":{\"1\":0,\"3\":1},\"14\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":275199},\"15\":\"Calibri\",\"16\":12}'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK Import. Blu-Ray disc is Region B locked, will only play on All Region Blu-Ray players.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09TyNNYGbcs?si=eoXocmRUTMJcnWKS\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eNicknamed Mr B.I.G. by \u003cem\u003eFamous Monsters of Filmland \u003c\/em\u003efounder Forrest J. Ackerman, the writer, director and producer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBert I. Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebuilt his reputation on films featuring giant monsters, from \u003cem\u003eKing Dinosaur \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eThe Food of the Gods \u003c\/em\u003evia \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Colossal Man \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEarth vs the Spider\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1977, he made his final giant monster movie: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmpire of the Ants\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, inspired by H. G. Wells’ short story of the same name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eFollowing the illegal dumping of radioactive waste in the ocean, a barrel of toxic sludge washes up on a beach not too far from land being sold by unscrupulous developer Marilyn Fryser (\u003cstrong\u003eJoan Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e), who brings a number of prospective buyers to view the beachfront location. All seems to be going well until Marilyn, and her clients find themselves under attack by giant irradiated ants, mutated by the chemicals introduced to their habitat and determined to destroy the human race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOwing as much to the classic creature feature \u003cem\u003eThem! \u003c\/em\u003eas it does to H. G. Wells, \u003cem\u003eEmpire of the Ants \u003c\/em\u003eis an ecological fable for the increasingly climate-conscious 1970s, presented in a monster movie package that could only have been the work of the inimitable Bert I. 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