Them!
dir. Gordon Douglas · 1954
A child wanders alone in the New Mexico desert, leading Police Sgt. Ben Peterson to uncover a terrifying truth: giant ants, mutated by atomic testing, are wreaking havoc on the local population. Watching this film is like being thrust into a relentless race against time, where the stakes are not just survival but the very fabric of society itself.
In the New Mexico desert, Police Sgt. Ben Peterson and his partner find a child wandering in the desert and soon they discover that giant ants are attacking the locals. FBI agent Robert Graham teams up with Ben and with the support of Dr. Harold Medford and his daughter Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford, they destroy the colony of ants in the middle of the desert. Dr. Harold Medford explains that the atomic testing in 1945 developed the dangerous mutant ants. But they also discover that two queen ants have flown away to Los Angeles and they are starting a huge colony in the underground flood control tunnels of that city. When a mother reports that her two children are missing, the team begin searching for them. Will they arrive in time to save the children and destroy the colony?
