{"id":12542,"date":"2020-06-22T05:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ants-create-a-panic-at-lakewood-manor\/"},"modified":"2020-06-22T05:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T02:44:00","slug":"ants-create-a-panic-at-lakewood-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ants-create-a-panic-at-lakewood-manor\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Ants!\u2019 Create a Panic at Lakewood Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ee3da7d9b2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ee3da7d9b2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ants-create-a-panic-at-lakewood-manor\/#%E2%80%9CPleasure_seekers_at_a_luxury_summer_resort%E2%80%A6_trapped_by_a_deadly_menace_from_the_depths_of_the_earth%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Pleasure seekers at a luxury summer resort&#8230; trapped by a deadly menace from the depths of the earth.&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#\u2018Ants!\u2019 Create a Panic at Lakewood Manor<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Columns<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">TV<\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Rob Hunter<\/span>                   <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>June 21, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPleasure_seekers_at_a_luxury_summer_resort%E2%80%A6_trapped_by_a_deadly_menace_from_the_depths_of_the_earth%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Pleasure seekers at a luxury summer resort&#8230; trapped by a deadly menace from the depths of the earth.&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>4:3 &#038; Forgotten<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a weekly column in which\u00a0Kieran Fisher\u00a0and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the \u201970s.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>When people think killer ant <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> from 1977 \u2014 and yes, some people do think about such things \u2014 the odds are that their minds go straight to <em>Empire of the Ants<\/em>. It\u2019s understandable as those ants are the size of elephants and had the nerve to threaten Joan Collins. It wasn\u2019t the only example, though, as the year also gifted fans of bug-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d eco-horror with a fun little TV movie called, wait for it, <strong><em>Ants!<\/em><\/strong> (It\u2019s also known by a pair of wordier titles, <em>It Happened at Lakewood Manor<\/em> and <em>Panic at Lakewood Manor<\/em>.) It\u2019s not all that flashy, but it sure does feature more than enough ants to leave viewers scratching at imaginary itches all over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> December 2, 1977<br \/><\/br><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0ABC<\/p>\n<p>Construction in resort areas is always a nuisance, but the employees and guests at the historic Lakewood Hotel aren\u2019t quite prepared for the deadly nuisance headed their way. A worker is attacked by ants in a recently dug pit, and when a friend attempts to help the two are unknowingly buried alive in dirt from a bulldozer. Their bodies are found soon enough \u2014 one is dead while the other is clinging to life \u2014 but the cause of their (near) demise remains unclear until more people fall victim to swarms of agitated ants. A chef is killed, although it\u2019s really his own fault for cooking in flip flops, and a boy looking for treasure in a trash dumpster is left on the verge of death after being attacked. Theories from viral infections to poisonous gas make the rounds, but only construction foreman Mike Carr (<strong>Robert Foxworth<\/strong>) knows the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnts!\u201d he says angrily at one point\u2026 to the ants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ants Ad\" height=\"388\"  src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ants-ad.jpg\"  width=\"350\"><\/img>Carr and the others soon find themselves trapped in the hotel as the ants surround the building and begin their march for murder. Fire trucks, police, a local professor of entomology positing toxic pollution as the cause, a Coast Guard helicopter, and a small crowd gather on the outskirts to watch the disaster unfold \u2014 making for a fantastic bit where the chopper\u2019s rotor wash sends ants flying all over the onlookers \u2014 and the fight quickly sees the body count rise between both ants and humans.<\/p>\n<p>Like any good disaster picture, <em>Ants!<\/em> is an ensemble piece filled with recognizable faces squaring off against the threat. Foxworth, himself just two years out from going head to head with another mutated animal in the gloriously ridiculous <em>Prophecy<\/em>, is joined by <strong>Lynda Day George<\/strong> who had her own <em>Day of the Animals<\/em> (1977) nightmare as well. The rest of the cast includes the likes of <strong>Suzanne Somers<\/strong>, <strong>Bernie Casey<\/strong>, <strong>Myrna Loy<\/strong>, and <strong>Brian Dennehy<\/strong>, and they help make for a film that\u2019s never dull even when the ants aren\u2019t attacking.<\/p>\n<p>Director <strong>Robert Scheerer<\/strong> is a television veteran with a varied filmography, while writer <strong>Guerdon Trueblood<\/strong> flexes familiar muscles as the screenwriter behind other animals run amok films like <em>The Savage Bees<\/em> (1976), <em>Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo<\/em> (1977), and <em>Jaws 3-D<\/em> (1983). Their combined efforts never attempt to rewrite the sub-genre, and the medium\u2019s limitations are clear at times including some wonky optical effects meant to simulate yards filled with ants, but they deliver an entertaining tale with a message. Surprise\u2026 humans poisoning the Earth are responsible when the Earth decides to fight back! As mentioned, it\u2019s never dull throughout its ninety minutes, and scenes of the ants can\u2019t help but raise pulses thanks to an excitable score and the fact that ants make you psychologically itchy.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a drama element to some of this too as a shady developer tries to scam his way into purchasing the land \u2014 he misses the ant announcement and ensuing panic because he\u2019s busy boning Somers\u2019 secretary character \u2014 the old woman who owns it all has second thoughts, local authorities try to exert control to shut down the hotel, a saucy young backpacker seduces a lifeguard in exchange for a shower and fresh linens, and so on. They\u2019re character beats meant to build up viewer concern for these people while deciding others are villains whose deaths we cheer. Don\u2019t deny it\u2026 we all do it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ants!<\/em> arrived three years after Saul Bass\u2019 still-brilliant <em>Phase IV<\/em> (1974) and obviously can\u2019t touch it, but it\u2019s aiming for a different kind of experience. This isn\u2019t interested in being all that thought-provoking \u2014 again, outside of the planet revolting against humanity\u2019s shitty stewardship \u2014 and is instead only looking to thrill. 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