The Food of the Gods (1976)
- Directed by
- Bert Ira Gordon
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, monster film
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 127 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A strange substance causes animals on a remote island to grow to giant size. A group of people must fight for survival against oversized wasps and giant rats.
low-budgetcampydatedsillyunintentionally funnycheesy
What happens
H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods, also billed as just The Food of the Gods, is a 1976 American-Canadian science fiction thriller film released by American International Pictures and was written, produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon. Starring Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, and Ida Lupino, the film was loosely based on a portion of the 1904 H. G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. The film reduced Wells' tale to a "nature revenge" plot, common in science fiction films of the time. Michael Medved's book The Golden Turkey Awards named the film Worst Rodent Movie of All Time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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