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It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977)

It Happened at Lakewood Manor poster
Directed by
Robert Scheerer
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
16
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Guests at a mountain resort hotel discover the building is overrun by swarms of killer ants. They must fight to survive as the ants attack the stuck visitors.

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What happens

It Happened at Lakewood Manor (also known as Ants or Panic at Lakewood Manor) is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Robert Scheerer and starring Lynda Day George, Suzanne Somers, Myrna Loy, Brian Dennehy and Bernie Casey. Its plot focuses on several guests staying at an aging mountain resort hotel that becomes overtaken by killer ants. It premiered on December 2, 1977 on ABC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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