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THE FOOD OF THE GODS

1976 US HMDB
June 18, 1976

Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.

Directors

Bert I. Gordon

Cast

Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino, John McLiam, Belinda Balaski, Tom Stovall, Chuck Courtney, Reg Tunnicliffe
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Marco Castellini

A fanatical farmer, who lives with his wife on a small island in the middle of a lake, cultivates a substance, which he calls "food of the Gods", that, if assimilated by animals, makes them gigantic and voracious. Four tourists, who happen to arrive on the island by chance, will find themselves forced to repel the assault of some giant rats. Mediocre horror movie made without too many pretensions that has its biggest flaw in the special effects: discreet for the period in which they were made, they appear however absolutely "ridiculous" compared to modern productions. However, clearly better than its sequel ("Killer Teeth") made at the end of the eighties.

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