Hitchcoc When this movie showed at a small movie theater down the street, the marquee (which used magnetic letters) said, "Now Showing. Food of the Gods." During the night, someone switched the letters around and made it "Food of the Dogs." This was apropos in that it was probably the worst movie to appear that year at the theater. It has a stupid plot, horrible actors, and looks cheap. Anyway, that anyone would bother to pretty much remake an awful 1965 film is a little jaded. The H.G, Wells story is a lesser work but it is ten times the story here. If it's on TV, don't bother. By the way, who the heck was this Marjoe Gortner guy? I do remember his hair, but that's about it.

MARIO GAUCI The animal life of a remote farming community grows to enormous size after eating from a mysterious product and threatens the locals; in the meantime, members of an inland food-manufacturing company seek to exploit the discovery as a deterrent to world starvation. A sound cautionary tale by a visionary author (H.G. Wells) is perfunctorily rendered in B-movie terms: annoying stereotypes and iffy special effects abound and the sound effects – in which every animal seems to emulate the cry of a distraught feline! – are particularly grating. Director Gordon had already tackled (equally liberally and even less effectively) the same literary source in his earlier film, VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS (1965); at least here, we have the hamminess of heroic football player Marjoe Gortner and slimy businessman Ralph Meeker on the one hand and the intensity of Meeker's aide Pamela Franklin and farm woman Ida Lupino on the other for added entertainment value. It is rather unfortunate that, out of the four species depicted 'under the influence' of the titular snack – wasps, worms, rats and (most hilariously) chicken! – the narrative picks up the former as its main focus since marauding rodents have had their fair share of screen vehicles. Even so, for someone who hates them myself, it was somewhat gratifying to watch them getting vividly blown away, electrocuted and drowned!! Apparently, this was followed by a sequel 13 years later...

Azlan Lewis I give this movie a 7 out of 10 because it is fun to watch. I agree it is a "B" movie thriller, but then so many of the even classic horror movies are "B" thrillers.While this film uses extensive use of rats as the main "Giantized" villain it is still fun to watch.I am not familiar with Bert I. Gordon's older films but this is better then the Empire of the Ants (1977) which was released one year after this film. The acting is better in this film then E.O.T.A. and they didn't even have or need Joan Collins like E.O.T.A. did and even she wasn't needed there.I first saw this movie in a Drive in theater, this was about 4 years after it was released as it was the second feature after Battle Beyond the Stars. This was the best way to see films of this type back then as stadium seating theaters hadn't been created yet. It was fun to watch. Looking back on it now seeing it from an "adult perspective" I was almost 11yo at the time. It's hokey, but I can still enjoy the fun of the film.

Seb Three friends with big faces go to an island to relax by chasing a deer to death with dogs. There's so many over-sized faces at the start of this movie it's like watching Easter Island statues bobbing around. This merry jaunt is interrupted when some giant wasps kill one of them.This film is full of laughs, most of which come from the unconvincing giant animals. The rats look OK in close up but the giant chicken is one of the funniest monsters I've ever seen and easily the highlight of the entire film.I liked the character development too. They want to show that the businessman is a real typical 70's businessman jerk so there's one line where he stands opening a gate and says "open the god dam gate" for no obvious reason. Granted it's not quite on a par with a giant chicken head pecking at you but it made me laugh all the same. The crazy religious woman is equally subtly sketched with her endless talk of sin. The ultra-hostile "female bacteriologist" is pretty funny too. Check out the bit where her biological clock goes off during a rat attack. Funny stuff.The whole movie is pretty much rats being shot with paint ball pellets while roaring like a tiger and climbing on a dolls house. The basic fact that rats can swim doesn't fit with the ending so there's a clunky scene where we get told that giant rats can't swim. They can't swim OK, and we're not just saying that because we've already filmed the ending before someone pointed out that they can swim.Also, how come there's a dam on an island in the first place? Geography wasn't my best subject but wouldn't that mean the island was lower than the level of the water? If you've seen any of Big Berts other movies you'll know what to expect. Definitely one for bad movie fans only!