Food of the Gods (1976)

dcj2112 · April 02, 2020, 07:07:45 PM

If I had to describe this movie in two words it would be, "joyful insanity."

RCMerchant · April 02, 2020, 07:14:00 PM

And it's got ex-child evangelist Marjoe Gortner as the hero!
I love this movie!
Rick Baker did the F/X!

zombie no.one · April 02, 2020, 08:27:56 PM

never seen this but I do own FOOD OF THE GODS 2, which I think is an unofficial sequel...

"joyful insanity" sounds promising...

dcj2112 · April 02, 2020, 09:45:22 PM

Quote from: zombie no.one on April 02, 2020, 08:27:56 PM
never seen this but I do own FOOD OF THE GODS 2, which I think is an unofficial sequel...

"joyful insanity" sounds promising...

Yeah Food of the Gods 2 was made 10+ years after the original so I think its one of those sequels not all that tied to the original. Kind of like Chud 2.

The original is so fun though. If you like watching regular rats made to look like monsters using very minimal camera techniques, this one is for you :)

chefzombie · April 03, 2020, 01:00:01 PM

LOVE this movie! zombie, it's a serious must see!

The Burgomaster · April 05, 2020, 07:06:11 AM

I have this on DVD and occasionally watch it back-to-back with either EMPIRE OF THE ANTS or NIGHT OF THE LEPUS.

chefzombie · April 06, 2020, 04:19:27 PM

it goes well as a double feature with kingdom of the spiders too.

RCMerchant · April 06, 2020, 06:21:14 PM

Quote from: chefzombie on April 06, 2020, 04:19:27 PM
it goes well as a double feature with kingdom of the spiders too.

...which itself goes well with EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977)!

chefzombie · April 06, 2020, 07:10:25 PM

why yes, yes it does!

RCMerchant · April 06, 2020, 07:44:23 PM

^ Like fine cheese and crackers and wine!

pennywise37 · April 07, 2020, 03:50:35 PM

i saw the sequel years go thought it was an okay film nothing special about it i really need to watch this one though as i have started it countless times but for some reason i haven't finished it and it's not because i think it's awful i dunno why i lose interest in watching it for some reason early on i have no idea why either

claws · April 08, 2020, 02:25:03 AM

The Food of the Gods was nominated for the Best Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in the 1976 Saturn Awards.
Michael Medved gave it the Golden Turkey Award for "Worst Rodent Movie of All Time".

I guess that makes it a "good" bad movie

It is a tiny bit "better" than Night of the Lepus, I'll give it that. I thought the sequel was more unintentionally funny.

pennywise37 · April 08, 2020, 07:46:15 AM

i was if that was on purpose?

Archivist · May 01, 2020, 09:59:52 PM

Hey, is this the one with the giant bees or something?

OMG it's awful! It's the kind of movie that used to give me the willies when I was a kid. Still does, by the looks of it.

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lester1/2jr · May 01, 2020, 11:29:14 PM

is marjoe in it?

Food of the Gods (1976)

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