10/31/2023

SUZANNE SOMERS, ROBERT FOXWORTH & BERNIE CASEY IN 'ANTS'

Title: ANTS Year: 1977 Rating: ****

Television-movie originally titled IT HAPPENED AT LAKEWOOD MANOR sounded more like a ghost story than eco-horror/exploitation, so ANTS — that can either maim or kill after a few quick bites — works much better...

Initially discovered in an investigative fashion by construction foreman Robert Foxworth and worker Bernie Casey, restoring the exterior grounds of a classic hotel about to be sold from sweet Myrna Loy to crooked Gerald Gordon (like Melvyn Douglas and Kevin McCarthy in HOTEL)...

Suzanne Somers in ANTS

The latter resembling a nighttime soap villain, with a stunning trophy blonde assistant in Suzanne Somers, about to take-off with THREE'S COMPANY and who, although a smaller part than Loy's dependable daughter/Foxworth's loyal girlfriend Lynda Day George, isn't the main ingenue but does get worthy scream queen status...

As well as adorning the main poster with ants covering her breasts like a FROGS or, more fitting, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS style b-movie that this is, for the most part, equally as entertaining (also featuring perfect-couple Barry Van Dyke and Karen Lamm, disbelieving manager Steve Franken and Brian Dennehy as a bickering fire chief).

Barry Van Dyke and Karen Lamm in ANTS with Steve Franken
Lynda Day George and Gerald Gordon in ANTS
Karen Lamm in ANTS
Barry Van Dyke and Karen Lamm in ANTS
Myrna Loy and Linda Day George in ANTS
Bernie Casey and Robert Foxworth in ANTS
Suzanne Somers and Gerald Gordon in ANTS
Suzanne Somers in ANTS
Led Zeppelin II T-shirt in ANTS
Robert Foxworth in ANTS
Brian Dennehy in ANTS
Suzanne Somers in ANTS
Suzanne Somers in ANTS
Lynda Day George and Gerald Gordon in ANTS with Robert Foxworth

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