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H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods

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H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods (1976)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:3

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.6/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: On a remote island, a farmer discovers a strange, gooey substance that causes animals to grow rapidly. His problems begin when the creatures get hungry - they prefer human flesh. Based on H.G.... On a remote island, a farmer discovers a strange, gooey substance that causes animals to grow rapidly. His problems begin when the creatures get hungry - they prefer human flesh. Based on H.G. Wells' novel of 1904. [More]

Starring: Marjoe Gortner, Ida Lupino, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker

Starring: Marjoe Gortner, Ida Lupino, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Tom Stovall, Jon Cypher, John McLiam, Chuck Courtney, Belinda Balaski

Director: Bert I. Gordon

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff

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Schlocky, schlocky sci-fi/horror, circa 1976. And it stars Marjoe Gortner. Say more?

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02/17/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

without even a hint of irony, fun, thrills, imagination, or anything else approaching entertainment

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09/16/07
David Thomas
David Thomas
Filmcritic.com
N/R

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01/26/06
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10/11/05
Emanuel Levy
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07/17/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

When it comes to making bad giant-animals-attack movies, nobody touches Bert.

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07/14/05
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
N/R

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05/09/05
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02/08/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Yummy schlock cinema!

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01/01/05
Staci Layne Wilson
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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03/28/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Spirituality and Practice

Not content with having made a mess of this earlier, Gordon tries again.

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11/20/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Mosquitos that can puncture a man's entire head. How can you go wrong with that, I ask you.

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02/24/03
Widgett Walls
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08/15/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
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Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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07/26/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Giant animal silliness.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
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