Fell down a YouTube wormhole of older films and stumbled onto The Swarm. What an incredible cast.....bloody awful film but the cast,amazing.
@FrankCannon: I remember the trailers for that one, from back when I was a kid. Great trailer, especially Richard Widmark with the flamethrower.
@thedisasterautist My dad took us to see it at the pictures.👍
@FrankCannon: My folks weren't into Irwin Allen flicks. I saw it the next year on one of the networks' Movie of the Week. In the early '80s, though, I finally saw it in its entirety on home video.
@FrankCannon: Affirmative.
see also: "Orca" and "Tentacles" (1977), not to mention "Piranha" (1978)
@FrankCannon: Also, though not entirely, "The Prophecy" (1979).
Oh, and "Empire of the Ants" (1977).
@thedisasterautist @FrankCannon Taratulas: The Deadly Cargo
@John_Ripley @FrankCannon: I remember that one!
@thedisasterautist It was one of an avalanche of "nature bites back" movies riding on the coat-tails of Jaws.