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The Food of the Gods
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The Food of the Gods is a 1976 horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon, so it naturally involves people fighting against (badly done) giant things. The cast includes Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, and Ida Lupino.Loosely based on a H. G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth,note as was his earlier film Village of the Giants the film follows pro football player Morgan (Gortner), who — on a vacation trip with his friends to a remote island off British Columbia — encounters giant wasps that kill one of the friends. He later discovers that the insects got huge due to a weird substance which is bubbling from the ground, and that any offspring of creatures that eat it will grow into giants. Unfortunately, rats have eaten the stuff and their litters are also growing into unusual sizes....In 1989 the film got an In Name Only sequel, Food of the Gods 2. | |
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Mutagenic Goo | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_1242cf37 | comment |
When the farmers find a strange substance on the ground they don't know what it is...so they decide to feed it to their chickens, causing them to grow giant. | |
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Death by Materialism | |
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Death by Materialism: Jack Bensington's fate. He tries to fetch jars of the substance even when he's surrounded by the rats. | |
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The Swarm | |
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The Swarm: Of giant rats. | |
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Terrifying Pet Store Rat | |
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Terrifying Pet Store Rat: The superimposed rats playing the giant monsters mostly stare around as if they're looking for a treat. Dubbed in wildcat noises may help. | |
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Don't Go in the Woods | |
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Don't Go in the Woods: When they are full of giant wasps and rats, it's definitely not a good idea. | |
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Pistol-Whipping | |
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Pistol-Whipping: Morgan kills the leader rat by bashing its brains in with the butt of his shotgun. | |
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Touch of the Monster | |
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Touch of the Monster: As seen above. | |
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American Gothic Couple | |
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American Gothic Couple: A copy of the Wood painting can be seen on Mrs. Skinner's wall. | |
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| The Food of the Gods / int_6331ba26 | type |
Plot Hole | |
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Plot Hole: Bennington supposedly gathered every container Mrs. Skinner had on hand to collect the Food in, yet Morgan has no trouble finding lots of intact jars for his Molotov cocktails even after he's smashed Bennington's. | |
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Monstrous Cannibalism | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_6d01755e | comment |
Monstrous Cannibalism: Mrs. Skinner says that the chicks which grew into giant chickens ate all the adult chickens that'd stayed normal-sized. | |
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Rodents of Unusual Size | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_7131e4c9 | comment |
Rodents of Unusual Size: Naturally. They are the killer whatever that hounds the humans for most of the film (after the giant wasps are blown up). | |
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In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It | |
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In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: "H.G. Wells' Food Of The Gods", although it's almost In Name Only. | |
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Gaia's Vengeance | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_7831b670 | comment |
Gaia's Vengeance: Morgan mentions in the opening narration the time when his father warned him about this. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: Bensington, even lampshaded halfway through the film by Mrs. Skinner. | |
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Behind the Black | |
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Behind the Black: Shown in one scene when Mr. Skinner encounters the rats in the dark. | |
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Shotguns Are Just Better | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_96ecc67e | comment |
Shotguns Are Just Better: Morgan brings along a shotgun to take care of the giant monsters. Each time he shoots it's a One-Hit Kill. | |
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Kill It with Fire | |
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Kill It with Fire: Morgan destroys the wasps by setting their nest on fire. The fire somehow vaporizes the whole thing without leaving anything behind. | |
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The End... Or Is It? | |
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The End... Or Is It?: Some of the Food is shown leaking into the water supply, where it is drunk by cows, whose milk is then given to schoolchildren.. | |
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Eaten Alive | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_abcb9af1 | comment |
Eaten Alive: The giant rats' victims go on screaming for an awfully long time while they're being chewed on. Mrs. Skinner's arm is chewed on by giant mealworms, although her injuries are superficial enough that she's able to bandage them herself and carry on. | |
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Molotov Cocktail | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_b4ac1655 | comment |
Molotov Cocktail: Morgan makes a whole lot of them when the rats besiege the farmhouse. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live When our protagonists board up the house, they somehow forget the door. When the farmers find a strange substance on the ground they don't know what it is...so they decide to feed it to their chickens, causing them to grow giant. | |
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Forced Perspective | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_bd80925e | comment |
Forced Perspective: Most of the rat effects. | |
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Fun with Acronyms | |
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Fun with Acronyms: The jars containing the size-altering substance are labeled as F.O.T.G. | |
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And Starring | |
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And Starring: "And Ida Lupino as Mrs. Skinner" | |
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Huddle Power | |
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Huddle Power: Shown in the opening football game. | |
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Pre-Climax Climax | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_ca5d7b66 | comment |
Pre-Climax Climax: Lorna approaches Morgan before the final battle, wanting at least one time with him incase they don't make it. Morgan turns her down, assuring her that once they've made it through, they can make love all they want. | |
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Hollywood Darkness | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_ca81eae7 | comment |
Hollywood Darkness: Part of the plot has Morgan wander through tunnels dug by the giant rats. He brings along a flashlight, but it doesn't really looks like he'd need it. | |
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Dramatic Ammo Depletion | |
| The Food of the Gods / int_d63af362 | comment |
Dramatic Ammo Depletion: Morgan finally runs out of ammo for his shotgun when the only giant rat that remains is the leader, so he kills the beast by bludgeoning its brains out with the butt of his shotgun. | |
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Bennington drives past Mr. Skinner's car, which is half on, half off the road, has its windshield smashed, one door torn completely off, and what appears to be its owner's bloodstained clothing littering the immediate surroundings. Admittedly, Bennington is a huge Jerkass, but Lorna, who is with him and a much more sensible, levelheaded and compassionate person, also reacts to it as though it's simply an ordinary broken down car and not clearly the site of a grisly, violent death. | |
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Wicked Wasps | |
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Wicked Wasps: These "wasps" look more like mosquitos. | |
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Closed Circle | |
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Closed Circle: The island can only be reached by ferry, and has no means of lone-distance communication. | |
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Kill It with Water | |
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Kill It with Water: A dam is blown up to drown the rats who, due to their size, are unable to swim. It is notable that the dam is next to the ocean and water level on the island rises above the sea level. | |
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The X of Y | |
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The X of Y: The film's title. | |
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The Fundamentalist | |
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The Fundamentalist: Mrs. Skinner is a downplayed example. She saw the mutagen that makes animals huge and murderous ooze out from the ground in her backyard and she assumes that it's a gift from God for being so pious. The Title Drop is set subtly enough that audiences can assume she told it to Bennington and he wrote it on the labels to humor her. | |
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