Symptom 197: Them! Better Than Those
We wrap up Monster May with a review of the 1954 film Them! This one is a fun filled action romp about mutated giant ants and humanity’s struggles to eradicate them. It continues the theme of the month of the dangers of atomic power and the artistic motif that to create a menace greater than nuclear power you’d have to go to the absurd, like Godzilla or Giant Ants. I think this film continues the 1950’s belief that we have found the ultimate monster haunting humanity and it is us.