Empire of the Ants story
A bunch of prospective land buyers led by a land developer find themselves unexpectedly pitted against giant, mutated ants. It is very loosely based on the 1905 short story Empire of the Ants by H. G. Wells.
7 total · 2 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| displacement by a rising new species | major | A race of giant mutated ants used pheromones to co-opt humans into doing their biding and it was explicitly stated at the start of the film that ants may one day succeed humans as the dominant species on Earth. |
| human vs. beast | major | A bunch of prospective land buyers were terrorized by giant, mutated ants. |
| husband and wife | minor | There were at least three married couples among the prospective land buyers: The Graham's, the Pearson's, and the Thompson's. But apart from some quarreling their marital relations were not too much featured. |
| old-age love | minor | An elderly couple (the Thompson's) went to view the land just for something to do to enjoy spending time together. We are left to presume that they were both killed by the ants. |
| old-age romance | minor | An elderly couple (the Thompson's) went to view the land just for something to do to enjoy spending time together. We are left to presume that they were both killed by the ants. |
| the art of salesmanship | minor | Land developer Marilyn Fryser took a bunch of prospective buyers to view some allegedly "beach-front property" on an island. She was angling to make a sale until it became apparent that the island was populated by giant, mutated ants. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | Ants mutated to gigantic proportions after being exposes to toxic waste. |