THEM by kjer_99
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Description
These days, in the sunset of my life, when the sun dips below the horizon and darkness covers the Earth like a cooling blanket, I love being outside with my little terrier. However, it wasn't always that way. My twin brother and I were terrified of the dark until we were in very early teens. After that being in darkness still made us very nervous until we were around sixteen. Back when we were about fourteen, our chief entertainment was going to the movies, which were cheap and television in our part of Kansas was still a fairly new and expensive thing to get.
One of the movies that we saw was "THEM"--and it made walking back home in the dark scary all over again. It was a 1950s Sci-Fi B movie in black and white. We must have jumped or run away from every little sound or movement all the way home. Do any of you remember it? As I recall, it was filmed in a desert setting but I decided to go with this one.
Thanks for looking. Comments pro or con are welcome.
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Vue Pro Studio 6 and PSP 5.
Ants: One of Anton's Creatures from Renderosity.
Background terrain by Karen Verba.
Atmosphere: Monterrey [sic].
Background EcoSystem: Gnarly, Gnarly1, and Dead.
Foreground EcoSystem: Gnrly Dead, GnarlyDead1, Gnarly Dead Clump 1 & 2, Plant13, Dry Bush, Patch of Grass, Dry Weeds.
Comments (33)
shadownet
Oh Cool I well remember this flick! Awesome!
geirla
Never did see it.. before my time, I'm afraid. Great black and white image. (Too bad the ants don't look more sinister, but that's what a low poly face gets you)
shayhurs
NICE! Love that movie!
MarkHirst
I remember that film too, something about radiation. Of course at the time, I didn't know that ants couldn't be scaled up like that and still move or breath.
FrenchKiss
Ack! Scary!! Love this one, Jeremy. The black and white really makes it look like something out of an old movie.
Ravyns
Ah Yes.. I remember that scary in the dark feeling well. Ran home from the movies as fast as my legs would carry me many a time.. The black & white movies are still the best for scary & your image is a wonderful example of them..
Biffowitz
Sweet render, it's the return of the atomic age terror .....RUN .....RUN...RUN!!!
ontar1
Fantastic scene and characters, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jmc95
I remember that one too, but more the final LA underground search of the nest than the desert part !
pakled
seen it on cable. nice modeling on the ants...
kenwas
Good use of gray scale!
Mattsville
I remember seeing this on on tv when I was a kid. Even for a b-grade I remember the special effects being not too bad. I love what you've done with this image! Makes me nostolgic...
kbatty
Them is one of my favorites! It used to scare me silly too!
Schnuck
Fine work!!!
e-brink
Great scene, Jeremy. I like the mono treatment. It also reminds me of an old episode of the original 'Outer Limits'.
billcody
I´m not sure that I had seen this film, but something is very common.... You hit the point, Jeremy! I love all SCi-Fi stuff!
wingnut55
i remember Them, a B+W classic. the LA stormwater system location was an inspired choice.
nikita_s_cold
Don't know about the movie but this is a pretty scary looking! This would freak me out if I were walking out there to suddenly see a line of big ants coming towards me. Yikes! However, I love the night. We live in deep country where there are no streetlights so it actually appears brighter outside because of it. My family and I wait for nightfall to look through our telescopes. I have an 8 inch reflector Dobsonian telescope. It's awesome. I can see into deep space with it. We also live close by an observatory that we can go to on the week-ends and just look into deep space. Totally awesome! Anyway back to your image- great stuff. Sci-fi and fantasy stuff is always more fun to do because you have no rules. :) Yeah, I'm still sick today; no school, lots of bed rest. I've got a major bug. The bright side is I get to watch movies, eat fun foods and have the house all to myself because everyone is either at school or work. Home alone! Can't beat that. giggle
NetWorthy
Yeah, I remember that one too. There were quite a flock of "radition doomsday" films back then. This one creeped out my brother and I too! Thanks for the memory!
Django
Not so scaring, grin ...but its hard to do a decent ant lol.. fine movie by the way ... cool background too, you cought the "50`s feeling"
Issemissen
Creepy.. Have you ever seen "The Blob"? A similar type of movie, I think.. Cool scene!
efron_241
aaaag... not a nice view when you open the window in the morning
MagikUnicorn
WOW What a great sepia image! GORGEOUS ARTWORK Jeremy "MU"
averroes
Nice scene
louly
Fun scene :)
RETIRED
sir! - I remember it well, in part becase my heart throb Kim Novak was the primary blonde screamer. One of the many mid '50s atomic scare flicks, another one with giant rabbits, aliens that left a sparkling trail of glitter, preying mantis etc etc. not to forget "the thing" starring James Arness as a visitng carrot. LOL. Rocket ship XM, my first love affair with Mars. Anyways, ya done really good with this visit to 1950's memory lane
tcombs
Really cool and imaginative!!
neiwil
I stommped so many ants after seeing this film, I still remember the clicking noise of their approach.Scary stuff at the time, laughable now, but still a good movie on a wet Saturday afternoon.Really good image, captures the mood of the old film very well.
mdilorenzo
Love 50's movies like this... well done!
clam73
great old memories.....wonderful depict of an excellent sci-fi movies that I saw again few weeks ago....lovely done!