Them! (1954)

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Hailed as one of the most influential sci-fi films ever made, 1954'sThem!directed by Gordon Douglas, still stands the test of time over 7 decades later.

Mike joins us today, he and Matt reminisce about earlier days finding the film on afternoon TV; this was a (relatively) new watch for Todd.

Yes this is 1950s 'radioactive-giant-beast' sci-fi, but this is a true classic. Helping to launching a genre that would eventually be beaten into the radioactive sands of the southwestern desert.

Given the subject you might expect far more cheese, but this isn't the sillier B-level stuff parodied by theThe Simpsons and taken to the extremes withSharknado.

Released a few months before Japan's iconicGodzilla, Them!Stars James Whitmore, James Arness, Joan Weldon and Edmund Gwenn.Them!builds tension with some great characters to a thrilling finish reminiscent of James Cameron's 1986 masterpiece.

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