ANTS! (1977)

Interesting late 70's TV movie about a small hotel (owned by Myrna Loy) that has a few million unexpected guests: ants! Even worse is they're poisonous ants! Yikes. Along for the ride are some health officials, a construction crew, a lifeguard, Suzanne Somers and her evil land developer boyfriend, a 1970’s car phone, a hitchhiking hippie chick (who reminded me of Sheri Moon Zombie), Loy's adult daughter, cheap special effects, various hotel employees and guests, the world's oldest looking kid, a gigantic VCR and Brian Dennehy as the fire chief.

I like this movie. It's nothing fancy. What you expect, is exactly what you get: a bunch of people running around doing silly things as the ants slowly, slowly converge on the hotel. I especially liked the scene where they try to rescue some people trapped on a balcony with a helicopter and end up blowing ants all over the joint.  Also, one of the bystanders rubbernecking the disaster from behind police lines was wearing a badass Led Zeppelin II t-shirt!

If you're a fan of innocent 70's made-for-TV movies and killer insect movies and Myrna Loy then you'll be in movie heaven.  Would make a fun double feature with the same year's giant ant epic EMPIRE OF THE ANTS.