History Film / TheFoodOfTheGods

* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: Some of the Food is shown leaking into the water supply, where it is drunk by cows, whose milk is then given to schoolchildren..]]

* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Naturally.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Bennington drives past Mr. Skinner's car, which is half on, half of the road, has its windshield smashed, one door torn completely off, and what appears to be its owner's bloodstained clothing littering the immediate surroundings. Admittedly, Bennington is a huge JerkAss, but Lorna, who is with him and a much more sensible, levelheaded and compassionate person, ''also'' reacts to it as though it's simply an ordinary broken down car and not clearly the site of a grisly, violent death.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Bennington drives past Mr. Skinner's car, which is half on, half of the road, has its windshield smashed, one door torn completely off, and what appears to be its owner's bloodstained clothing littering the immediate surroundings. Admittedly, Bennington is a huge {{JerkAss}}, but Lorna, who is with him and a much more sensible, levelheaded and compassionate person, ''also'' reacts to it as though it's simply an ordinary broken down car and not clearly the site of a grisly, violent death.

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: Normal sized cows appear at the end.

* BeeAfraid: These "wasps" look more like mosquitos.

%%* ClosedCircle: The island.
%%* DeathByMaterialism: Jack Bensington's fate.
%%* DontGoInTheWoods

%%* HollywoodDarkness

%%* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt

Loosely based on a Creator/HGWells novel ''The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth'',[[note]]as was his earlier film ''Film/VillageOfTheGiants''[[/note]] the film follows pro football player Morgan (Gortner), who -- on a vacation trip with his friends to a remote island off British Columbia -- encounters giant wasps that kill one of the friends. He later discovers that the insects got huge due to a weird substance which is bubbling from the ground and any offspring of whichever eats it will grow into giants. Unfortunately, rats have eaten the stuff and their litters are also growing into unusual sizes....

* EvilAlbino: The white rat who leads the others.

* AmericanGothicCouple: Copy of the painting can be seen on Mrs. Miller's wall.

Loosely based on a Creator/HGWells novel ''The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth'',[[note]]as was his earlier film ''Film/VillageOfTheGiants''[[/note]] the film follows football player Morgan (Gortner), who, on a trip with his friends to a remote island off British Columbia, encounters giant wasps that kill one of the friends. He later discovers that the insects got huge due to a weird substance which is bubbling from the ground and any offspring of whichever eats it will grow into giants. Unfortunately, rats have eaten the stuff and their litters are also growing into unusual sizes....

Loosely based on a Creator/HGWells novel ''The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth'',[[note]]as was his earlier film ''Film/VillageOfTheGiants''[[/note]] the film follows football player Morgan who, on a trip with his friends to an island near the British Columbia, encounters giant wasps which kill one of his friends. He later discovers that the insects got huge due to a weird substance which is bubbling from the ground and any offspring of whichever eats it will grow into giants. Unfortunately, rats have eaten the stuff and their litters are also growing into unusual sizes....

''The Food of the Gods'' is a 1976 horror film directed by Creator/BertIGordon, so it naturally involves people fighting against (badly done) giant things.