King of the Ants

Touted as something of a return-to-form for Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon, King of the Ants offers the brutal tale of a man discovering his previously untapped potential for violence. Despite the fact that his future seems relatively undefined, young drifter Sean Crawley (Chris McKenna) is an ...more

Eschewing the fantasy-based Lovecraftian horrors of Re-Animator and Dagon for a decidedly stark meditation on day-to-day violence, longtime director Stuart Gordon successfully shifts gears, and the results are a compelling but often unpleasant psychological revenge drama. As the viewer becomes acquainted with naïve young house painter Sean (Chris McKenna), suspicions regarding his dubious morality and determination to succeed no matter what the cost are slowly cemented though a series of ...more