Them! Film Locations

Them! is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction monster film from Warner Bros. Pictures. A nest of gigantic irradiated ants is discovered in the New Mexico desert; they quickly become a national threat when it is discovered that two young queen ants and their consorts have escaped to establish new nests

One of my father’s favorite movies. I’ve spent many a hour watching this movie with him, so on his last birthday, I decided to take him and my youngest on a hiking trip to the film location.

The Orwig’s fantastic book, which I highly recommend [Gail Orwig and Raymond Orwig, Where Monsters Walked – California Locations of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1925-1965 (North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2018)] provided the location.