tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post7707695835031394446..comments2024-03-13T10:29:38.310+11:00Comments on Cult Movie Reviews: The Naked Jungle (1954)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-287748049146561122011-01-18T12:06:34.389+11:002011-01-18T12:06:34.389+11:00Vicar, the short story the movie was based on is L...Vicar, the short story the movie was based on is <em>Leiningen versus the Ants</em> by Carl Stephenson, originally published in Esquire magazine in 1938.<br /><br />You can find it here -<br /><br />http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lvta.htmldfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-82134606260786452972011-01-18T01:28:47.264+11:002011-01-18T01:28:47.264+11:00This review brought back a buried memory--not of t...This review brought back a buried memory--not of the movie itself, but of me as a jr. high schooler reading a short story also about the Marabunta. I remember being totally creeped out by descriptions of how the ants ran down an antelope or a lion or something, and completely reduced it to bone while the protagonist watched. I wonder if that story was the basis for this movie, or vice versa? Sadly, I can't remember author or anthology title; just that it was a short story available in some book in my jr. high library--probably a book of adventure/horror stories. :PThe Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.com