• Director(s)

    Saul Bass

  • Production Year

    1974

  • Genre(s)

    Horror, Science Fiction

  • Approx. running minutes

    113m

  • Cast

    Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Michael Murphy, Alan Gifford, Helen Horton, Robert Henderson

Film

Phase IV

infrequent strong language, moderate horror

PHASE IV is a sci-fi horror, from 1974, in which a cosmic event has a sinister effect on an ant population near a remote town. The film is followed by a short 1984 sci-fi film, QUEST, in which a chosen person embarks on a perilous mission in a future where the human life span is only eight days.…

PHASE IV is a sci-fi horror, from 1974, in which a cosmic event has a sinister effect on an ant population near a remote town. The film is followed by a short 1984 sci-fi film, QUEST, in which a chosen person embarks on a perilous mission in a future where the human life span is only eight days.

threat and horror
People flee in panic from a swarm of ants, but are caught in a insecticide spray. A corpse is discovered with small holes in its hand from which ants emerge. A man falls into a pit and it is implied he is consumed by ants.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**ked') and milder terms including 'sons of bitches', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
additional issues
There is mild injury detail, in which a man's hand swells up following an ant bite.

  • Director(s)

    Saul Bass

  • Production Year

    1974

  • Genre(s)

    Horror, Science Fiction

  • Approx. running minutes

    113m

  • Cast

    Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Michael Murphy, Alan Gifford, Helen Horton, Robert Henderson

Classified Date:
14/08/1974
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
C.I.C. (UK)
infrequent strong language, moderate horror
Classified Date:
03/03/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
101 Films Limited
Paperwork Remarks:
Theatrical version
threat and horror
People flee in panic from a swarm of ants, but are caught in a insecticide spray. A corpse is discovered with small holes in its hand from which ants emerge. A man falls into a pit and it is implied he is consumed by ants.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**ked') and milder terms including 'sons of bitches', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
additional issues
There is mild injury detail, in which a man's hand swells up following an ant bite.
infrequent strong language, moderate horror
Classified Date:
03/03/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
101 Films Limited
Paperwork Remarks:
h, T, a, e, r, e, i, s, n, o, r, t, c, i, l, a, v
threat and horror
People flee in panic from a swarm of ants, but are caught in a insecticide spray. A corpse is discovered with small holes in its hand from which ants emerge. A man falls into a pit and it is implied he is consumed by ants. There is mild injury detail, in which a man's hand swells up following an ant bite.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**ked') and milder terms including 'sons of bitches', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
Classified Date:
13/09/1985
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
CIC Video

  • Classified date

    03/03/2020

  • BBFC reference

    CVF016031

  • Language

    English