丹尼尔医生是一个再平凡不过的人，在他的生活中，扮演着丈夫、父亲和医生的角色。但当地却盛行一些与他有关的传说，说他从来不生病也不会变老。二个勇敢的医学院学生为了证实这个传说的真假来到这里，决定找出传说中的青春之泉。

　　Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
　　
　　"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
　　
　　From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
　　
　　The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
　　
　　The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
　　
　　Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.

　　马里兰州德瑞镇，是一座籍由伐木业形成的城镇。但从建镇那天起，这里似乎就有一个小丑（Tim Curry 饰）存在，但他绝非善类，反而以残害儿童为乐。
　　被坏孩子们欺负并称为窝囊废俱乐部的比利、麦克、史坦、贝芙、艾迪、本和瑞奇组成了幸运七人组。比利（Jonathan Brandis 饰）的弟弟乔治雨天玩耍时撞见小丑，失去了性命。他们从麦克（Marlon Taylor 饰）的家族相册中得知小丑的存在，而小丑也开始威胁孩子们的生命。七人组的孩子为了给乔治报仇，并保护镇上的孩子们，他们决心消灭小丑。经过一番激战，小丑带伤逃遁，三十年后，这个邪恶的魔鬼重返德瑞小镇……

　　麦克西恩（米娅·高斯 Mia Goth 饰）是一个做梦都想要出名的女孩，可现实是，她沉浸于毒品带来的幻觉和快感之中，并且即将出演一部由她的男友（马丁·亨德森 Martin Henderson 饰）指导的色情片。为了拍摄，麦克西恩和男友、摄影RJ（欧文·坎贝尔 Owen Campbell 饰）、场务洛林（珍娜·奥尔特加 Jenna Ortega 饰），以及另外的一对主演杰克森（卡迪小子 Kid Cudi 饰）、波比（布兰特妮·斯诺 Brittany Snow 饰）驱车来到了一幢地处偏远的宅子处。
　　宅子的所有者是名叫霍华德（史蒂芬·乌瑞 Stephen Ure 饰）的老人，他对于这帮年轻人的到来似乎并不欢迎。尽管如此，影片还是按照计划开拍了，在此过程中，年轻的肉体和浓烈的荷尔蒙似乎唤醒了深藏在霍华德妻子体内的某种欲望。