TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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O2D This movie is pretty much what I was expecting, middle-aged men and women pretending to be teens and lame special effects.It starts with a car crash and about ten people pile out of the car and dance to imaginary music.You can tell from that opening scene that this is no master piece.Then they see a sign for a town and decide to walk there and then just force themselves on the locals and decide they are going to stay there.Meanwhile, Ron Howard has accidentally invented a potion that can turn living things into giants.His brother immediately decides it belongs to him and he's going to sell it(pay no attention to the fact that they don't have parents).They make some giant ducks and the ducks show up at a party and no one is shocked or scared, they just dance with the ducks.Then magically, the new kids know where Ron and his brother live and where they have hidden the new potion.As dumb as it all is, the worst part is all the terrible music.It's not background music, they are always dancing to it.The good points are that I never saw the end coming and the movie isn't boring.Four stars.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- Village of the Giants, 1965. A small town runs into problems when arrogant teenagers hit a growth spurt by eating a chemistry set goo and turn into Goliaths wanting a anti-elder rebellion in the town. *Special Stars- Johnny Crawford, Ronny Howard, Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, Mickey Rooney Jr.*Theme- Another youth rebellion film with a sci-fi twist. *Trivia/location/goofs- Color, American International. Shot at Universal Studios. B-Movie featuring many daughters and sons of iconic stars. Look for Mikey Rooney's and Lloyd Bridge's sons, dancer Tony Basil as well as 60's pop bands and singers of the times. It seems Mickey Rooney Jr was a problem 'new' actor and had to be disciplined while working on this film by producers & director.*Emotion- Aside from this movie fantasy anti-establishment theme, it's fun to see these young people from famous Hollywood actors trying out their first performances in this fun film.*Based On- H.G. Wells story 'Food of the Gods'. -

Aaron1375 Bert I Gordon has made a few movies that I like, my favorite being Empire of the Ants. In most of his films he uses a simple techniques to make something or other look large in addition to making a prop or two. Here he tries to make a movie based on H.G. Wells story Food of the Gods. This time he fails miserably. He would later make another version in 1976 that is titled Food of the Gods and it is probably my second favorite Bert I film. This one is just to goofy and is more of a comedy. There are some nice shots of pretty 60's girls and it is at times a bit risqué for a film of this time period, but overall the story and the tone of the film just do not work.The story has a bunch of rowdy kids dancing in the rain, which with the girls was entertaining at times. However, it was also padding to the extreme. A young boy his sister and boyfriend call genius and is played by Ron Howard develops a formula that increases things in size. A cat grows to super size, leaves and two ducks and a dog. The ducks rock on at the local bar before being roasted and it is not long before the rowdy kids are eating the formula and growing large and implementing their own rules. Though, they really do not do anything all that bad as no one is going to be killed here. It is up to the town's teens to find a way to stop the super rebellious and giant teens! I saw this film on MST3K and it was an all right episode of that show; however, I was expecting it to be funnier than it turned out. I found the host segments involving Frank's firing and unemployment funnier than the movie in this one. Not to say it made for a bad episode. The effects are at times very funny including a pair of made up legs! So this film had a couple of good points, mainly the parts of the film that focused on the girls of the film. Most of the film was padding, the film was like a very small idea and with the rest of it being filler. There are times you cannot hear certain characters, I probably could not make out half of what that sheriff said. At times the scale is completely off or they were reading the world's largest magazines. Just a whole lot of mess going on here, but it is nice to see that Bert I Gordon would revisit Food of the Gods and do a much better job of it than he did here.

MartianOctocretr5 Turn off the brain for this campy craziness. Ron Howard, in his Opie days, invents "goo," which, when ingested, causes super growth. Beau Bridges leads a bunch of bad teens, Tommy Kirk (of Disney comedy fame) is the leader of some good teens, and you are the befuddled audience trying to believe what is transpiring on the screen.Natch: the idiotic bad teens get a hold of the goo, and turn into colossal idiotic bad teens who take over a small town somewhere. Apparently, the presence of 30 foot hostile giants does not interest anyone outside of the town, so the townsfolk are left to fend for themselves. Of course, nobody in the town except the good teens bother to do anything about it.Once the giants appear, the action is limited, probably due to a lack of budget for special effects. The growth sequence is about all they really focused on, where they --oh, never mind. It's the highlight of the film, though, trust me. Progressively cheaper and cheaper effects parade their way through the story after that. My favorite is the scene where they try to "tie up" a giant Beau Bridges. You see two plastic poles (supposed to be his legs) being roped by the good teens. They then try to fasten the ropes with hot rods orbiting the "surprised" victim. Every once in a while, they show Beau making spasmodic and confused expressions in slow motion. By the way, whenever they show a character in slow-mo, you know it's one of the giants.The movie knows it's idiotic, and makes no effort to conceal it. Good for a laugh at how absurd it is.