Village of the Giants
“All the kids grow 10 feet tall... and TAKE OVER!”
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Teenagers consume a growth formula and become large enough to dominate their town. Bert I. Gordon combines giant-person effects with a beach-party film's commitment to stopping for another song. A dancing oversized duck helps explain the level of scientific seriousness involved.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 7.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The generation gap is now approximately thirty feet tall.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 74
Synopsis and movie facts
"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall. They then take over control of the town by kidnapping the sheriff's daughter and dancing suggestively.
- Released
- 1965
- Directed by
- Bert I. Gordon
- Running time
- 81 min
Starring
- Tommy Kirk as Mike
- Johnny Crawford as Horsey
- Beau Bridges as Fred
- Joy Harmon as Merrie
- Robert Random as Rick
- Gail Gilmore as Elsa
- Tisha Sterling as Jean
- Tim Rooney as Pete
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 42780.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review discusses frequent musical numbers, weak giant effects and the deliberately silly dancing duck scene.
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