Reptilicus
I saw this movie on October first at my home. I decided I was in the mood to watch a B-movie, since I haven’t seen one in awhile. Sidney W. Pink wrote and directed this movie. Two other films he directed were Journey to the seventh planet (1962) and Finger on the Trigger (1965). The story line for this movie is as follows: A man is drilling for copper, and he hits something. He pulls it out of the ground to find flesh and bone. He had no idea what he had just found, but he knew it was something that he should take to scientists. So, he takes the “object” to a lab to have it examined. The scientist’s figure out that this object is a tail, and it is nothing has ever seen before, its natures mix of “reptile and mammal”. They calculate that this animal, with a tail of this size will be huge, about the size of a brontosaurus. To keep the tail preserved they lock it in a frozen compartment, and it has to stay at a certain temperature. This is where the big cliché comes in. The scientist goes into the room to get a tissue sample from the tail, and forgets to lock the door. While he’s examining it, he falls asleep and the door (magically) flies open. Through out the night it defrosts, and starts to “regenerate” (as they say 239488 t . . .
None of this damaged him though, but when they broke out the anti-personnel flamethrower it hurt him and made him leave. It then goes to a nightclub or restaurant with a lady singing. The fact that it was seriously lacking in the acting department, not to mention, bad voiceovers, horrible directing, unbelievable special effects (if you can even call them that), and worst of all was the plot (or lack thereof). All this while the army had over 20 tanks, over 20 placement heavy artillery guns, and at least 100 soldiers, all shooting at him. Another instance of bad directing was the pointless fills in this movie. When the guy that controls the bridge (for when ships come through, its one of those rising bridges) opens up one side of the bridge so people cant get through. He then ran to the police station and told the chief that the monster had escaped, but the chief ignored him and kept playing chess, since everyone knows this janitor is the town clown. Everything was horrible about the special effects in every way. Other bad actors in this were the general. Similar films to this one would have to be other classic B-movies. There is one scene in particular that stands out.
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