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3.0 out of 5 starsB Horror Movie with Incredible Star Power
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2019
This movie is essentially a cheesy B horror movie. Nothing all that special, and definitely derivative. What is amazing is the number of A-list actors in this movie, including the late Martin Landau (an Oscar winner!), the late Jose Ferrer (another Oscar winner!), the late Dorothy Malone (yet another Oscar winner!), Ruth Buzzi (sorry, no Oscars for her yet), and Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five (a reasonably well-known rock and roll group of the 1960's). Most movies can hardly boast even one Oscar winning performer, and this cheesy horror movie has at least three.
Plot, you say? Yes, there kind of is a plot. Nuclear waste, plus a missing boy, equals a slimy monster with lots of teeth, followed by lots of missing people. It takes a little while for the action to ramp up, and there is more than the run of the mill stupidity, but actually not that bad of a movie for a low-budget horror film. I have seen worse (and much better). Even so, by the time the end credits rolled I was thinking this movie had its moments.
Of course, a taste for bad horror movies is an acquired taste. Rating this B-horror movie against other B-horror movies, it is probably better than average. The star power helps. The monster is not bad looking. There is lots of gore. Did I mention some nudity? Yeah, some of that too. Probably not for anyone likely to have nightmares.
Enjoy!
