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Ray KelloggDrehbuch:
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A monstrous poisonous reptile slithers from the depths of the Midwest outback to wreak death and destruction on civilization. When teenagers start disappearing from lover's lane, a tough-talking sheriff and teen hot-rodder form an unlikely alliance to find the missing youths. What they discover is a mutant Gila monster large enough to destroy the whole town. (Verleiher-Text)
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Ein mexikanischer Eidechsen-Korovec, der sich in Miniaturen bewegt, ein Latexpenis und ein paar Amateur-Schauspieler - das reichte aus, um einen Sci-Fi-Horrorfilm über einen überwachsenen Eidechsenmann zu drehen. Es ist von Anfang bis Ende ziemlich plump (manchmal gleitet es stark in eine Kleinstadt-Seifenoper ab) und folgt den ausgelutschten Klischees - sobald im Vorspann das Wort Nitroglycerin fällt, wissen Sie sofort, wohin das Ganze führt - aber als Snack im Rahmen des Science-Fiction-Kinos der 50er Jahre hat es die Erwartungen erfüllt.
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Poster tagline: ONLY HELL COULD BREED SUCH AN ENORMOUS BEAST! ONLY GOD COULD DESTROY IT! Slightly more acceptable than Kellogg's The Killer Shrews (both films were screened in one evening for one ticket, a fairly common occurrence for short B-movies in the 1950s). Maybe, what prevents it to be a total dud is the likeable lead actor, or maybe it's the three quite nice songs or the more varied visuals. In any case, the special effects are also terrible, and there aren’t any, basically. The shots of the "real monster" (a lizard scurrying among miniatures) are spliced with the real shots in the film. Sometimes they fit together quite well, sometimes not at all, and overall it looks unintentionally comical, and the interactions with live characters, even with rear projections, are simply inexistent. They saved money were they could, it seems.
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