Gila, el monstruo gigante
Gila, el monstruo gigante
Director:
Ray KelloggGuión:
Jay SimmsCámara:
Wilfred M. ClineMúsica:
Jack MarshallSinopsis(1)
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. (texto oficial de la distribuidora)
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Un lagarto de chaquira arrastrándose entre maquetas, una garra de látex y unos cuantos actores aficionados: todo lo que se necesita para hacer una película de ciencia ficción de terror sobre un lagarto de gran tamaño. Es bastante aburrida de principio a fin (a veces parece mucho una telenovela de pueblo) y sigue una plantilla usada cientos de veces: tan pronto como se menciona la nitroglicerina en la apertura, se adivina inmediatamente hacia dónde va. Es lo que se puede esperar de la ciencia ficción de bajo presupuesto de los años 50.
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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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