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Turn off the brain for this campy craziness. Ron Howard, in his Opie days, invents "goo," which, when ingested, causes super growth. Beau Bridges leads a bunch of bad teens, Tommy Kirk (of Disney comedy fame) is the leader of some good teens, and you are the befuddled audience trying to believe what is transpiring on the screen.

Natch: the idiotic bad teens get a hold of the goo, and turn into colossal idiotic bad teens who take over a small town somewhere. Apparently, the presence of 30 foot hostile giants does not interest anyone outside of the town, so the townsfolk are left to fend for themselves. Of course, nobody in the town except the good teens bother to do anything about it.

Once the giants appear, the action is limited, probably due to a lack of budget for special effects. The growth sequence is about all they really focused on, where they --oh, never mind. It's the highlight of the film, though, trust me. Progressively cheaper and cheaper effects parade their way through the story after that. My favorite is the scene where they try to "tie up" a giant Beau Bridges. You see two plastic poles (supposed to be his legs) being roped by the good teens. They then try to fasten the ropes with hot rods orbiting the "surprised" victim. Every once in a while, they show Beau making spasmodic and confused expressions in slow motion. By the way, whenever they show a character in slow-mo, you know it's one of the giants.

The movie knows it's idiotic, and makes no effort to conceal it. Good for a laugh at how absurd it is.

What did I not like about this movie? Tommy Kirk in summerwear, a smug Beau Bridges, Ron Howard going the Bill Mumy route, and typical teens roaming free and checking the scene...he's so gone, Jasper!!

Besides go-go dancing, booty shaking, and cleavageploitation, this one has some moments, but some parts just drag and stall. See the plastic breasts gag and you just laugh seeing a guy hanging off of them! The music is definitely dated, but has a neat psychedelic feel; probably the only thing going for it. After awhile, I screamed in utter agony, "Enough dancing already!" The sheriff, played by Joe Turkel, also appears as a blackmailing beatnik in BIG's Tormented!. Why is it in his negotiation scene with Beau and the gang, his voice was noticeably faded out? Great editing John Bushelman!! I really wished Tommy fell into the water filled basement without turning the electricity OFF! Hey, isn't the town square the same universal lot where they shot the town of Hill Valley from Back to the Future? I recognized that clock tower!!

I'm going to have 10 buckets of mini-wings right now.

What do you get when you mix the children of famous Hollywood actors (Beau Bridges, Tisha Stirling and Tim Rooney), a couple of former child stars (Tommy Kirk and Johnny Crawford), a then current child star (Ron "Ronny" Howard) and a future one hit wonder (Toni "Micky" Basil) with a hack director (Burt I. Gordon). You get one of the biggest camp classics in the history of film. This film attempted to mix the then popular beach party flicks with the fading giant human pics. Gordon must have really been desperate for a hit because he figured that if he couldn't get Lloyd Bridges, Ann Southern and Mickey Rooney he could at least get their children to play in one of his quickie drive-in movie features. It's fun if you like camp, but as far as a great film, I'll stick with the films this mess rips off.

Bert I. Gordon's "Village of the Giants" is a humorously poor version of the "big thing make boom" movies in which a small group (Maybe 6, hardly a full village) of teens take a formula that makes them grow really big, talk really slow, and move like they are dying one breath at a time. It's all rather silly, and quite funny if you're up for this kind of movie. Of course, it's not funny in the way Gordon intended. Was it ever?

Tommy Kirk, also of the classic "Mars Needs Women" is fooling around with his lady friend in the start of the film, when Ronny Howard (Still with a full head o' hair, and answering to the modest name "Genius") creates a formula that makes things grow. When the no-good drifter teens get their hands on it, they cause some real trouble, and it's up to Tommy and Ronny to stop the chaosy.

The best scene is the first in which the teens appear before the town. They show up at an outdoor barbecue, and everyone is afraid, but really, not so afraid that they run away or anything, they just kind of look up and gasp a lot. So then the giants are making threats, and Tommy, in a fit of rage and large hair, picks up a chair (That just happened to be sitting around outside in a park) and breaks it over the giants legs (They pretend, use your imagination). He goes "Ow!" and then backfists Tommy who gets whalloped. Very nicely done.

The whole film takes place in a vacuum. No one seems to be much surprised or worried by the giants ducks that show up out of nowhere in the Whiskey A Go-Go and start dancing. They just kind of go along with it. Nor is anyone interested in calling the government in when the teens take over the town. They just sort of go with it. And really when these giants move as slow as they do, why would anyone be afraid of them? You can always outrun them, or if they try something, take two steps to the left. Bert I. Gordon, if you'll pardon the expression, just wasn't thinking "big" enough in this movie to really deal with the consequences of his ideas. The end is so banal and rather anti-climactic, especially for what is essentially a monster movie.

All in all, "Village of the Giants" is low on logic, but high on some good laughs, most at its expense.

When the boy Genius (Ronny Howard) accidentally discovers a formula to increase the size of animals such as ducks and dog, his sister Nancy (Charla Doherty) and her boyfriend Mike (Tommy Kirk) believe that they will be rich with Genius' discovery. However, a group of rebellious teenagers led by Fred (Beau Bridges), see the ducks and decide to rob the substance. Then they take over the control of the village. What will happen next?

"Village of the Giants" is a silly and lame film directed by Bert I. Gordon. The plot is awful and watching this film is a waste of time. Good only to see how Beau Bridges and Ron Howard started their careers. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "A Cidade dos Gigantes" ("The Village of the Giants")

If you want to watch a well made movie, this isn't it. 'Village of the Giants' seems to be a B movie that was intended to attract young kids and the teen audience of the early 1960s. What you will find here is a poorly directed, low budget, movie with bad acting, cheap special effects, and a plot that goes no where. You'll see a lot of bikini clad teenagers, go go dancing to some mild, early rock and roll music played by the Beau Brummels. The camera does show a lot of cleavage shots and wiggling butts that surely was and is one of the movies main attractions. This movie was most likely considered a little racy for it's day. Quite a bit of this movie brings up the anti authority, good teen versus bad teen issue. This is all very mild by today's standards. Actually this makes it humorous in today's world and it can be mildly entertaining if not taken too seriously. It is nice to see Ron Howard as a child actor in this movie playing the part of 'Genius'. You'll also find a couple of ex Mickey Mouse Club members in the cast. 'Village of the Giants' could be considered one of those 'it's so bad it's good' movies. You have to view this as a fun, but stupid movie and by no means look at it with a critical eye. Under the harsh light of criticism,'Village of the Giants' will disintegrate into the smallest piece of dust.

Little Mark McCain finally left North Fork, and he ended up as part of the 1960s Brat Pack, the Loserville Giants!

Chubby Beau Bridges, who lacks any chin, leads the tough kids in this horrible movie that is funny in a sad way. Bridges and his small gang of overgrown bullies kidnap a few of the towns girls and children in order to avoid being evicted. Now that they are giants, the Sheriff wants them out of town. Kind of ridiculous story, but what can you expect?

Tommy Kirk, a Disney star is one of the good guys, standing up for the traditionally square values of Loserville. Johnny Crawford, famous for The Rifleman, and Ron Howard (Opie on Andy Griffith Show), are the other youthful celebrities who are fighting the giant teenagers. Mickey Rooney's son is also in this dud.

The highlight of this movie is "The Last Race" theme song by Jack Nitzsche, which plays during the go-go dancing scene when the giant girls are getting endless close-ups of their bodies as they are dancing in their skimpy outfits. To say anything more would spoil what little story there is.

1965's "Village of the Giants" marked something of a 60s comeback for Mr. BIG, director Bert I. Gordon, in fact the only real sci fi effort he made between 1958's "Earth vs the Spider" and 1976's "The Food of the Gods," with crime dramas ("The Mad Bomber") and horror films ("Tortured," "Necromancy") in between. From a script by actor Alan Caillou (he later wrote William Shatner's 1977 "Kingdom of the Spiders"), it's a fantasy update of 'Rebel Without a Cause' with simple minded 'Beach Party' vibes, definitely a case where middle aged filmmakers trip themselves up trying to deliver something they think youngsters will like (Jon Hall did the same with "The Beach Girls and the Monster"). Joseph Levine's Embassy Pictures (later to morph into Avco Embassy) foots the bill for this rock and roll comedy, kicking things off with Jack Nitzsche's effective (though uncredited) surf rock instrumental theme "The Last Race," which segues into a smashed up car with 8 teenaged occupants displaying a raucous affinity for dancing and drinking beer, which is intended to be Gordon's idea of rebellion (they are instantly marked as the 'bad teens'). The octet is forced to walk three miles to reach the California town of Hainesville, where 'good teens' like Tommy Kirk ("Mars Needs Women") and Johnny Crawford (THE RIFLEMAN) basically do the same thing at the Whisky a Go Go, Toni Basil as Johnny's girl Red, Charla Doherty ("In the Year 2889") as Tommy's girl Nancy. Nancy's younger brother is pint sized chemist Genius (Ron Howard, taking time off from THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW), and it is he who creates a colored foodstuff called 'Goo' that turns the eater into a giant: his cat is the first to ingest, quickly rushing out never to be seen again, before a dog, two ducks, and naturally a tarantula also grow to huge proportions (the spider is all too easily dispatched with a broken water pipe and instant electrocution). After the 'bad teens,' led by Beau Bridges as Fred, drop in for more dancing, they are soon joined by the ducks, who manage to shake a tail feather before winding up the main course. This features the only group hired for the picture, The Beau Brummels from San Francisco, twice belting out "Woman" as well as the slower "When It Comes to Your Love," one of the first bands to respond to the British Invasion by writing their own material. Later on as the villagers feast upon fowl we get Freddy Cannon ("Palisades Park") breaking out with "Little Bitty Corinne," then Mike Clifford ("Close to Cathy") supplying the ballad "Marianne," to dispense with all the musical numbers during the first half. The second half finds the 'bad teens' stealing the Goo for themselves, leaving their theater refuge to wail before a captive audience, Gordon's camera closely ogling the ample assets of both Joy Harmon and Tisha Sterling with undisguised, almost drooling delight, all in slow motion to emphasize their physical enormity (Joy famously comments on her natural endowments: "I was big enough before!"). These rebels despise the adults for lecturing them but just don't get up to anything truly nasty, wisely kidnapping the sheriff's daughter to keep the law at bay, but curiously passive when Tommy and Johnny set their plan in motion to take 'big man' Fred down a notch or two (Kirk even calls him Goliath, himself posing as David with slingshot wildly missing its target). Genius literally rides to the rescue on his trusty bicycle, a solution to restore the giants to normal size again (all but the missing tabby), and one final tasteless gag involving a group of 'little people' anxious to partake of the 'Goo.' Laughingly bad at times yet essentially harmless, this became an instant camp classic, especially with adolescent male viewers who learned of the phrase 'shake your booty' long before it turned into a hit song. 25 year old Joy Harmon's enchanting freckles and bountiful bosom were later immortalized in a silent bit casually washing a car in Paul Newman's "Cool Hand Luke," while 20 year old blonde bombshell Tisha Sterling, daughter of actors Robert Sterling and Ann Sothern, earned her share of kudos for her very first screen role (she proved a fine actress in her own right for four decades, even playing opposite her mother in 1987's "The Whales of August," with the immortal Vincent Price). Bert I. Gordon would return to giant creatures just twice more, "The Food of the Gods" in 1976, followed a year later by "Empire of the Ants," working again with Tisha Sterling on 1980's "Burned at the Stake."

As mentioned in the summary line, "Village Of The Giants" has many of the elements of the live action Disney comedies of the early 60's: mildly bemused humor with a 'way out' attitude, safely toned down for the kiddies ("The Barefoot Executive"); teen gang dynamics romance, and dancing ("The Monkey's Uncle"); a magical chemical substance that breaks the laws of physics via cheesy process shots ("Flubber"); a juvenile genius ("The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes") and even Tommy Kirk (ex-Mousketeer and juvenile lead from many of the old Disney movies, by then in exile from The Magic Kingdom). My guess is that Bert I. Gordon, who tried his hand at many different genres (including fantasy, horror, and film noir)(all badly) decided to make a Disney film - only slightly hipper (music by the Beau Brummels, blonds in bikinis, drug jokes, etc) racier by 60's standards) and campier.

"Village" is intentionally camp and cheesy, all right. And it's even vaguely funny. Not "ha-ha" funny, but pothead funny - if you were stoned or drunk, you might get a mild chuckle out of the proceedings.

In its favor, "Giants" features some pretty nice eye candy in the form of the blond girl members of the 'bad' teen gang that comes to town to make trouble for "our" wholesome, law abiding teen gang. (This is speaking as a male, of course). They're pretty hot, if you like the Pam Anderson platinum blond go-go dancer type. They also dance real good. And the Beau Brummels contribute a couple of nice, lively pop songs that are much rawer and funkier than anything you would hear in a Disney film from that time.

Against: practically everything else. Beau Bridges eventually matured into a fine actor, but the movie tries to peddle him as a cool guy and a teen idol, which is ridiculous given his mole-like, opaque features, constipated expression and pale, flabby body. He has great hair and complexion, and that's it. Poor Tommy Kirk tries his best to carry the film as the teen 'hero' of the town, but at this point in his career, it was basically over for him. As a result, he tries too way hard and the movie makes him such a goody two shoes that you can't help but cheer when giant Beau backhands him for a loop. The special effects range from barely acceptable (a couple nice shots of the giant kids gathered on a theater stage) to ludicrously bad (the giant mannequin legs that Tommy breaks a chair against). The screenplay is completely brain dead even as it tries to veer from heavy handed irony to action to comedy, managing to be none of those things...not even good camp. I don't want to pick on the supporting cast, though, because the screenplay called for cardboard cutouts to go through the motions and allows none of the 'minor' members of the cast any room for something as evocative as actual 'acting'.

BTW, what was the deal with the red headed go-go dancer? Was it supposed to be sexy when she vibrates all over like a blender set on 'puree'? Was she supposed to be shaking her 'bippy'? It wasn't a go-go dance, it was a muscle control exhibition...!

Wait, stop, take a breath. (Whoofa, whoofa, whoofa. OMMMMMmmmmmm...)

OK, the movie is basically harmless. It's just really stupid, so stupid as to nullify even the 'camp' entertainment value. MST3K covered it in one of their later 'Sci-Fi' channel episodes, which is pretty funny. Go watch that one if you can, or don't. You won't be missing much.

So bad it's funny. It's like a crazy version of a Beach Party movie. It has songs, dancing, girls in bikinis, no adults to speak of and some stars of the time-- Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, Johnny Crawford, and Ron Howard. Just like a Beach Party movie but with a goofier story line and giants as the bad guys instated of Eric von Zipper and the Rat Pack.

There is nothing like this movie. It's fascinating to watch with many future stars. Yeah, it's a little whacky, but if you don't like it you have no sense of humor.

Goofy, fun mid 60s has goo in the plot and on the brain. Teenagers go giant with a potion cooked up somehow by little Ron Howard. These giants love to go-go in sexy harem outfits that somehow grow to fit them. Tommy Kirk is, as usual, excellent and amusing -- I think he had real potention to become one of the best actors of his generation. This movie is a bit too cheezy to be exciting or scary, but it's worth a good laugh.

Juvenile swingers get a dressing down after growing to gigantic heights. 20 years ago, our local TV channel 9 used to show this dreck every other month--and even as a kid, I wondered why everyone's reactions were sooo slooow (the drowsy actors seem as though they're underwater). Tommy Kirk (the only teenager with a receding hairline) attempts a 'Samson and Goliath' with cocky giant Beau Bridges (looking a might square, and struggling to hide his embarrassment), yet even the rocks which fly from his sling-shot are in slow-motion! It's possible to get a momentary kick from these tacky antics, but the ugliness of the entire concept is self-defeating. It's hard to laugh at something so utterly cringe-worthy. * from ****

A group of teenagers become giant sized.

Before this film, we had other "giant movies", such as The Incredible Shrinking Man, but a recent YouTube viewing of Village Of The Giants has made me wonder if "Village" is the best of the lot. It has a sense of B-Grade fun that is hard to capture on film...without looking too stupid that is. The dance scene alone, with the little boy grabbing the giant girl, makes the film a winner. And note the music for the dance scene.

Story elements, character names (Genius) and Ron Howard were all shifted into a Land Of The Giants (1968,ABC) episode called...Genius At Work.

Attention Hollywood: Don't remake this film today, "Village" is a product of the 1960s, it is about the 1960s mentality and 1960s music!

The film is a wonderfully casted and wonderfully scored knockout!

Those darned teenagers; those juvenile delinquents. So we have a town beset by some adolescents who have gotten their hands on a secret formula and have grown to be 30 feet tall. They were rebellious before but now. Those parents who used to tell them what to do are going to get theirs. There are several old Mouseketeers here but this is not a Disney movie. Tommy Kirk is the handsome one. Ronny Howard is the Genius who is responsible for all this. And, of course, there are a host of mutant animals running around. The adults are so clueless, but then why shouldn't they be. This is the living out of the kid fantasy, but these guys are so stupid, all they want to do is party. Hey, nobody is accusing anyone of Shakespeare. It's worth watching for laughs.

That noise you can hear is probably H. G. Wells spinning in his grave at this travesty of his novel, although Bert I. Gordon has the temerity to credit himself with having provided the screen story.

Preceded by the usual disclaimer by Talking Pictures that the film might be unsuitable for small children, despite the psychedelic credits it's actually pitched at the juvenile level of 'Land of the Giants' - with which it shares the ambition of its visual effects - the disclaimer probably referring to a briefly wielded knife and the provocative scenes depicting groovy chicks in big hair, wet tee shirts and swinging their hips in enormous bikinis and tight slacks, who must be high on drugs since they seem to take giant ducks crashing their party in their stride.

Film that is fun to watch, but for all the wrong reasons; search out the MST3K version if possible. Movie was obviously shot as cheap, drive-in filler, but its subtext of youthful empowerment in the '60's is rather interesting. However, the execution and payoff are both lame. That's a problem with movies about Amazing, Colossal people...once they're all grown up the writers run out of things for them to do...the closing payoff is a big disappointment, as if the film adopts a teenaged "Yeah, whatever" attitude of its own.

A groovy California partying crowd led by Beau Bridges (as Fred) crashes their car in a rainstorm. They turn up the radio, drink beer, and dance in the downpour. Then, they walk to nearby "Hainesville" for kicks. In the small town (containing no parents), Tommy Kirk (as Mike) is smooching with his girlfriend while her little brother Ronny Howard (as Genius) works in the basement accidentally mixing a "Goo" which makes you grow BIG. The family cat gets into the "Goo" and grows.

Then, they give it to a couple of ducks, who become giant ducks, and quack up the local dance club...

Meanwhile, Mr. Bridges' gang from the opening scene has arrived in time for a feast of giant duck meat. Then, they eat "Goo" and pop out of their clothes. Setting up shop in the local theater, Bridges and the gang decide to take over the town and make Mr. Kirk, his gum-chewing ex-"Mouseketeer" pal Johnny Crawford (as Horsey) and their friends servants. Kirk must save the town from the giant youth. Up for the task, Kirk turns out to be a resourceful and determined leader.

The songs are pleasantly representative of the recording artists. Freddy Cannon ("Little Bitty Corrine") and Mike Clifford ("Marianne") were at the end of their record careers. The Beau Brummels ("Woman" / "When it Comes to Your Love") were very popular in 1965, but none of the soundtrack songs hit. There were singers in the cast who do not perform; the biggest hits of two - Johnny Crawford with "Cindy's Birthday" (1962) and Toni Basil with "Mickey" (1982) - span 20 years.

"Village of the Giants" easily qualifies as "so bad it's good," and you may want to see it again immediately.

Obviously a youth exploitation film for the time, it's like a Disney film with a dose of sex appeal. Everyone looks good, with bosomy Joy Harmon (as Merrie) most prominently going to the head of the pack; representative of cheap sexploitation is the scene with Mr. Crawford hanging onto her giant breasts. Most in the cast have family members who are also known; most recognizable (in my viewing) were Mickey's son Tim Rooney (as Pete) and Ryan's brother Kevin O'Neil (as Harry).

***** Village of the Giants (10/20/65) Bert I. Gordon ~ Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, Johnny Crawford, Ron Howard

What's the first thing to do when you and seven other friends crash your car into a road block and you're stuck in the mud? Well, you DANCE! What's your first reaction when you're attending a rock concert and all of a sudden two gigantically over-sized ducks come waddling in? You start DANCING, of course. What's the very first thing you must accomplish when you and your friends grew up to a length of 30ft. after consuming a gooey unidentified substance? Right again, you must DANCE! I don't think the legendary bad movie director Bert I. Gordon (BIG, for his friends) ever intended to make a loyal adaptation of H.G. Well's novel "Food of the Gods", he merely just wanted to make a light-headed and 60's spirit-capturing musical about the earliest Rock 'n Roll generations. "Village of the Giants" features an intolerably high amount of pointless padding sequences that simply show teenagers – whether 30ft tall or not – singing and dancing to Jack Nitzsche's (admittedly catchy) music and that's it. Thank God the film never at one point attempts to be a real scary and unsettling Sci-Fi movie, because that would have been really pathetic with all the lousy acting performances, tacky effects and the virtually non-existing screenplay. The annoying former child star Ron Howard portrays the nerdy kid-inventor Genius and accidentally discovers a substance that causes living creatures to grow to enormous proportions. A gang of naughty, outer town kids manage to steal a big slice of goo because they're sick and tired of being bossed around by adults. The adults probably just righteously stated they should waste less time on dancing and get a job! The goody-two-shoes teenagers in town fight (and go-go dance) back, though! What a totally demented movie this is. I wonder if Beau Bridges would like to be reminded of his role in this film as the nagging and totally uncharismatic leader of the bad pack. Presumably not… And neither would Toni Basil and Ron Howard. However, it must be interesting to see an X-rated version of this film, since all of the girls are quite beautiful (particularly Joy Harmon) and literally bursting out of garments as they feed on the substance. "Village of the Giants" is never suspenseful or interesting, with the exception of one notably engaging gargantuan tarantula scene, and manages to be quite boring despite the short running time. Jack Nitzsche's theme music was obviously brilliant, because no less than Quentin Tarantino borrowed the song "The Last Race" for his own recent grindhouse movie "Death Proof". Worth a peek in case you're a fan of horribly bad low-budget 60's stuff or in case you have a strange & inexplicable admiration for director/writer Bert I. Gordon, like I have.

Interesting movie that I first saw on TNT a few years ago. The writing and effects do leave a lot to be desired but this was actually a fun movie to watch if you don't try and take it too seriously. Lots of laughs at some of the gags and moments that this movie takes. And the music.. oh brother. ha ha.

While some of the giant animals like the dog, cat and ducks look really bad and you can tell that its like a split screen zoom up close effect thing they are going for , those type of scenes and moments could have really worked using todays technology. The ideas for this movie were there and with a good script I really believe this would have been one of the best fantasy/sci fi/comedy spoof type movies made. (Potentially) But unfortunately what we do get is giant cats that exit through the door never to be seen again, giant dogs that can't enter the room at all, giant wooden legs in the middle of a road as cheap built motorcycles circle around. And Ron Howard in a role I'm sure he would rather soon forget he did.

The plot itself was silly. 4 trouble making teens enter a town only to steal some growth formula invented by before mentioned Ron Howards character. Lots of giant kids run loose and tell everyone they are in charge now. But all they seem to do is sit around a lot in a huge auditorium and eat. Lots of sexual innuendo (including a breast ride on one of the giant female teens as she tries to dance with someone) and bad jokes like midgits at the end showing up hoping for some of the formula.

Funny movie but if it was written well and even remade to todays effects could be a great movie all together.

2 1/2 stars in my book. Has a lot of potential and you have to take into effect when it was made.

VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS (1965) * (really ****) Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges, Ronny Howard. Laughable sci-fi fantasy 'based' on HG Welles' "Food of the Gods" is just an excuse for really horrible filmmaking courtesy of schlockmeister Bert I. Gordon (read: BIG): Ronny (in his post Opie days) is "Genius", a kid who invents a goo that causes things to grow and once bad boy Bridges gets a hold of it turns himself and his gang into giants. Some way out special effects including the highlight: Giantess Joy Harmon "dancing" with tiny Crawford; or: ride the wild breasts! All I gotta say is woo hoo we need a remake quick! Two words: giant babes!! Look for go-go choreographer Toni Basil (of '80s one hit wonder "Mickey" fame!!) MORE TRIVIA: Harmon is best known as the wet dream of Paul Newman's chain gang in "Cool Hand Luke".

Bert I Gordon has made a few movies that I like, my favorite being Empire of the Ants. In most of his films he uses a simple techniques to make something or other look large in addition to making a prop or two. Here he tries to make a movie based on H.G. Wells story Food of the Gods. This time he fails miserably. He would later make another version in 1976 that is titled Food of the Gods and it is probably my second favorite Bert I film. This one is just to goofy and is more of a comedy. There are some nice shots of pretty 60's girls and it is at times a bit risqué for a film of this time period, but overall the story and the tone of the film just do not work.

The story has a bunch of rowdy kids dancing in the rain, which with the girls was entertaining at times. However, it was also padding to the extreme. A young boy his sister and boyfriend call genius and is played by Ron Howard develops a formula that increases things in size. A cat grows to super size, leaves and two ducks and a dog. The ducks rock on at the local bar before being roasted and it is not long before the rowdy kids are eating the formula and growing large and implementing their own rules. Though, they really do not do anything all that bad as no one is going to be killed here. It is up to the town's teens to find a way to stop the super rebellious and giant teens!

I saw this film on MST3K and it was an all right episode of that show; however, I was expecting it to be funnier than it turned out. I found the host segments involving Frank's firing and unemployment funnier than the movie in this one. Not to say it made for a bad episode. The effects are at times very funny including a pair of made up legs!

So this film had a couple of good points, mainly the parts of the film that focused on the girls of the film. Most of the film was padding, the film was like a very small idea and with the rest of it being filler. There are times you cannot hear certain characters, I probably could not make out half of what that sheriff said. At times the scale is completely off or they were reading the world's largest magazines. Just a whole lot of mess going on here, but it is nice to see that Bert I Gordon would revisit Food of the Gods and do a much better job of it than he did here.