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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE (1958)

After going big with THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN/’57*, hack writer/director Bert I. Gordon goes small on a no-budget American-International release less shocker than shlocker. With that title and that poster, you expect something offbeat, even a little ‘out-there,’ but Gordon hasn’t the will, energy or imagination to do anything with his silly concept about puppet-master/doll-maker John Hoyt shrinking people he fears will leave him; packing them in vacuum tubes (for freshness?) so he’ll always have them around to ward off loneliness. With possibilities for sick kinky fun & violence largely ignored, there's only a little people hootenanny and a coffee-can bubble-bath for giggles. Poor John Agar must have questioned the sanity of his agent after this ‘small’ role.

WATCH THIS, NOT THAT: Presumably inspired by Jack Arnold’s wickedly clever THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN/’57. OR: Surprisingly tasty horror from M-G-M and director Tod Browning (in a rare good sound film) as Lionel Barrymore takes his revenge on society in THE DEVIL-DOLL/’36. Actually, a whole bunch of Devil Dolls.

ATTENTION MUST BE PAID: *Gordon shamelessly cross-plugs, showing a clip from COLOSSAL MAN at a Drive-In.

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