SOME of us did get to see it in '77. It played a drive-in just outside my city, operated by relatives, so i got to see the odd movie i shouldnt have at that age. It was running when we paid a visit one night. I was eight. Stuck with me ever since. Even then, I knew it was a B-movie, in league with the ones I regularly watched on Satruday afternoon TV creature features at the time, and when it finally made it into that rotation, I frequently made time for it, often just to ponder what an awful death melting would be. Impressionable young mind, of course. Thirty years later, I seriously contemplated the MOD version but was glad I procrastinated until Shout's phenomenal Blu-ray came out. Pristine presentation with solid supplements that rightly don't over praise the film while acknowldeging it's unarguable importance in the timeline due to key personnel on its make up and effects team. Movies needn't be great to be important. 'Nuff said.
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stimpy25
10 years ago
i just got done watching it, well the MSTk3000 vresion of it anyways. and the ending was a bit confusing, the doctor was killed right? and than what a janitor is cleaning Steve up and the next thing we hear is Steve on his way to space and a shuttle going off?
i'm just making sure that's what happend. terrible movie by the way. just plain terrible. only good thing about it is the make-up. but than i'm a HUGE Rick Baker fan anyways. :)
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Blue_Eyes_James
10 years ago
I'm just watching it again, I saw it as a kid at a drive-in as a double-feature with "Squirm". I have no idea who took me to the drive-in, my mom maybe? If so how did she survive those two films?
Yeah the marketing was insane for it's time and this was the year "Star Wars" came out! I had some magazines at the time, Starlog and/or Famous Monsters that featured him on the cover. I also picked up a 45 record somwhere with the radio spots for the movie, crazy creepy and corny! I need to list it on eBay or something, maybe.
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