You’ve also got a couple of movies I thought had rubber suits in them, but turned out not to after all:
Bog (1978), in which we see once again that nothing good ever comes of dynamite fishing…
Gamera vs. Gaos (1967), in which the world’s weirdest turtle takes on the world’s biggest vampire bat…
Rawhead Rex (1986), in which Clive Barker’s second commercially produced screenplay doesn’t turn out quite according to plan…
They Came from Beyond Space (1967), but they forgot to bring any rubber monster suits along, goddamnit…
Transmutations (1986), or as I prefer to call it, Clive Barker’s C.H.U.D.…
and…
Warning from Space (1956), in which the silliest aliens you’ve ever seen rip off The Day the Earth Stood Still in order to warn the people of Earth that they’re really ripping off When Worlds Collide instead.
#1 by hman on May 26, 2008 - 6:13 am
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Gamera vs. Gaos was a long-time favorite until I watched Gamera vs. Barugon. But those two are definitely the best in the series. I didn’t burst out laughing when I saw “Warning from Space”, although to my credit I already knew what I was getting into AND I watched it alone (it’s harder for me to laugh at certain movies when I don’t have anyone to laugh with).
#2 by HP on May 26, 2008 - 6:55 pm
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Totally off-topic, but has anyone else run across this page when looking for information about a particular series of movies?
#3 by lyzard on May 26, 2008 - 7:05 pm
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That, I think, would rate a “Hoopla” post of its own.
#4 by lyzard on May 26, 2008 - 7:08 pm
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What I actually came here to say was— Santo and/or Keith, I know that the copy of Warning From Space that’s around is dubbed, but is it uncut? I was reading at DVD Savant that the original version had the aliens talking to each other, and Japanese subtitles down the side of the picture, which were trimmed off for the American release. Is that the only change you know of?
#5 by El Santo on May 26, 2008 - 7:53 pm
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I have absolutely no idea. What I watched was the ex-TV print included in Mill Creek’s “Sci-Fi Classics” mega-box (which I strongly suspect is what Keith has, too), but all I know about its history is that it was a TV print. Simply by mentioning that bit about the subtitles down the side of the screen, you’ve shown that you know more about the difference between the English-language version and the Japanese original than I do.
#6 by El Santo on May 26, 2008 - 7:54 pm
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“Totally off-topic, but has anyone else run across this page when looking for information about a particular series of movies?”
Holy crap– he’s even a plastic surgeon!
#7 by lyzard on May 26, 2008 - 8:49 pm
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Would YOU buy a used boob job from this man!?
Re: Warning From Space, Glenn Erickson made a comment that during some of the alien scenes the aspect of the shot seemed to get get tighter at some points and he wondered why. One of his correspondents explained about the side-subtitling, and that the lopping off meant that those shots looked “more” pan and scanned.
There is a Japanese release of the film but it isn’t subtitled.
#8 by Dave on May 27, 2008 - 5:19 am
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After reading the rawhead Rex review, I have to say that Barker’s idea of an “embodiment of the male principle run amok” sounds pretty bad and leaving it out might’ve been an improvement. Then again, I read the story years ago, but don’t remember anything about “male principles” and the like – to me it seemed to be more about modernity and civilisation vs. the “primitive” natural state (doesn’t Rawhead get killed in the story because he fails to understand that modern man (and not so coincidentally an American) is less likely to be awed and worship him as a god and far more likely to seek revenge than his ancestors?)
#9 by Tom Meade on May 27, 2008 - 5:45 am
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They Came From Beyond Space always reminds me of Dr. No.