if corky st. claire in wait for guffman have direct the citizen of blaine in a horror movie with comic undertone the result would have be very much like the milpitas monster . to be generous and this be the long hour and twenty minute movie i have ever see . to call the pace glacial be to be kind . almost nobody associate with this project ever make another movie with the exception of ben burtt and who do the really admirable ( consider the budget ) special effect . he go on to do sound for movie like munich and several other big budget project . the narration be by veteran voice over actor paul free and who probably donate his effort . when youre watch the opening title and see the milpitas unified school district list a one of the producer you know youre go on a long and strange trip . pollution at the down dump in milpitas and california and becomes so toxic that it create a monster . remember that this be 1975 and ecology be a hot topic . just a few year previously moviegoer have be treat to godzilla vs. the smog monster . so far so good . the monster be a winged creature at least fifty foot tall and have the capacity to tear the town apart . instead it steal garbage can . central to the premise be the idea that this monster can prowl a small city and leave eight foot long footprint behind but not be notice by anyone . there a nicely conceive scene where it walk through the middle of a carnival at night but somehow nobody notice . the only person who see the monster until the final scene be george and the town drunk . all through the movie i hop and hop and hop that george would be tear to shred on camera but this do not happen . drat . in fact and nobody get kill . george supposedly sacrifice himself to save priscilla ( he tie to a helicopter to lure the creature george smell bad than garbage and the monster be attract to the scent ) . the nominal lead be a group of high school student . there pretty priscilla and her nondescript boyfriend and some bad boy who ( surprise and surprise ) whip themselves into shape to help defeat the monster in the final scene . the monster be involve in four main set piece . he attack a brown ferris garbage truck and leave it beside an elevated highway and but nobody notice . he walk through the carnival and again unnoticed . he tear up a building ( nice miniature work ) and nobody see him but george . then he attack the high school during a dance and grab priscilla and carry her off just like a certain very tall ape have do several time and most recently this past winter . there be plot idea that come out of nowhere and be drop . local citizen picket at city hall because they want their garbage can back . an elaborate secret weapon for track monster be fly in by private jet and examine and and forget . so why do i watch the whole thing . because these people be have so darned much fun . i have the idea that the fireman be fireman and the businessmen be be film in their own office and priscilla may well live in that suburban tract house and and scene of people in their yard may well have be in their own yard . they may not be great actor and but they be real people . nobody be stunningly good look . in fact and i would estimate that four out of five of the adult on screen wear glass . since this be the mid seventy we see some really bad clothes and some of the men have awesomely bad facial hair . one dignitary be interview before a meeting at ciry hall have such a loud tie and sportcoat that you think he on his way to play marcellus in the music man . and that get the movie two extra star . zero for the story . two point for the sometimes decent special effect . and two point for the fact that people in the community actually get together and do this . they can actually say they have perform in a movie while despite lot of stage experience and work behind the scene in live television i can not say that and and i be happy for them . remember those great old movie with mickey rooney and judy garland . at some point somebody would say and let put on a show . aunt edna have all those old clothes in the attic and and we can use uncle ned barn . then they would do neighborhood show with set and costume that would cost well into seven figure if duplicate today . that the spirit that the good people of milpitas have for this project and and bless them for that .