Inept direction, dumb script, poor special effects
Bert I. Gordon was known for low-budget science-fiction movies that dealt with dramatic changes in the size of human beings. “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the Puppet People,” and “War of the Colossal Beast” used less-than-stellar special effects. He even was responsible for a giant arachnid crawling amok in “The Spider.” Another entry in Gordon’s filmography of freakish size change is “Village of the Giants.”<br /><br />After a car wreck on the outskirts of town during a torrential rainstorm, eight “teenagers” (looking a lot older) start dancing in the mud for no apparent reason. This leads to rolling and piling onto one another in the mud. Eventually, they head to town, looking for some action at the local club.<br /><br />Back in town, Mike (Tommy Kirk, “Old Yeller”) is making out with his girlfriend Nancy (Charla Doherty) when a huge explosion in the basement rocks the house. Nancy’s kid brother, “Genius” (Ronnie Howard, “The Andy Griffith Show”) has just blown up his home-made laboratory. In the process, Genius has produced a pink goo that can enlarge animals, which he discovers after his dog eats some of it and grows to the size of an elephant. They feed the stuff to a couple of ducks, and they not only grow gigantic, they also waddle down to the club and start dancing with the kids, who take this unusual sight in stride and never miss a step.<br /><br />When the kids from the car wreck get to town and learn about the growth substance, their leader, Fred (Beau Bridges, “The Fabulous Baker Boys”) determines to steal the formula so he and his pals can get rich quick. But first they steal some of the stuff, eat it, and zoom to gigantic proportions. Then they use their size to bully the good kids and show the adults that they are no longer calling the shots. The townspeople seem oddly blasé about their town’s becoming a plaything for spoiled teenagers.<br /><br />With “Village of the Giants,” loosely based on H.G. Wells’ “Food of the Gods,” Bert I. Gordon outdid himself with an idiotic screenplay, dismal special effects, dopey characters, and humor that falls flat. Where the giant teens and normal-sized folks are shown in the same frame, split screen is used, and the two pieces fail to mesh smoothly. To show the kids’ enormous size, Gordon mostly shoots them in a bunch from a low angle to avoid the expense of costly effects. The very few effects shots are unconvincing at best. During a pool party scene, one of the giantesses, Merrie (Joy Harmon) plucks up good kid Horsey (Johnny Crawford, TV’s “The Rifleman”), who hangs on for dear life to her halter top. This slightly risqué gag is only mildly amusing the first time and even less so when used again later. A pair of moth-eaten prop hairy legs stand in for Bridges’ own legs as cars speed around and through them. An inevitable David and Goliath scene finds Mike ducking Fred’s hurled spears. With Mike filmed from a high angle and Fred from a low angle, the sequence never shows the two adversaries in the same frame.<br /><br />The cast contains several children of celebrities, namely Beau Bridges (son of Lloyd Bridge), Tisha Sterling (daughter of Ann Sothern), and Tim Rooney (son of Mickey Rooney). The movie contains teases of nudity, with the females in various stages of undress, just enough to titillate. The film looks and sounds like a teenager’s dream of total power. When the kids achieve the power they crave, they do little with it other than intimidate, demand music they can dance to and huge quantities of food, lounge around in skimpy drapes-turned-togas, and look down upon the normal sized people with scorn.<br /><br />The best actor in this odd picture is little Ronnie Howard, who spouts a lot of difficult, scientific terms with ease and injects some life into his character while his older co-stars meander cluelessly through the film. He makes the part his own, persuading us of Genius’ enthusiasm and seriousness about his experiments. His character is aptly named. When he sees the horror his inadvertent invention has caused, he takes responsibility and creates a spray that will shrink the teens who have taken the town hostage.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the unrated Blu-ray release from Kino-Lorber include the following:<br /><br />Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas<br />“Village of the Giants” trailer (2:36)<br />“The Magic Sword” trailer (2:42)<br />“Jack the Giant Killer” trailer (3:20)<br /><br />“Village of the Giants” is a silly film that isn’t bad enough to be entertaining, like Ed Wood’s “Plan 9 From Outer Space.” The direction by Gordon is poor. Scenes go on too long, evidently to pad the running time more than to propel the narrative. The main characters are poorly developed, and the special effects — even by mid-1960s standards — are far below par. Gordon would take another crack at adapting Wells’ “Food of the Gods” in 1976, using only the first part of the novel.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A small town runs into big problems when teenagers hit a growth spurt, turn into gallivanting Goliaths, lead an anti-elder rebellion and terrify anyone under seven feet tall! Featuring Hollywood teen stars Tommy Kirk (The Shaggy Dog), Johnny Crawford (TV’s The Rifleman), Ron Howard (TV’s Happy Days) and Beau Bridges (The Landlord), this fantastic, effects-laden tale delivers gargantuan, sexy entertainment loaded with rock ‘n’ roll. Eleven-year-old Genius (Howard) mixes up some super-goo with his chemistry set, turning cats and ducks into giants. When a group of wild teenagers see the results, they gobble it up too and turn into towering tyrants, challenging adults and making mayhem while the world desperately searches for an anti-teen antidote. It’s the teen scene you’ve never seen—from cult legend Bert I. Gordon, the director of The Cyclops, The Amazing Colossal Man, Attack of the Puppet People, The Magic Sword and Picture Mommy Dead. The stellar cast includes Joe Turkel (The Shining), Joy Harmon (Cool Hand Luke), Tisha Sterling (Coogan’s Bluff) and Toni Basil (Easy Rider)..