Village of the Giants

6/10/2022

_**Cool score, gorgeous women and those wild 60s!**_ In some ways "Village of the Giants" (1965) is a godawful flick about a group of "kids" (more like mid-20s) who stumble upon a potion that turns them into giants. Godawful or not, there's just something mesmerizing about this flick! It's ridiculous and the "special effects" are laughable, yet it's full of energy and is thoroughly entertaining in a swingin' 60s kind of way; and entertainment's the name of the game. Highlights include: the weird bass-driven 60's score titled "The Last Race" by Jack Nitzsche (borrowed by Tarantino for "Death Proof"); the accompanying sensual dancing of the "teens" (they really don't know what else to do after becoming giants, so they just dance, lol); the cast includes a young Ron Howard, Beau Bridges

7/13/2026

This movie has one strange flaw that doesn't make any sense. Whenever anything goes wrong, the guys and their girlfriends just stand up and start dancing. No one explains why their car has an accident on a flooded road, so they just get out of the car and start dancing. They seem to be immune to normal reactions when things go wrong. Otherwise, it does hit the note for being different. Theres also some goofy sounding music from the Beau Brummells and Freddy Boom Boom Cannon. Toni Basil arranged the dances, I guess they needed to get some mileage out of her work. Certainly it tries hard to tickle the funny bone.