Here is a science fiction film I have been meaning to watch for ages and yet, for some reason I never have gotten around to it.

Taking a turn from the usual "make things giant" Universal instead made one man smaller and showed how he would react to such a situation. Thanks to some radiation Scott Carey goes from being 6' 1" to being smaller than a common house spider.

Much of the film's appeal is in the wonderful special effects and prop work. Only a few times can you see through Scott Carey due to clumsy double exposure work. Rear projection and giant oversized yet meticulously detailed props allow you to see as though what life might be like for a man like Scott. This is certainly miles ahead of other films of the time dealing with similar themes (see The Amazing Colossal Man for a particularly poor example.)

All in all, this film is very much worth seeing and, along with The Mole People, is probably the best film on the set. Sadly the set was a Best Buy exclusive and may be out of print in this form. Still, it's worth hunting down.

To read the rest of the reviews of the films on this disc, check out my partial earlier review.

Labels: 31 days of film, Classics, sci-fi