Bert I. Gordon (aka Mr. B.I.G.), the director responsible for King Dinosaur, The Amazing Colossal Man, War of the Colossal Beast, and Village of the Giant, (think The Royal Guardsmen and the Snoopy versus the Red Baron songs) apparently looked through the wrong end of the telescope to create “Attack of the Puppet People”. Notorious B.I.G. was leeching off the success of sci-fi predecessor The Incredible Shrinking Man. Stars John Agar, of course. Set your DVR for 4:00 a.m.
And just in time for Easter, here comes Peter Cottontail, bringing his thundering wrath of bloody carnage and half-eaten human carcass down the bunny trail. Rory Calhoun and man-eating rabbits star in Night of the Lepus. Set your DVR to 2:15 a.m.
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The title of the movie, "Attack of the Puppet People" is really a misnomer. There is no attack and, technically, the altered humans are real-life dolls, not puppets. But, the most absurd part of the film is when the "puppet master" is interrogated by the detective in the doll factory. The scientist pours plastic into head molds on the conveyor belt and as the molds turn over on the belt, the plastic pours out. The detective should have picked up on that.
However, due to the "slide projector technology" explanation of how the "doll maker"/scientist could shrink people, everything else was very credible.
Thanks again, Lange, for another DVR reminder!
You may be forgetting the oceanic theory of puppet making, where only a thin layer of plastic adheres to the mold -- the excess spills out and is recylced for other doll parts.
Although the practice was abandoned in the sixties, the oven technology was eventually employed by none other than Pizza King Mike Ilitch. Next time you're in a Little Caesar's, watch how the pizzas roll out of the oven conveyor-style. Coincidentally, there have been reports of doll parts found in pizzas in the area. Last night I orders a pizza with Pepperoni and Agar.
BTW, Notorious B.I.G.'s daughter, Susan Gordon -- the little girl who discovers the miniature cat -- made her debut in this epic.
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