Sunday, November 20, 2022

Sven- Fiend without a Face

That darn atomic radiation- you mix it with lightning and telekinesis projects and suddenly brain vampires are killing the local people.  The living locals blame the radar installation that the US Army is running, in order to see if those dratted commies are about to let Gammera loose on the world.  Well, unless they have anti-electric wave paint, that is.  That is another story.  So Major  Jeff Cummings investigates, and meets Professor Walgate and his assistant, Barbara.  Walgate is working on increasing brain power, and guess what he has created?  Invisible fiends!  The fiends are smart, and they increase the radiation output so they can grow and feed more.  A fierce battle takes place, with the humans finally triumphing over the now visible Fiends.This is such a great little movie.  It was set in Canada, eh, but completely filmed in the UK.    I didn't know this until well after I saw the movie.  Some of the English actors were redubbed by American actors for the release.  Sven had all kinds of bits about the film, though it looked like he taped his segments in front of a green screen.  This could have been during COVID, though.  The final battle sure with our heroes shoot bloody brains while they are boarded up in a house looks like it could have inspired Night of the Living Dead, though it is not an uncommon trope in cinema.  This is a much better movie, though.

Next- The Crawling Eye!
 

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