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Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Director: Bert I Gordon
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Having already cashed in on the success of The Incredible Shrinking Man by rushing out (on the principle of opposites) The Amazing Colossal Man, producer/director Gordon went the whole hog with this tale of a lonely doll-maker (Hoyt) given to miniaturising human beings. Unsurprisingly, it's a poor second cousin to the Richard Matheson/Jack Arnold mini-classic, with poor characterisation beaten only by penny-pinching special effects, reaching a nadir with some truly laughable back projection when a couple of the unwilling little people take to the pre-dawn LA streets. Nevertheless, this is still plenty of fun, from its pseudo-science ('You know how a projector works, enlarging an image...' begins Zer Nutsy Puppeteer) to one of the shrunken gals launching reluctantly into the pop pastiche 'I'm Your Living Doll'.Author: GD
Cast & crew
Director: Bert I Gordon
Cast: John Agar, June Kenny, John Hoyt, Michael Mark, Marlene Willis full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 79 mins
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