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Bottom line for me is I have fun with the movie. Am I supposed to not enjoy it because books or 'scholars' tell me I'm not supposed to?


Well, I don't know about the scholars, I usually read about such films in coffee-table books with a ton of pictures. I really don't mess-much with McFarland press books that pare these things down to their atoms.

Still, I'll betcha caught it at the right age and it still has enough going for it to tap that vein. Sorry about the dime-store psychology, but I think this ones a tough-sell to the uninitiated. On a 1-4 (2 being average), I'd have to give it a 1 3/4, in that I find it slightly below average.

As I've aged, I actually found it little bit of a bummer to realize that actors such as Boris and Bela could be given to shooting over the top or phoning it in. Granted a lot of that is weak scripts, tiny budgets, and indifferent direction, but there are some who rubber-stamp everything they're in as a monster-kid-must.