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(aka 'Reptilicus - Il mostro distruggitore')
Directed by Sidney W. Pink
Denmark
1961
Reptilicus is reviewed / compared on 4K UHD HERE
Tentacles is compared on Blu-ray HERE
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Danish engineers drilling for minerals in Lapland find the tail of a prehistoric beast and send it to the distinguished Professor Martens in Copenhagen. The door of the refrigerated room in which the remains are stored is accidentally left ajar, and the rise in temperature enables the tail to grow new tissue. American Gen. Mark Grayson of the United Nations arrives in Copenhagen to maintain an alert on the creature, which continues to regenerate itself and grows to an enormous size. Though the general undertakes the mission reluctantly, he becomes attracted to the professor's daughters, Lise and Karen. One night, the monster escapes into the forest and begins to terrorize the countryside. The armed forces fail in their efforts to combat the monster with conventional weapons. A flamethrower forces the creature into the ocean, and a depth charge severs one of its feet, but the creature returns to wreak destruction on Copenhagen. As a last resort, a deadly narcotic is fired into its mouth with a rocket. Though the monster appears to have been destroyed, its severed foot begins the process of regeneration. |
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Theatrical Release: February 20th, 1961
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| Distribution | Run - Region 0 - NTSC | Shout! Factory - Region 'A' - Blu-ray |
| Runtime | 1:21:09 | 1:21:36.391 |
| Video | 1.33:1
Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.85 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 48,365,707,767 bytes Feature: 21,684,848,640 bytes Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Total Video Bitrate: 31.47 Mbps |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0) | LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit |
| Subtitles | Japanese, None | English, None |
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Release Information: Edition Details: • none |
Release Information:
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 48,365,707,767 bytes Feature: 21,684,848,640 bytes Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Total Video Bitrate: 31.47 Mbps
Edition Details: • Radio Spot (1:00)
TENTACLES: (in 1080P) Blu-ray
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Reptilicus is reviewed / compared on 4K UHD HERE Tentacles is compared on Blu-ray HERE NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.ADDITION: Shout! Factory - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - July 2015': The new Shout! Factory release is, obviously, a huge advancement on the interlaced, open-matte, DVD from 2009. Unfortunately, it didn't help the film any... most of the Monster effects and military stock footage are still quite poor. The 1080P is in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio. It comes bundled with Tentacles from 1977 (a few captures below) - another horrendous 'dog' but has some star power. Lossless audio in both and optional English subtitles. The only extras are the trailers, photo gallery and Radio Spot. Trust me, the best thing about Reptilicus is the title and Tentacles is not far behind. Save your money unless you LOVE baaad cinema.*** ON THE DVD: I was curious about Reptilicus because the MGM (Midnight Movie) version seemed OOP everywhere and fetching big bucks. I also was hoping this Japanese DVD might be widescreen. I got my answers - unfortunately it is NOT widescreen and its appeal lies in the fact that it is such a baaaad film. We're talking Ed Wood bad - terrible effects, weak performances - uggg. So bad, it's good.
The Japanese RUN Corporation DVD is interlaced, single-layered, probably taken from VHS, and generally looks pretty weak. An improved transfer wouldn't make the film any better but it might be more watchable. I`ll keep my eyes open for that MGM at a decent price. It has optional Japanese subtitles on the region 0, SD disc. It's value lies in its digital scarcity and ¸Reptilicus is the type of film to watch with friends for an amusing start to a double feature. I loved watching stuff like this - but that's me. For most there is no value here. |
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Reptilicus is reviewed / compared on 4K UHD HERE
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Worst Effects Ever?
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Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis
USA / Italy 1977
Tentacles is compared on Blu-ray HERE
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Having ripped off The Exorcist with Devil Within Her, Oliver Hellman here does a follow-up Italian job on Jaws. Taking Tentacles to the lab for analysis would reveal many similarities to its finny predecessor, with the following exceptions: wit, imagination, storytelling skill. Huston is grotesque as the type of grizzled investigative journalist who wears his nightdress on the porch. Winters is worse in yet another of her fat flustered parts, and Fonda must have needed the few days' work as 'Mr Whitehead', whose drilling company sends the octopus mad with its vibrations. One scene Jaws doesn't have, thankfully, is ichthyologist Bo Hopkins addressing his killer whales as though they were long-lost buddies from 'the streets' whence he came. They duly dispatch the monster, which incidentally seems of quite normal size, as in Grizzly. |
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