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Attack Of The Puppet People (1958)
Topic Started: Jul 24 2013, 10:36 PM (230 Views)
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Attack of the Puppet People is one of the few "mad scientist" opuses of the 1950s to be motivated by loneliness rather than megalomania. John Hoyt plays Franz, a seedy European doll-maker who harbors a crush on his secretary Sally (June Kenney). When Sally makes plans to marry Franz' top employee Bob (John Agar), strange things begin to happen. Before long, both Bob and Sally have been shrunken to doll-size by Franz, who keeps a retinue of living "puppet people" to avoid being left alone. Eventually, the little ones rebel against their addlepated but basically harmless keeper, though there's never any "attack" per se. Most of the acting is amateurish, with the exception of the always reliable John Hoyt; the special effects are somewhat better, but still nothing to write home about.
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This reminds me of a non comedy version of honey i shrunk the kids movie. I saw this on netflix instant. I'll give it a watch sometime.
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The only person I've heard of is John Hoyt.
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Sounds kind of good.
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I just recently watched this film and am surprised about how creepy some of the elements of it are, the song "Your My Living Doll" especially. If they hadn't added in the effects of the giant animals and focused on the relationship between the shrunken captives and Mr. Franz, this film would be more well-remembered as a creepshow. But I still love its cheesy Bert I. Gordon goodness all the same! The scene at the drive-in is so amazing at the levels of meta happening and the pure 50's goodness of the characters.

An awesome B-flick :D
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An interesting film, but not much plot outside the basic concept of a guy shrinks people to keep them as "friends." June Kenney was in BLOODLUST and EARTH VS. THE SPIDER. John Agar was in REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and THE MOLE PEOPLE.

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I have the most random urge to rewatch this.
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