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Reptilicus (1961)
Released By: Orion Home Video   Rating: Not Rated   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Orion Home Video
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Director: Poul Bang
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Carl Ottosen
Published ID: 284798
UPC: 027616865656,
Plot: The tail of a dinosaur is excavated from the frozen tundra in Lapland and shipped to the Danish Aquarium in Copenhagen for safekeeping in this hilarious sci-fi mess. Someone turns off the refrigeration, alas, and the tail thaws. Regeneration sets in with alarming dispatch and soon the serpent-like monster, named Reptilicus by the learned paleontologist in charge, is devouring a paper mache Copenhagen. Written in Hollywood by Danish-American Ib Melchior (the son of Wagnerian opera star Lauritz Melchior) and produced in Denmark by Saga Films and American Sid Pink Productions, Reptilicus contains filmdom's perhaps least convincing monster and some of the worst performances imaginable from a hard-working Danish stock company. Carl Ottosen stars as the American General Grayson, angrily shouting his every line for unexplained reasons. Ottosen's wooden performance is second only to that of Bodil Miller, a former Universal starlet who appears here for no apparent reason other than to accompany Ottosen's general on a pleasant night out at the Tivoli amusement park. (A low point of the film is pop star Birthe Wilke's rendition of a ditty, Tivoli Nights, to a visibly dazed audience.) The monster, meanwhile, fights his battles in what appears to be a child's model train landscape while hundreds of extras do their utmost to look sufficiently frightened. Considering that Reptilicus himself is never in the same frame as any humans, what causes the good citizens of Copenhagen to flee in such panic must be the strange sight of Carl Ottosen brandishing a bazooka while barking orders at the fashionably gowned Miller. Reptilicus was such a financial bomb that employees at the Danish production company, Saga Films, were prohibited from speaking the name for several years. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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Amazing!
Added 2/12/2009

Danish cheese!

See! --

Hyperdramatic acting over life-or-death confrontation with a fake rampaging monster!

Copenhagen destroyed!

A woman scientist with nothing to do but be blonde and attractive!

A plot so full of holes it won't hold water!

You'll love it!

WARNING: Wear straight-jacket to prevent split sides!

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Cult classic from the 60's!!!
Added 2/10/2009

"Reptilicus" is a cool creature flick from the 60's released by American International Pictures!!! Just dont undestand why MGM took this out of circulation!!! The transfer of the movie is pretty good for a film of this type!!! It's now OUT OF PRINT,what a shame!
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reptilicus
Added 4/24/2008

great dvd if you are in to sci-fi and its part of the godzilla history. why its manda before he was updated.
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Monster Movie Nostalgia
Added 2/16/2008

I bought this movie for nostalgia value and rated it that way as well, I first saw this movie in the early 60's at a Saturday afternoon matinee, I was on my own and it scared me more than any Godzilla feature, The monster looked more "lifelike" than some of the others I had seen up to that time,This movie was also in color which is probably why I remember it, I seem to remember Behemoth only in B&W and not sure about the Godzilla movies.As I said nostalgia was the only reason I bought this DVD but if you are a collector of Monster Movies I believe you would have to have this one in your collection.
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A big waste
Added 9/28/2007

Love Godzilla, Gamera, Yongary, ect, but when it came to this film it's just a waste, bad effects, charetors nobody cares for, get Yongary/konga double feature worth the money.
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Amazing!
Added 2/12/2009

Danish cheese!

See! --

Hyperdramatic acting over life-or-death confrontation with a fake rampaging monster!

Copenhagen destroyed!

A woman scientist with nothing to do but be blonde and attractive!

A plot so full of holes it won't hold water!

You'll love it!

WARNING: Wear straight-jacket to prevent split sides!

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Cult classic from the 60's!!!
Added 2/10/2009

"Reptilicus" is a cool creature flick from the 60's released by American International Pictures!!! Just dont undestand why MGM took this out of circulation!!! The transfer of the movie is pretty good for a film of this type!!! It's now OUT OF PRINT,what a shame!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
reptilicus
Added 4/24/2008

great dvd if you are in to sci-fi and its part of the godzilla history. why its manda before he was updated.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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