Attack of the Puppet People

This movie doesn't surprise at all in anything. Compared to "The Incredible Shrinking Man," it's just a cheap rip-off without any tricks. Well, there are a few, but it's still a rip-off. The film doesn't offer anything new, maybe just the idea with puppets is somewhat decent, although it's not a groundbreaking concept, and it's only focused on making it look interesting. It doesn't look that way. (10.07.2014)

The suggestive title and poster lie, of course, as usual. You won’t see any attack by little people. The idea is that a mad doll maker shrinks six people to the size of puppets using a special machine, keeps them in a jar and uses them to banish his loneliness. The inspiration from the brilliant The Incredible Shrinking Man, released a year earlier, is obvious and they use the same FX, but in poorer quality. So there's a fusion of images from different dimensions, a surprisingly functional front projection of a table (on which the little people “frolic”), larger-than-life things like a giant phone, a glass, a suitcase, a bar of soap and a bathing can. On the other hand, in the last ten minutes, the little people flee from a horrifically out-of-control translucent rat, run from the eye-popping rear projections of the street, and chase away a rabid dog. What's also a lot of fun is Gordon's typical self-promotion, this time the main characters are sitting in the cinema watching his The Amazing Colossal Man and clearly enjoying it :o) (11.01.2009)