321. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Directed By Jack Arnold
Synopsis
After being hit by a cloud of glitter (radiation?) a guy starts shrinking. After a fight with his cat he falls in the basement and has to fight a spider. Then he goes out and has a religious epiphany.
Review
B-movies are always something else. Usually, however they are quite good and this is no exception, the incredible shrinking man is able to maintain a suspenseful and very stressful mood throughout culminating in a fight with a spider that if you are as squeamish as I am will make your skin crawl.
This is based on a story by and adapted to the screen by Richard Matheson of I Am Legend fame (the book not the Will Smith film), and one thing he is good at is the feeling of loneliness, threat and claustrophobia which is very well achieved here.
It really gets a lot of its points for a great script and quite amazing special effects for the time, the sets are great with so many things blown up to make the character tiny. The action sequences are pretty good as well. The ending is slightly disappointing with the religious epiphany taking the whole of 15 seconds and leaving the viewer thinking "What?".
Final Grade
9/10
Trivia
From Wikipedia:
"And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears locked away and in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God there is no zero. I still exist." (Scott, to himself - last line in movie.)
The film in 10 minutes:
Synopsis
After being hit by a cloud of glitter (radiation?) a guy starts shrinking. After a fight with his cat he falls in the basement and has to fight a spider. Then he goes out and has a religious epiphany.
Review
B-movies are always something else. Usually, however they are quite good and this is no exception, the incredible shrinking man is able to maintain a suspenseful and very stressful mood throughout culminating in a fight with a spider that if you are as squeamish as I am will make your skin crawl.
This is based on a story by and adapted to the screen by Richard Matheson of I Am Legend fame (the book not the Will Smith film), and one thing he is good at is the feeling of loneliness, threat and claustrophobia which is very well achieved here.
It really gets a lot of its points for a great script and quite amazing special effects for the time, the sets are great with so many things blown up to make the character tiny. The action sequences are pretty good as well. The ending is slightly disappointing with the religious epiphany taking the whole of 15 seconds and leaving the viewer thinking "What?".
Final Grade
9/10
Trivia
From Wikipedia:
"And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears locked away and in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God there is no zero. I still exist." (Scott, to himself - last line in movie.)
The film in 10 minutes:
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