The Phantom Planet [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of The Phantom Planet [VHS]
Movie Review: Really great Bad Sci-Fi
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is an all-time classic. It is one of those movies that are so bad they hysterical. Watch for "The Prisoner" who is in a cage in the basement. He is the prototype for "Gromet" in the Wallace and Gromet movies - something never before discovered and a great trivia question.Movie Review: SF camp classic looks terrific on DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Phantom Planet is a generally-overlooked but thoroughly enjoyable slice of early-60s SF cheese. Not really good enough to be a "good movie," not really bad enough to achieve Trash status; but I could watch this one every six months without getting tired of it. Dean Fredericks in the lead makes a quite unappealing, unsympathetic `hero,' lending a strange atmosphere to the movie right off the bat. Francis X. Bushman (the silent Ben Hur) and Anthony Dexter (fallen far from 1951's Valentino) lend kitsch appeal, and Coleen Gray and Dolores Faith, as the `mute girl,' provide potential love interest for drippy Fredericks. If you watch this with the mindset of a 10-year-old there's lots of fun and clever ideas and effects: the shrinking thing, passable outer space/rocketship sequences, the disintegrator floor panels and duel of death, the flaming Solarite death ships, etc. And the sad sack monster, played by clumsy giant-for-hire Richard Kiel (`Jaws'), has to be one of the most lovably moth-eaten, pathetically unthreatening creations to grace any B-flick; kind of Paul Blaisdell-meets-Harry Thomas at the thrift store. You could probably suspend your disbelief and really enjoy this movie on a comic book level, or have a few friends over and laugh yourselves silly. Highly recommended.For long-time fans of this movie, Image's DVD delivers a fine print of the film: sharp and detailed, great tonal scale, virtually spotless save for some very light speckling and a rare blemished frame. You'll never need to worry about upgrading from this one. It blows my VHS TV prints right off the map. Unfortunately, there is no trailer for the feature, and the only other `extra' is the chapter stops. There are five trailers included in an `easter egg,' but they're the same ones as on every other Image release. Considering all the movies in their catalog, they could dish out a few new ones already! A minor gripe though, and if you love this movie you'll want this disc anyway.
Movie Review: Written By Mrs. Johnson's Third Grade Class...
Summary: 1 Stars
This is what one would consider a "crappy sci-fi movie". It seems like half of it was made as they went along, and the "planets" look like they came from KFC. Half the time the actors don't even look like they know what they're doing.I mean, everything is so stupidly explained. The reason Paul Chapman (the star) shrinks is because he "inhaled [the planet]'s oxygen" and "became in proportion with everything else" on the planet. Also, if he inhaled Earth's oxygen, he'd grow back to his normal size. As for how the whole language thing was described, the airwaves carried out sound waves and translated them to a language the lsitener could understand. Also, in a scene where Paul and his navigator had to repair the ship, they simply walked outside and started to repair it. In the words of Mike Nelson "good thing there's so much gravity out in space". Anyway, if you want to watch it, you're much better off watching the MST3K version so you can at least laugh at it.
Movie Review: Phantom Planet
Summary: 4 Stars
Today the film looks corny,but back in the early 1960's it was a great picture to see.Especially if you are ten years old and with a big imagination.You must remember that this movie came out just when the space race was on.not a bad picture when you went to the theater on a saturday for 35 cents and saw a double feature.And you could stay all day and see it again and again.Movie Review: Late Night fun as a kid
Summary: 3 Stars
This film is no classic but it is a fun one i remember as a kid. I saw it late night of course and enjoyed it then and i have seen it since and realize that you should take it as it is and not look for extreme quality acting but if you are a sci fi fan and enjoy old flicks then you will have fun with this one. Break out the popcorn and gather the kids for a good viewing.