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This is the one about the giant one-eyed cyclops in a diaper!
Things get complicated here, dears. You see, this 1958 film was a sequel to 1957's "The Amazing Colossal Man," which was a big hit. Glenn Lagan played Glenn Manning in the first film, who grew to enormous height, memorably ripping off a sign at a major Vegas nightclub, and then falling to his death into the Boulder Dam..
In this film, he emerges, one-eyed and still wearing that diaper--how he maintains it and what he does about his bodily functions is never explored, but I can't help wondering--and now, with Duncan "Dean" Parkin playing Glenn Manning, the Colossal Beast goes on another rampage; this time worse, as the damage from the fall has caused his mind to go and he is slowly losing his grasp on reality. Instead of the absent or uncredited wife--who might have been smart enough to exit this flick--in the 1958 film, we have Sally Fraser, as Joyce Manning, his sister. Sweet, huh?
Did this film need a sequel? Not really, but the Technicolor death scene--yes, it goes from black and white to color--is fun in a perverse sort of way, and everyone fussing over this gigantic thing gets pretty camp. He should have either taken up with Allison Hayes as the 50 Foot Woman, or Dorothy Provine as "The 30 Foot Bride Of Candy Rock." He should have gone with Allison. He needs a strong woman to support him. And, oh, my God, wash that diaper!
Little Pippin is so excited about this film tonight. You wouldn't want to disappoint him, dears, so join us at eight as "Svengoolie" closes out August in some kind of style.
But a gigantic diaper??????????? Ewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!
2 comments:
I missed it, what did Pippin think of it?!!
Victoria, I had forgotten what a sad movie it is. The man who became the
Colossal Man/Beast was the victim of an unfortunate military accident.
Maybe a way of sneaking anti-war sentiment into a camp film. Little Pippin
cried real tears at the end, as he ultimately commits suicide. And so did I.
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