REPTILICUS (1961) Blu-ray Review

Reptilicus (1961) d. Sidney W. Pink (Denmark/USA)

A copper drilling expedition “somewhere in the forbidding tundra mountains of Lapland, above the Arctic Circle” unearths the bloody remains of a prehistoric organism. The massive frozen fossil is brought to Copenhagen for study, but when it is accidentally thawed out, the scientific collective is amazed to discover that the drill wound is beginning to heal itself. In other words, the slab of flesh is alive! The eggheads theorize the creature is akin to a starfish, and that from its severed limb it will regrow an entirely new organism. So they do what anyone would do: Name it “Reptilicus,” build a big tank, toss it in, and wait to see what it grows up to be. Unfortunately, the results are a green-skinned, acid-spewing dragonian menace that proceeds to break out of its institutional fetters, bobbing and weaving its way across the Danish countryside.

Fool's Views - 11/1 - 11/28 (with Turkey!)

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Sorry guys and ghouls, it's been a crazy time. Trying to free oneself from the shackles of gainful employ proved a challenge only the most dedicated and deluded would attempt, but darned if I wasn't able to finally manage it. But I'll honestly admit I had gone into utter bunker mentality for the final stretch, hence my radio silence on the H101 campus grounds.

Before we welcome 2011 with open arms (and do we ever), I feel an obligation to give the Views of the last two months their day in the sun. Said day will be given over the next four installments, after which AC's 2010 Year End Recap will be unveiled, and then we'll dive back into business as usual. Can I get an amen...or at least a order of nachos?

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