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Amateurishly made monster movie is more interesting to watch as a 1970s time capsule of cars, fashion, and culture. I was about to tear into this film as to how badly written, directed, and acted it was, but then I read it was shot over three years as a high school project by some teens attending Samuel Ayer High School in Milipitas, CA. Taken on that level, I'll say they did a respectable job. The story involves a local landfill overflowing, where the pollution reaches levels that end up creating the titular monster, a giant creature resembling a monstrous fly. I did particularly enjoy the cheesy stop-motion monster scenes, and I did also liked the teen filmmakers' other attempt at depicting a giant monster by creating a giant hand that would grab regular-sized actors, or putting a regular-sized actor in a monster suit on miniature sets, or shooting the guy-in-a-monster-suit using forced perspective to make them look enormous,, but the primary entertainment value of the film is derived from it capturing of a specific time and place. I was highly entertained by seeing our 1970s teen heroes going to school, driving around in station wagons, going to the county fair, going to sporting events, seeing local radio DJs, retro pool halls, rotary phones, going to a dance whee a local band is playing, etc. Since this film was not made by professional actors or filmmakers (although they somehow got Paul Frees of "War of the Worlds" and "Rocky & Bullwinkle" fame to narrate), it was shot on real locations, used real police cars, and used real people wearing their own real plaid jackets. To be sure, this film is really a zero-star quality of film, but I got at least 5 out of 10 stars worth of entertainment out of this amateur production. Ange be sure to stay through the end credits for all of the thanks to the local businesses that helped the production, which I found charmingly retro, with everything from Kinney Shoes to Buts Bakery.
Rated 2.5/5 Stars •
Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/31/23
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When I watched this movie in 3rd grade I was genuinely scared. The title doesn't lie. The Milpitas Monster has made every moment of my life filled with fear, I can no longer sleep because my mind gets penetrated with the startling image of this beast.
The fact that I live in Milpitas doesn't help either.
#bornfromthecorn
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/25/23
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this is a campy movie made in 1976. it started as a High School film project and turned in to a full length film. the cast is mostly the kids from the Milpitas High School.. in a northern California city a monster comes to life from the garbage dump and starts eating the towns garbage cans.. Its pure CAMP the monster looks like a fly man..
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
01/20/23
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High school-elever och smÃ¥stadsbor med god medborgaranda som själva gjort sin egna dumma lilla monsterfilm om sin lilla hemort Milpitas, det blir ta mig tusan inte gulligare! Man vill bjuda hem den här filmen pÃ¥ tà (C) och kakor. Budgeten kan knappast varit mer än film, framkallning och en billig monsterdräkt. Och visst att ljudet är burkigt och svajar, 16mm-fotot är blurrigt och brungrÃ¥daskigt, skÃ¥despelet strictly amateur hour, tja, alla tekniska bristerman kan komma pÃ¥ finns nog i The Milpitas Monster... men entusiasmen hos de inblandade gÃ¥r inte att ta miste pÃ¥ och smittar! Jag vill ocksÃ¥ vara 18 bast, bo i en sömnig mellanamerikansk smÃ¥stad och GÃ-RA MIN EGNA FILM! Dessutom TROR filmen stenhÃ¥rt pÃ¥ sitt billiga monster, som gillar att äta sopor och ser ut den store Cthulhu pÃ¥ en budget av 100$, och ger det väldigt mycket screentime. De har till och med mage att blanda mannen-i-monsterdräkt med primitiva stop-motion-effekter och det tackar vi för! Jag har kommit till den punkten i mitt filmintresse när jag mycket hellre kollar pÃ¥ sÃ¥nt här billigt hokum med can-do-spirit, charm och glatt humör än dyra men själlösa effektfilmer som kan förstöra en hel kontinent utan att framkalla mer än en gäspning hos mig. Avslutningsvis kan nämnas att The Milpitas Monster faktiskt har en egen titellÃ¥t, givetvis inspelad av nÃ¥gon lokal förmÃ¥ga, som faktiskt är ganska schysst powerpop á la 70-tal!
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/26/23
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