Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Island of Terror (1966)

Planet Film Distributors (UK)
Directed by Terence Fisher
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
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A bizarre death on a remote Irish island brings in expert scientists Peter Cushing and Edward Judd to try to solve it. Strange creatures, sort of like armadillos with one long tentacle, are eating the bones and leaving deflated, jelly-like bodies behind. The trail leads to the scientific research of a doctor looking for a cure for cancer. Cushing loses an arm in the battle, and the island's cattle don't fair too well, but good prevails, unless you count Japan in that ending. It's played deadly serious, but in all honesty is very silly.

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