Product Details

• Actors: John Merivale, Didi Perego, Gerard Herter, Daniela Rocca
• Directors: Robert Hamton, Mario Bava (uncredited) (completed film)
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: PR Studios
• DVD Release Date: May 22, 2008
• Run Time: 154 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001A46KO0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,867 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You can buy this..., May 25, 2009

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Richard J. Oravitz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caltiki, The Immortal Monster / Attack of the Monsters (DVD)

Pretty decent print of CALTIKI, especially since my vhs copy is so dark as to render viewing almost impossible. Now the voice sync is off a fraction of a second during the last third of the movie, but loving this kind of schlock it's no big deal, at least not to me.
Fans of Euro-Trash cinema may identify Caltiki-crazed explorer Gerard Herter ( he's the guy who loses both his hand and his mind to Caltiki ) as a vetern of Spaghetti Westerns playing arrogant Prussian/German types in THE BIG GUNDOWN and ADIOS SABATA. He was also ( cast the same ) in the Steve Reeves adventure THE WHITE WARRIOR.
This is great Blob-style stuff in b&w from an era that produced so many enjoyable cheap thrills. The ending with Caltiki consuming the house, threatening the wife and child of the hero only to be destroyed by the Mexican army's flame-throwers is a very satisfactory example of classic B-movie Monster mayhem...it excited me when I saw it on tv in the early 60's and it brought back fond memories.
You can buy this...it is very watchable, other than the slight sync problem. The disc does not skip or freeze. The image is a vast improvement over the vhs dupe I bought some 15 years ago.
Also, as a bonus is a version of ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS, the Gamera fan favorite also known as GAMERA VS. GUIRON (1969) in which two boys are taken captive by alien space babes. It's a kid's film and is in color, and though the color isn't sharp and pristine, it's very acceptable and the little tykes in your household will love it...All in all, a very good double-bill buy!
Both films are in full screen.
I'm happy with this purchase.

p.s.....just a reminder that the soundtrack to CALTIKI is available on cd through a company called SCREEN ARCHIVES. Check out their website if interested.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars campy old B horror movie - I loved it, October 30, 2009

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W.E.B. Dubois "old world standards" (New Orleams, LA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Caltiki, The Immortal Monster / Attack of the Monsters (DVD)

Caltiki is an old campy horror flick that my younger brother told me about about 45 years ago and actually scared me so much that I was afraid to see it - until now. I had a big laugh when I saw it. The movie's a lot of fun and the quality of the DVD is great considering the age of the movie and the fact that it is so hard to find. It brought back great memories of a simpler time and my dear brother.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scared the Wits Out of Me, September 13, 2009

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Cathleen Koenig "cakoenig" (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caltiki, The Immortal Monster / Attack of the Monsters (DVD)

I saw this on TV in the 1960s, when I was about 5 years old. It gave me horrendous nightmares. I rented a copy of it not long ago, expecting to laugh at the cheesiness of the special fx and my childhood gullibility. Instead, I found myself understanding why it stayed with me all these years -- the special effects are eerie and still frightening, and the premise was at least as plausible as any monster movie premise gets. It was a fun trip down memory lane.