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Caltiki, The Immortal Monster / Attack of the Monsters

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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.

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.

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.

I remember seeing this movie when I was a child around 11 years old and I tell you this movie scared me to death.
It has been in the back of my mind for years and I have always wondered about seeing it again because of course it won't be played anywhere now.
I am so thankful for the internet, Amazon, etc... to allow people like me to be able to obtain obscure movies like this- to relive it. Even if now I see it, I would cringe! But I have to get it now!

This is a fun combination.Caltiki, which is in black and white, is like The Blob, but apparently it can control minds and is activated by a comet. It too grows to enormous proportions and the military is summoned to destroy it. Attack of the Monsters is a Gamera movie, very cheesy, very fun. Gamera battles the sharp headed monster Guiron, who not only slices and dices his enemies, he has kung fu death stars that shoot from his head! Wow!

This is not a studio released copy it is a DVD-R with a sticker type label.
I have no clue how this got on Amazon since I have always known them to be a reputable company that do not sell questionable material.
The quality is bad and the dialog sound to actual mouth movements sync is way off.
I am going to return it.

I love both these monster movies! Today's movies are all blood and gore, but these movies are gory to a limit,scary, but fun too. Caltiki is a flesh eating thing found in a Mexican ruin. It proceeds to eat victims and grow enormous. Great stuff! Then there's the campy "Attack of the Monsters". Female aliens abduct 2 kids and take them to their planet with designs on eating their brains! Gamera to the rescue, but first the famous turtle monster must defeat a giant monster with a knife for a head! They don't make them like this anymore!

This is a lost gem, completed by horror legend Mario Bava. Caltiki is a giant growing glob, not unlike "The Blob" staring Steve McQueen. It is however darker, more sinister. There are disturbing scenes of fleshy bones, the remains of Caltiki's touch. What can stop this thing from devouring an innocent family?
This DVD also contains -Attack of the Monsters-(aka. -Gamera vs. Guiron). This camp classic has 2 boys abducted by space gals in silver suits to a strange planet. Monster Guiron, with his knife-shaped head goes up against giant turtle monster Gamera. Which will survive? I've loved this movie since I was a kid in New York when it was shown as part of -Monster Week- on WABC's 4:30 movie. Great combination!

I first saw CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER as a wide-eyed toddler. I watched in horror as the globular monster went on it's rampage! Today, about a million years later, I re-watched CALTIKI as an adult. I must say, that despite the hokey dialogue and hilarious dubbing, the monster itself is still quite impressive. Of course, it is cheeez-tastic, but that only adds to the overall fun. If you love monster movies, especially single-celled blob movies, then you can't go wrong w/ CAL'! Watch for the de-faced scuba diver, de-fleshed arm, and house-demolishing finale sequences! Great 50s stuff!...

Great for the classic sci fi nut. B rated but a must have for the die hard vintage sci fi goer.