This shocking movie provides great load of screams , terror, creepy atmosphere which becomes pretty sinister with the mound of glop appearing here and there . Set in Mexico , this sci-fi picture has blob-ish fiend pursuing members of a team of archaeologists . As the scientific people in Mexico encounter an amorphous , blob-like monster that shows up to be connected with the collapse of the Mayan civilization. This monster is stripping human flesh from bone , creeping, multiplying, devouring and hungry for the blood of a world . Along the way , a comet from exterior space is due to pass close to the Earth , resulting to be the same comet passed near the Earth at the time the Mayan civilization mysteriously collapsed. And at a house and a hospital are besieged by the enormous, man-eating amoebic mass and fast-growing .Will the first life on Earth be the last terror of Man?. Terror amok! Hungry for the flesh of the world! . Towering over Jungle and City... Creeping, Multiplying, Devouring! Man is no longer the supreme being on this planet ! . Now, terror has no shape !. Scream now, while there's still room to breathe. Terror has no shape. If it had a mind, you could reason with it. If it had a face, you could look it in the eye. And if it had a body, you could shoot it. Slimy Glob of Doom Engulfs The World! . Crawling, Crushing Colossus of Terror!. None Can Stop It! Nothing Can Kill It! The Ever Growing Thing! Armies of the World Combat Deadly Menace! Death Dance of the Voodod Virgin! Whole Cities Swallowed Up By Gruesome Mile-High Glob!
A camp classic that was shot with medium budget from the Fifties containing intrigue , suspense , grisly murders and lots of blood and gore , while shocking when the large Glob exploding through the theater screen and the spectators are watching. The plot is plain a simple, a group of archaeologists investigating some Mayan ruins come across a blob-like monster , then things go wrong . The movie belongs to Italian Horror genre , in which Riccardo Freda (¨Secret of Dr. Hitchcock¨ , ¨Il Vampiri¨) along with Mario Bava (¨Planet of vampires¨, ¨House of exorcism¨) are the fundamental creators . In fact , both of whom collaborated deeply among them , as Bava finished two Fedra's films , this ¨Il Vampiri¨ and ¨Caltiki¨ . Although being poorly conceived , however being entertaining and fun enough . It's a sleek production with genuine chills , tension, shocks and nice special effects by Mario Bava himself , making an exciting slimy jello invader and frightening and horrifying to the audience . This thrilling film was well starred by an unknown but functional duo : John Merivale and Didi Sullivan , accompanied by a plethora of familiar Italian actors , such as : Giacomo Rossi Stuart , Daniela Rocca , Daniele Vargas , Gérard Herter , Arturo Dominici , Nerio Bernardi and Renzo Palmer as narrator . This¨Caltiki il mostro immortale¨ or ¨Caltiki, the Immortal Monster¨ (United States title,1959) takes parts of ¨The Blob¨ (1958) by Irvin S Yeaworth with Steve McQueen , the latter was followed by a remake that rips off Irvin S. Yeaworth's version ,¨The Blob¨ (1988) by Chuck Russell with more gore and guts than original, being again remade by Larry Hagman in ¨Beware, the Blob¨ (1972) .
The motion picture was professionally directed by Riccardo Freda assisted by Mario Bava. Riccardo Freda used to sign his works with a number of aliases during his career, including Robert Hampton or George Lincoln and as screenwriter Riccardo Freda . His artistic spirit led him to a strong belief in the importance of visual composition in filmmaking . Freda worked in many popular genres, including viking films, Peplum, spaghetti westerns, action, and even Softcore, but it is his horror films and Giallo mystery films which stand out and for which he is best remembered . Freda along with Vittorio Cottafavi continued to realize films in the historical-spectacular style , at which he developed a considerable skill and mastery . From the mid-50s Freda's liking make for atmospheric and colorful scenes of shock began to itself apparent , especially in such Musclemen epics as ¨Teodora¨ , ¨Spartacus¨ , ¨Giants of Thessaly¨ , ¨The seventh sword¨ , ¨Maciste all's inferno ¨, the latter a gripping/horror Peplum and , of course, ¨Maciste in the court of the Great Khan¨, one of his best films . In the early 60s , he was a pioneer in Italy of horror-fantasy films frightening audiences the world over , especially with ¨I Vampiri¨ and ¨L'Orrible Segreto del Doctor Hitchcock¨ as he combined with that wide-staring of actress , the British-born Barbara Steele . He also made adventures as ¨Black Eagle¨ , ¨The son of Black Eagle¨ , ¨White devil¨ , ¨Son of D'Artagnan¨ , and uncredited ¨Daughter of D'Artagnan¨ ¨. From there he went to melodrama and spy films as ¨¨Mexican Slayride¨and ¨Coplan FX18¨ and even made some westerns as ¨No killing without dollars¨ with Mark Damon and signed under pseudonym as George Lincoln . Freda's movies had popular appeal , and were usually commercial hits . Several were French/Spanish/Italian or other European co-productions . He has been called a filmmaker "who brings some style to exploitation pictures", and has something of a cult following . Rating : 6.5/10 , better than average horror/monster movie .
A camp classic that was shot with medium budget from the Fifties containing intrigue , suspense , grisly murders and lots of blood and gore , while shocking when the large Glob exploding through the theater screen and the spectators are watching. The plot is plain a simple, a group of archaeologists investigating some Mayan ruins come across a blob-like monster , then things go wrong . The movie belongs to Italian Horror genre , in which Riccardo Freda (¨Secret of Dr. Hitchcock¨ , ¨Il Vampiri¨) along with Mario Bava (¨Planet of vampires¨, ¨House of exorcism¨) are the fundamental creators . In fact , both of whom collaborated deeply among them , as Bava finished two Fedra's films , this ¨Il Vampiri¨ and ¨Caltiki¨ . Although being poorly conceived , however being entertaining and fun enough . It's a sleek production with genuine chills , tension, shocks and nice special effects by Mario Bava himself , making an exciting slimy jello invader and frightening and horrifying to the audience . This thrilling film was well starred by an unknown but functional duo : John Merivale and Didi Sullivan , accompanied by a plethora of familiar Italian actors , such as : Giacomo Rossi Stuart , Daniela Rocca , Daniele Vargas , Gérard Herter , Arturo Dominici , Nerio Bernardi and Renzo Palmer as narrator . This¨Caltiki il mostro immortale¨ or ¨Caltiki, the Immortal Monster¨ (United States title,1959) takes parts of ¨The Blob¨ (1958) by Irvin S Yeaworth with Steve McQueen , the latter was followed by a remake that rips off Irvin S. Yeaworth's version ,¨The Blob¨ (1988) by Chuck Russell with more gore and guts than original, being again remade by Larry Hagman in ¨Beware, the Blob¨ (1972) .
The motion picture was professionally directed by Riccardo Freda assisted by Mario Bava. Riccardo Freda used to sign his works with a number of aliases during his career, including Robert Hampton or George Lincoln and as screenwriter Riccardo Freda . His artistic spirit led him to a strong belief in the importance of visual composition in filmmaking . Freda worked in many popular genres, including viking films, Peplum, spaghetti westerns, action, and even Softcore, but it is his horror films and Giallo mystery films which stand out and for which he is best remembered . Freda along with Vittorio Cottafavi continued to realize films in the historical-spectacular style , at which he developed a considerable skill and mastery . From the mid-50s Freda's liking make for atmospheric and colorful scenes of shock began to itself apparent , especially in such Musclemen epics as ¨Teodora¨ , ¨Spartacus¨ , ¨Giants of Thessaly¨ , ¨The seventh sword¨ , ¨Maciste all's inferno ¨, the latter a gripping/horror Peplum and , of course, ¨Maciste in the court of the Great Khan¨, one of his best films . In the early 60s , he was a pioneer in Italy of horror-fantasy films frightening audiences the world over , especially with ¨I Vampiri¨ and ¨L'Orrible Segreto del Doctor Hitchcock¨ as he combined with that wide-staring of actress , the British-born Barbara Steele . He also made adventures as ¨Black Eagle¨ , ¨The son of Black Eagle¨ , ¨White devil¨ , ¨Son of D'Artagnan¨ , and uncredited ¨Daughter of D'Artagnan¨ ¨. From there he went to melodrama and spy films as ¨¨Mexican Slayride¨and ¨Coplan FX18¨ and even made some westerns as ¨No killing without dollars¨ with Mark Damon and signed under pseudonym as George Lincoln . Freda's movies had popular appeal , and were usually commercial hits . Several were French/Spanish/Italian or other European co-productions . He has been called a filmmaker "who brings some style to exploitation pictures", and has something of a cult following . Rating : 6.5/10 , better than average horror/monster movie .