Reviews

Can't exactly say why this film popped back into my head after decades. But frankly, this film was amazing in its own B-level, 3:00 AM horror genre way. Must have watched it a dozen times on TV, probably because the local stations ran it in high rotation on weekends.

I started by idly searching the net to see if it was on tape or DVD and was delighted to find that it had found a warm place in other people's heart's too. This crazy little film has heart. Maybe that's why to this day I have a nifty little collection of rocks and minerals.

An IMDb real treat was reading a comment that archly questioned 'why the green face on the cover'. DUH! Anyone knows there were no discolored humans, simply wonderful tall, phallic and lumbering black monoliths. I suspect stock cover art was pulled of the shelf for quickie publishing. Shame!

Saw it as a young girl, and it changed my life. It was shown in an art-house as part of a double bill, with Guns of August - about World War I. I was prompted learn move about the Spanish CIvil War, became more committed than ever to populist movements and cherishing of life.

I have ever since been a passionate fan of political documentary. In recent years docs are intended to 'educate with facts'. Facts are meaningless without heart and a vision of what makes life beautiful. I yearn for the return of this type of documentary instead of the talking heads that dominate now.

WHY ISN'T THIS OUT OF DVD OR VHS? An outrage.