Village Of The Giants (1965)

A precocious 11 year old (Ron Howard) makes some concoction with his chemistry set that turns people and animals into giants. When a group of wild teens gobble the goo up, they begin to tyrannize the town. Loosely based on THE FOOD OF THE GODS AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH by H.G. Wells and directed by Bert I. Gordon (PICTURE MOMMY DEAD). This is a dreadful movie but it's the kind of cheesy bad movie that's so innocent in its ineptness that it's hard to resist and one just bathes in its silliness. For example, after the "bad" teens take the concoction that turns them into giants, do they proceed to terrorize the town into submission? No, they immediately get down and dance for five minutes while the townspeople watch in stupefaction! The special effects are so poor that they become almost endearing. I couldn't possibly recommend it except to connoisseurs of bad movies. Remarkably, there are some actually talented people in the cast. With Beau Bridges, Tommy Kirk, Tisha Sterling, Toni Basil, Johnny Crawford, Joy Harmon, Freddy Cannon and Orangey (BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S).