Cremators, The |
  • USA • 1972 • 75m •   • Directed by: Harry Essex. • Starring: Maria De Aragon, Marvin Howard, Eric Allison, Mason Caulfield, R.N. Bullard, Cecil Reddick, Tim Frawley, Jax Jason Carroll, Ola Kauffman, John Barnum, Al Ward, Chuck Hillig, James Ragan. • Music by: Albert Glasser.      An alien life form that is a huge ball of living matter invades earth, and replenishes itself by absorbing people.
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The story kicks off proper three centuries after the arrival of the flaming globe, at the lake into which it sank. It is there that entomologist Dr. Iane Thorne (Marvin Howard) discovers strange minerals that glow and make weird beeping sounds; he shows these to his friend and fellow scientist Dr. Willy Seppel (Eric Allison), but neither can figure out what it is they have found. Further samples are found inside the body of the cat belonging to Thorne's long-haired draft dodger pal Mason (Mason Caulfield). Meanwhile, the alien sphere has been emerging from the lake and attacking people, reducing them to cinders. Can Thorne work out what the hell is going on before the viewer falls asleep?
Essex's direction is lifeless, Howard makes for a bland protagonist, and the film's visual effects are far from special (especially considering the man responsible, Doug Beswick, would go on to much better things). Countless cutaways to the bleeping stones pad out the runtime, and there's a dull romance between Thorne and Seppel's niece Jeanne (aria De Aragon) for good measure. The drawn-out finale, which sees Thorne laying a trap for the glowing orange orb, is completely bereft of tension and excitement.
110. If you should happen across this film, be like the fish and swim away.
Review by BA_Harrison from the Internet Movie Database.
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