Frankenstein Conquers the World is a fun watch on a rainy day or night. Frankenstein's brain apparently was somehow in the possession of Nazi's and sent to Japan for scientific study. It gets into a child's body in Hiroshima, and begins to grow very quickly until he is 20 feet tall. Unfortunately his intelligence does not grow with him but his appetite does. And he is rather clumsy and often misunderstood. He runs away and is pursued by the army. A monster awakens, as often happens in the Japanese countryside, and the distruction of person and property is blamed on Frankenstein. I better not say anymore because it might spoil it. Nick Adams, aka Johnny Yuma, The Rebel, is a scientist/doctor in this movie and he also is trying to become and Iron Chef (wink wink)
The Bamboo Saucer is one of those vintage sci-fi flicks that used to come on all the time. The music takes me back in time. The "bad boy" test pilot is asked to go on a mission in China to find a saucer he said he saw, but the government wants him to write off. Apparently the arch enemy of the time, the Russians are also after it. Luckily for our hero, the Russian translator is a babe, and also scientist. I'm pretty sure the saucer is not made of bamboo, unless I fell asleep and missed that part. I just love how the electric shaver opens the saucer. That's usually the most challenging thing about strange saucers. BTW, the "Red" Chinese are after both the Russians and the Americans.
I will give Frankenstein 4/5 acorns and Bamboo Saucer 3/5 acorns.
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