Village of the Giants

Village of the Giants (Film), released 1965 — adapted from The food of the gods and how it came to earth by H. G. Wells.

"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall. They then take over control of the town by kidnapping the sheriff's daughter and dancing suggestively.

Starring Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges, Joy Harmon, Robert Random.

Directed by Bert I. Gordon.

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