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A story about an alien life force that in habits a bulldozer, a tale that included knobby headed aliens, and horror movie that's infamous. But at least is had a lady with remarkably blue eyes.



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Killdozer (1974 TV movie)

IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ The maximum forward speed of the Caterpiller D9 is 7.3 mph. The average adult male can jog at 8.3 mph.

Note from me: First thought: How long can the average human run flat out? On the other hand, a bulldozer never gets tired. (It just runs out of gas. Eventually.)

~ Our remaining heroes eventually vanquish the monster by electrocuting it when it ventures onto an electrified grid. This is the same strategy used to stop the creature in the original 1951 version of "The Thing (from another world)".

Note from me: This makes viewers wonder how the electricity defeated the non-corporeal alien. Did it somehow kill the alien, or did it just short out the bulldozers electrical system and prevent the alien from driving it.

I wonder if author Theodor Sturgeon dealt that question in his novella. The Wikipedia synopsis doesn't address that subject, but it does describe the non-corporeal being this way.
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The Earth was once populated by a great empire that was at war with an alien race of pure energy. The enemy attacked with weapons that took over metal machinery and turned it against its builders.

[A WWII construction crew on a Pacific Island] breaks open an ancient shelter, releasing [a lone surviving] enemy weapon which possesses the bulldozer..
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That's a helluva backstory for a novella.

And it's interesting that the non-corporeal aliens use non-corporeal weapons. It's both imaginative and confusing. [/size]]
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Planet Earth (1974 TV movie)

IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ John Quade as the Kreeg Commander wore an early version of the cranial ridge makeup that would later be used for the Klingons in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

Note from me: Here's John in his "Kreegon" make-up.


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~ The Matte Painting used for Pax in this film was previously used as the city of Terrania, Pax enemies in the previous film, Genesis II.

Note from me: Nice to know that Gene appreciated a good matte painting.
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Shivers (1975)

IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ Canadian journalist Robert Fulford attacked the movie in the magazine "Saturday Night."

Since it was partially financed by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB/ONF), Fulford headlined the article "You Should Know How Bad this Movie Is: You Paid for It."

David Cronenberg said the article not only made it more difficult to obtain funding for his subsequent movies, it got him kicked out of his Toronto apartment.

Note from me: Wow . . . talk about the power of the press!

~ David Cronenberg cast Lynn Lowry as Nurse Forsythe because of her haunting eyes and strange screen presence.

Note from me: I don't see "haunting" or "strange" — just "very beautiful". She reminds me of Susan Day.


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~ The BBC's film critic Barry Norman always cited this as the worst film he ever saw.

Note from me: Wow, that is NOT the endorsement a filmmaker wants to get!

~ Barbara Steele's bathtub scene features a leg double in the shots of the slug in the tub near her.

Note from me: We can see clearly that Miss Steele's legs are just fine, so I don't understand why here own legs weren't use.

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~ Toward the end of the film, the 'infected' jump into a pool. According to audio commentary with crew and critics, many crew members took off their clothes and jumped in. The footage remained in the final cut.

Note from me: My goodness, what a happy crowd!

~ Thus proving the old Hollywood adage, "A naked film crew is a happy film crew!"
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)