BEACH PARTY MEETS COLOSSUS MAN...an uneasy mix indeed. Bert I. Gordon's lame-brained comedy has a group of really goofy teenagers ingesting a goop created by boy genius Ronny Howard, resulting in extraordinary growth. Their brains do not seem to keep pace with their bodies as they're just as idiotic large as they are "normal" sized. Tommy Kirk tries mightily to lasso the giant teens and Toni Basil (as Red) dances a lot. A very young Beau Bridges is the lead teen giant and his performance here is probably best forgotten. The special effects are on par with other Bert I. Gordon productions, which is to say they're dreadful. Johnny Crawford, the Beau Brummels and Freddy "BOOM BOOM" Cannon are in it too. Based on THE FOOD OF THE GODS by HG Wells, a source Gordon would revisit just as badly several years later with his 1975 eco- thriller version.
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