ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

carlloud I watched this movie when it first came out in 1958 when I was a young boy all of nine years of age. This film, along with "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" with Michael Landon as the Werewolf, "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein", "The Blob" starring Steve McQueen and "The Fly" featuring Vincent Price are all horror movies that I would consider to be worthy of enshrinement in the'Horror Movie Hall of Fame' if there were such a place. I would also like to say that all of these movies scared the living 'bee-gee-bees'out of me when I watched them! In fact, my younger brother fled the theater at one point during "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein" (probably the scene when the 'dead' teenager sat upright when the mad doctor's fiancé pulled open the morgue reefer) To this day I don't think he's ever watched the movie to completion. There were a large number of other excellent horror movies made during the late 50's and 60's that I remember, but this handful really stick out in my mind. All that being said, I would much rather watch any or all of these classics today than watch some of the films that are being made nowadays. Don't get me wrong, there have been many, many outstanding horror movies to come out since these films were released, but for my money, give me'the good old days' of horror movies. Just saying.

oscar-35 I first saw this film during one of those late-night horror host shows. I was hypnotized by it. It was well cast (early meaty role for the multi-talented Ross 'Wild Wild West' Martin), acted, paced, edited, and scored. There is rumors that it is being redone and released updated. I worry about that. Mny time Hollywood tries and often fails to redo these classics and make them terrible. The robot suit in this film is quite good. The plot element of the child son of the Monster interacting with his 'giant friend' is eerie. While clearly this theme is the old Frankenstien one, this film does it one better and updates the ethical questions. I found this film to be enjoyed by everyone that I have showed it to. The piano only scene music adds to the uniqueness and mystery.

BaronBl00d While not nearly as smitten with it as some folks, The Colossus of New York does maximize a rather small budget and presents an interesting story. The story involves whether men with great minds also have souls as a father and brother of just such a mind resurrect the brain of a lost son/brother through their knowledge of brain surgery and robotics. They place the brain in a hideous monstrous creation with a huge gigantic body and eyes like lasers(in fact shoot something like lasers to kill). Yes, this is heavily reliant on the Frankenstein mythos about playing God and tampering with what makes up human beings - body and soul. The film's story does have glaring weaknesses which the inferior budget magnifies unfortunately. The acting as well is not all that good despite a pretty good cast with Ross Martin in his brief role as the great mind prior to his new home in a basement creation basically. Martin was the best actor in the whole film and is in it barely 10 minutes! His father is played by Otto Kruger who just looks like he is in a daze the whole time and gives a very wooden performance. Playing the brother is John Baragrey who is adequate. Mala Powers as the grief-stricken wife seems to be taking the news of terrible things rather well, and rounding out the important characters is Charles Herbert as the son. He is okay and a bit too cutesy. The music by Van Cleave is more than intrusive(as another reviewer noted). It is downright annoying and makes the film very static in scenes which should have had more umph if you will. There are few action scenes, a lot of talking, and a rather nicely shot climatic scene at the United Nations, but when all is said and done the movie abruptly ends with major characters walking away looking very disinterested and emotionless. I really did like much of the story and there are several scenes which are rather well-conceived(the outdoor meeting with Herbert and giant Dad and the end of the film for the most part standing out). The film has not had a DVD release and is awfully hard to find on video but can be with some perseverance. While the special effects are incredibly limited and the film has a real cheap feeling to it, The Colossus of New York is better than average if for no other reason than its imaginative script.

briinc I saw this film in the theater when it was new, and I was 7, and the film terrified me to the extent I still recall it.This film's bald-headed monster so scared me that, when I saw my next film a few weeks later, the slightly older, but benign musical 'King and I', I was still frightened when the bald-head Siamese King was on the screen.Back to the Colossus, little boys might well identify with this cheaply made film.The Monster is created by transplanting the brain of a 'great scientist'. That 'great scientist' died when he tried fetching his little son's model airplane from the streets of NYC, getting run over by a vehicle in the process. So, from a young viewer's perspective, the little boy caused the death of his own father, horrifying to any little boy watching the film. Then the little boy's grandfather, another great scientist, creates the Colossus from the transplant of the little boy's father's brain. Unfortunately, the Monster has this habit of shooting killer-lightening-bolts from its eyes, and none of the adults in NYC know how to stop the rampage. The Colossus wants to stop its own destruction but needs the assistance of its brains' little son, and confides in the son, that it can be stopped if the child turns off a very large electric switch on the Monster's chest. The child is a hero because he twists the switch, and kills the monster, saving NYC (and the World?).So this little boy not only causes all this destruction by accidentally causing the death of his father, but then ends further destruction by killing the monster that he knows contains his father's brain. The loving little kid gets to kill his father twice. The first time, it sets a monster on the loose. The second time, the kid is a hero for killing the monster / father. Would that scare a 7 year old viewer? Would a 7 year old identify with this movie? I certainly did !!!I haven't seen this film since, and it might well be boring for an adult. But it is an excellent 'horror' film for a little child.Regarding Ross Martin, not only was he a great actor, one of the main reasons to watch the 1960's TV series 'Wild, Wild West', but was also the co-star of the 1950's TV show, 'Mr. Lucky'.