Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Rainey Dawn Crazy, super sized fun film! It's one of those large creatures films that was so popular in the 1950s thru the early 1960s. If you like those types of sci-fi, horror films then you might like The Cyclops! Susan Winters' (Talbott) fiancée is missing. He has not shown back up from his trip to Mexico so Susan decides to get help from Martin Melville (Chaney) to fund her trip in exchange for some of the uranium that is suppose to be in rich supply in the area. She enlists the help of Russ Bradford (Craig) as a guide and Lee Brand (Drake) a pilot. What they discover are an abundance of uranium, over-sized creatures and The Cyclops! I really enjoyed watching this film again after years of no-see! 7.5/10

mrb1980 I always liked the perky and pretty Gloria Talbott. She was almost always saddled with pretty poor roles (I guess "The Leech Woman" was a fairly good one) in low-budget productions. True to form, Talbott appears in this impoverished sci-fi/horror movie about yet another guy grown to monstrous size.The fiancée of Susan Winter (Talbott) is a test pilot who disappeared in Mexico, so Talbott joins a group of searchers trying to find him. Well, they do...and he's grown to monstrous size with a large hole where one of his eyes should be. The remainder of the movie focuses on the monster trying to kill the expedition's members, including the crazy Melville (Lon Chaney, Jr.). The story ends with the monster dead and the survivors flying away.The movie comes to us courtesy of schlockmeister Bert I. Gordon, who specialized in 1950s monster movies with really poor special effects. He delivers another turkey here, including a monster who's identical to the one in "War of the Colossal Beast" (maybe Gordon had some leftover makeup). The whole thing is so cheap and embarrassing that I felt sorry for the cast. Even by Gordon's low standards, this one's really bad.

lemon_magic I had a chance to see "The Cyclops" as part of a retro double feature a few weeks back, and it's a classic indication of the perversity of human nature that the annoyance value of this movie kept me thinking about it long after I stopped pondering classics such as "Bride of Frankenstein".This movie has a fine cast, but they appear to be mostly going through the motions on this one, probably because the lapses in logic and plot holes in the screenplay make it impossible for most people to take it seriously. Lon Chaney has a particularly ridiculous character to play, and while I am a fan of this great actor, I almost cheered when his character bought it. The special effects are, well, about what you'd expect from Bert I. Gordon. I've never seen a person apparently so obsessed with traveling mattes and gigantism; if he'd done it better, it would be inspiring. As it is, his technical limitations make for really contrived and unconvincing scene layouts. Not bad enough to be funny, not good enough to be involving, but I kept watching in case something interesting or magical happened before the end. It didn't.By no means the worst movie in the Bert I Gordon canon that I've seen..."Village Of the Giants" was much worse in spots. (But it also some cheerfully goofy dance scenes,. bawdy teen freakouts, and some hot babes to enjoy.) I felt especially bad for Talbott and Chaney.

thejcowboy22 On a warm Saturday summer evening in the early part of the l960's I warmed up my 21" Motorola Black and White TV and sat back in my Father's easy chair and Watched my favorite show CHILLER THEATRE. My favorite title appeared THE CYCLOPS and I couldn't wait to see the disfigured Giant. I had viewed this movie several times before but this time I wouldn't turn away when the leading man spears the Giant in his lone eye. Favorite scene is when the party of 4 gets trapped in the huge cave as the huge boulder slides forward ever so slowly blocking the front of the cave.Then abruptly the Giant appears in full view Bald,scarred,ugly with only one eye that doesn't blink.What really disturbs you is the load roar or moans coming from our 30'friend.Oh did I mention that this Giant is the woman lost fiancé? I recall my younger sister running from the room at top speed when she saw our one-eyed star simultaneously crying for my Mother. Swiftly My MOM would come into the living room and switch off the set and tell me to watch something more suitable or just read a book. I'd wait a few minutes and click on channel 11 and continue watching our four prisoners trapped in the Cyclops's cave. Periodically our bald one-eyed menace would rises up and growls at them when he wasn't taking watch outside the cave. Lon Chaney Jr. had the gumption to shoot the giant but gets clobbered and dies. A large snake appears and attacks the Cyclops so the remaining three make a break for the forest. The climax is worth waiting for and this time I did indeed watch the flaming spear penetrate the lone eye of the giant in the hill climbing scene. It wasn't the act of spearing that bothers you but the reaction of our mutant giant crying like a small child. Whimpering in defeat and blindness as he pulls out the spear and struggles to get his bearing to no avail. The three remaining get in their plane and barely clear the Giant and mountains as our giant lays on the ground. When you get right down to it . The girl doesn't get her fiancé, The guys don't find uranium. Lon dies and our star the giant is blind and we'll probably get strangled by that large snake when he sleeps which is all he has left. I love this movie!