The Human Duplicators
Director:
Hugo Grimaldi
Year: 1965
Rating: 5.0
Another low-budget sci-fi alien replacement film
that goes about 20-minutes too long in a 76 minute film, but has its heart
in the right place. It was produced by the Woolner Brothers who specialized
in these sorts of films made for their drive-in theaters. A few other titles
are Swamp Woman, Attack of the 50-foot Woman, Mutiny in Outer Space and helped
finance a few European films, Hercules in the Haunted World and Blood
and Black Lace. Thank goodness for these types of independent producers who
have left us a plethora of cheap cheesy films that I have a liking for.
Richard Kiel with a booming deep manly voice
is an alien sent to California to create a colony of . . . androids. To eventually
let the aliens take over earth. In California, who could tell the difference
between an android and their human mirror. Except for one small detail. If
you crack their heads, they break apart like a cheap vase. They need to work
on that. Kiel takes over the home of a scientist (George Macready) and makes
androids out of him and his staff by transferring the memories from human
to android. But Kiel has a soft spot like Chaplin did for the blind
daughter Delores Faith and won't turn her into an android. Cute couple. But
big mistake.
When other scientists go missing, agent
Martin (George Nader) is put on the case. Nader is best known for his German
Jerry Cotten films and has less personality than a garden rock. In a strange
choice, they have Barbara Nichols with her screechy nasal Brooklyn accented
voice and fleshy blonde looks be his girlfriend. She generally plays a moll
or a woman of easy virtue. But she is the smartest one here. Their boss is
played by Leave it to Beaver dad, Hugh Beaumont. The Androids declare that
they are the Master Race and will take over the world! Nice to see Kiel pre-Jaws
in a large sympathetic role (for an alien trying to take over earth).
