I'm now watching the Incredible Shrinking Man. Its a spectacularly tragic tale of what is described as the 'ludicrous midget'.
I must say I'm finding its tone and mood quite depressing, especially as I know how it ends from seeing it as a youngster. The anti-hero's relentless descent reminds me of Ray Milland's similarly helpless plight in the Man with X-Ray Eyes.
I'm holding out for the famous scenes with the spider and the cat! I wonder if it influenced the later Land of the Giants? It also evokes the loneliness I sensed in the TV series Robinson Crusoe.
Unlike the Giant Claw, the special effects in this are staggeringly good. The dolls house scene with the marauding kitten is fabulous! It was directed by the great Jack Arnold who also made Tarantula, which starred one Mara Corday, who starred in the Giant Claw!
Have you seen the shrinking man?
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