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Like other movies, old B movies can still stand out for one reason or another. Maybe there are some unique special effects. Maybe the story is actually rather engaging. Or maybe everything that could go wrong did, and the movie was still released.

This movie seems to fall into the latter category. As I watched it, I thought it seemed as though ideas were thought up and squeezed in somehow to make themselves fit and to justify other parts of the movie. It turns out I was right. If the trivia listed on IMDb is correct, the original concept was abandoned and the original movie had footage added to give us what we have now. A meaningless, senseless, illogical rambler of a movie.

As the narrator sets the stage, we're introduced to a some individuals who wind up becoming an unlikely group. It's hard to explain exactly how they come together only because the pieces don't quite fit. Let's just say it was a matter of convenience. A short plane trip turns into a scary night on the mesa, made scarier by dwarfs and women who seem to only communicate with glances. It's downright peculiar that not a single one of them ever spoke. Throw in a trip into the forest on the mesa and a finale in the doctors laboratory, and you have about an hour or so that you'll never get back.

In short, if you need something on in the background as white noise, this would do nicely. If you want a sensible, well assembled movie, move on. This ain't it.

One important thing to remember when looking at the review history of a movie is that watching a movie is as much of an art as making it sometimes. You can't go into a movie like this and expect something as good as (insert name of current awesome movie here).

In the land of rubber monster B-movies, this one has a very comfortable home. According to the trivia on IMDb, this was made by some high school students in California. It looks like lit, but it also looks like there were some experienced hands at work in this movie.

It's silly, cheesy, and it definitely doesn't take itself seriously. What it does is offer a scenario similar to the creation of Godzilla. Those movies make a point of telling the audience how horrible nuclear waste is. This movie uses pollution as its base.

The pollution created by the town of Milpitas eventually festers and the monster is born. It wreaks unusual havoc, focusing on trash. People's lives are in upheaval as their garbage cans are the most important priority there is! Demands are made! Protests are attended! Garbage men are... are... well, I can't tell you that.

Of course the movie is predictable, and has the usual foreshadowing and such, but it's still fun to watch. The film makers had some interesting ideas, and certainly wanted to send a message about garbage and pollution. I think that message rang loud and clear. Most households were putting out at least 3 cans of trash in this movie. That alone qualifies as scary! The monster is just the icing on the cake!

Definitely a solid 5, which is about where decent B-movies fall for me.