The Humanoid (1979)
"L'umanoide" (original title)

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary ... See full summary »

Director:

Aldo Lado

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay), Aldo Lado (screenplay),

Stars:

Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry, Leonard Mann

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Kiel	...	Golob
Corinne Cléry	...	Barbara Gibson
Leonard Mann	...	Nick
Barbara Bach	...	Lady Agatha
Arthur Kennedy	...	Dr. Kraspin
Ivan Rassimov	...	Lord Graal
Marco Yeh	...	Tom Tom
Massimo Serato	...	Great Brother
Venantino Venantini
Vito Fornari
José Quaglio	...	(as Giuseppe Quaglio)
Attilio Duse

Storyline

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary person into a perfect soldier. They test this chemical on the pilot Golob, turning the unsuspecting victim into a mindless but indestructable automaton possessing superhuman strength. The people of Metropolis must somehow outwit Graal before he can create an army of these soldiers, or their planet will be destroyed.

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Plot Keywords:

future | post nuclear | 2000s | outer space | spacecraft | 

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Taglines:

Light years beyond tomorrow...

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Mystery

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

11 April 1979 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Humanoid

Filming Locations:

Dear Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Merope

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The role of Dr. Kraspin was first intended for Donald Pleasence.

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Quotes

Golob: The worst that could happen is we'll spend two thousand years in suspended animation. Well... still beats a desk job.

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Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006)

User Reviews

A fine addition to Bad Movie Nights....

....Which is pretty much the only occasions I'd watch this film.

Honestly, this film is one long collection of laughable clichés. More than Star Crash, and that is a feat of some magnitude.

The incredibly poor special effects. Yes, it was 1979 and this film was a low-budget spaghetti sci fi flick, so I suppose we could forgive it for this. Almost.

The incredibly laughable reuse of models and costumes from other sources which shall remain nameless to protect them from comparison.

The painfully repetitive soundtrack, more like a collection of notes strung together.... I can't believe Ennio Morricone was responsible for it.

The stunning range of Richard Kiel's acting. He must have been getting mightily sick of playing the invincible, monstrous giant by this stage. Normally nobody would play the role better, but his rampage through various faceless soldiers is so stupid as to elicit more laughs than fear.

And then there is Marco Yeh as Tom Tom.... It doesn't come as any surprise to me that this is the only production to feature him listed on IMDb.... At least he didn't have to wear the stupid costume Ivan Rassimov was made to suffer.

But gawd is it funny as hell....