An American reporter (Paul Douglas) and his very British photographer (Leslie Phillips) end up in the quasi communist state of Gudavia, which seems to consist of one village, where a mad scientist is using gamma rays to alter children's minds - some become geniuses, others become feral under the professor's control.
What a very odd, quirky film this is, unashamably mixing sci-fi horror with straight comedy with the latter taking up most of the first half of the film, before it all get quite grim and serious. There is a clear intent to look at the various and eccentric traits of Americans and British and to have the west free the world of the evils of communism and oddly this mixed bag just about works if you manage your expectations accordingly. Kitsch.
What a very odd, quirky film this is, unashamably mixing sci-fi horror with straight comedy with the latter taking up most of the first half of the film, before it all get quite grim and serious. There is a clear intent to look at the various and eccentric traits of Americans and British and to have the west free the world of the evils of communism and oddly this mixed bag just about works if you manage your expectations accordingly. Kitsch.