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The Colossus of New York (1958)

Unrated | | Horror, Sci-Fi | June 1958 (USA)
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A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...

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... Dr. Henry Spensser
... Anne Spensser
... Dr. William Spensser
... Dr. John Robert Carrington
... Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
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Jeremy Spensser, genius humanitarian, is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father William, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son Henry that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body! The resulting being is large, strong, and develops many strange powers. Initially it has Jeremy's gentle personality but this, too, begins to change, and a year later it decides to end its long seclusion... Unusual piano music score. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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brainwave | brain | robot | kill switch | united nations building | See All (20) »

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Towering above the skyline ~ an indestructible creature whose eyes rain death and destruction!

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The Colossus of New York Blu-ray was released by Olive Films on June 19, 2012. See more »

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When Jeremy (the Colossus) crashes through the glass wall at the end of the movie, the very next scene there is a woman lying on the floor and the man to the left of her looks down at her. In the scene following, the Colossus starts shooting eye beams. The eye beam then hits the woman, now standing, and she falls to the floor, in the same position. See more »

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The opening credits text rises out of New York harbor, as its reflection on the water sinks to the bottom of the screen. See more »

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Stop bashing this film...if you weren't 'there'....
15 June 2012 | by – See all my reviews

Along with a few others, I too, must chime in with my 'thumbs up' opinion of this lost classic. I was fortunate to see nearly ALL of the horror/sci-fi 'Classics' in theaters during the 50's binge..when there was a new double feature nearly every other week.

This one, stands quite a bit above all the others. The creep factor is high and it has some truly haunting moments. The piano score just adds to the muted terror. Cheap? Yep. But I think that adds to the atmosphere.

Sure, I was a 'kid' when I saw all of these back then, but only a handful of these films were 'great'. 'Colossus' is hands-down one of the best of that era. If you watch it in the proper context, I'm sure you will agree.
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