Caltiki is a bunch of goo that absorbs people and turns into a bigger bunch of goo. Even for a 1950's horror film those darn Italians show the bodies getting eating away by the Caltiki goo which is still pretty disgusting even by today's standards. One guy gets some of the goo on himself and slowly starts to decompose and go mad at the same time.
It all kind of comes to a screaming halt when the Mexican military shows up and burns the Caltiki goo up with a bunch of flame throwers which is actually a pretty cool scene in the film.
As with a lot of these Italian films Caliki The Immortal Monster has good stuff and bad stuff in it. The good stuff is the photography which is very good and atmospheric and some of the scenes setting up the monster which are fairly well done. The bad stuff includes a ridiculous monster that looks like a lumpy blanket that someone dumped sparkly stuff on and some pretty bad (but entertaining) models and miniatures.
The film clearly had a small budget so what they accomplished with it is fairly impressive. For the most part, 1950's science fiction films were never regarded very highly. Caltiki The Immortal Monster is also short which helps a lot while watching it.
76 minutes.
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