This silly science fiction monster on the loose story is nice and short and actually kind of fun.
A middle aged scientist, his very hot niece and a horn dog geologist are called up to Lapland, Sweden of all places to investigate a UFO and apparently some sort of 20 ft high monster stomping around the area. The usual space monster destruction occurs along with the hot niece running around screaming as she is chased by this lumbering monster. You get the picture
What makes this film so fascinating is the setting, Lapland. There is a lot of on location filming in Lapland of all places. I can tell you this is not a place I would choose to live, there is snow and lots of it. It's even more amazing that some guy in a cut rate Chewbacca costume is out stomping around in this frozen wasteland destroying houses and tents (obviously built to a smaller scale) pretending to be a space monster. The bottom line, some interesting scenery but it looks very cold out.
The film has a directing credit by Virgil Vogel, but it's hard to believe this competent television editor/director and one time mentor to Steven Spielberg was involved in much of the film. At several points during the film, the boom mike is clearly visible which only adds to the fun.
81 minutes
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