Reptilicus (1961)

See alternate titles	Reptilicus
	Reptilicus
Directed by	Poul BangDK, Sidney W. PinkUS
Produced by	Saga Studios
Written by	Ib Melchior; Sidney W. Pink
Music by	Sven Gyldmark
Distributor	American International PicturesUS; Saga StudiosDK
Rating	Unrated
Budget	$133,000
Box Office	$800,000
Running Time	81 minutesUS; (1 hour, 21 minutes); 89 minutesDK; (1 hour, 29 minutes)
Aspect Ratio	1.66:1

Reptilicus is a 1961 Danish-American giant monster film produced by American International Pictures and Saga Studio. Two versions of the film were made with largely the same cast, with Sidney W. Pink directing the English version and Poul Bang directing the Danish version.

Plot

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Adaptations

Main article: Reptilicus (Novelization).

Monarch Books released a paperback novelization of the film, written by Dudley Dean McGaughy under the pseudonym Dean Owen, in 1961. Like the Monarch Books adaptation of Gorgo, the book includes sexual content not present in the film. The method used to kill Reptilicus is also depicted: after he is drugged, soldiers remove his scales with crowbars and pickaxes, allowing mobile flamethrowers to immolate him.

A second adaptation was published by Charlton Comics in August 1961. The first issue simply retold the events of the film, while the second issue saw a piece of the monster (but not the severed leg shown at the end of the film) regenerate into another Reptilicus and terrorize northern Africa. Though Charlton's rights to the character expired after that issue, the company continued the series by changing its name to Reptisaurus the Terrible and making the monster red. Its design remained unchanged until issue #7, when it sprouted legs and a nasal horn. Reptisaurus the Terrible ended with issue #8 in December 1961, though a one-shot called Reptisaurus Special Edition was published the following summer. Reptisaurus also made a brief appearance in Gorgo #12 (April 1963), attacking a squadron of Venusian flying saucers. Though they are shown together on the cover, Reptisaurus does not meet Gorgo and Ogra in the story itself.

In 2012, Scary Monsters magazine reprinted the Reptisaurus the Terrible series as a black and white collection called Scarysaurus the Scary.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Directed by Sidney W. Pink, Poul Bang (Danish-language scenes)
Written by Ib Melchior, Sidney W. Pink
Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, Sidney W. Pink
Executive Producing by Johann Zalabery
Music by Les Baxter, Sven Gyldmark
Cinematography by Aage Wiltrup
Edited by Sven Methling, Edith Nisted Nielsen
Assistant Directing by Solveig Ersgaard, Gitte Müller
Special Effects by Kai Koed

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Carl Ottosen as General Mark Grayson
Ann Smyrner as Lise Martens
Mimi Heinrich as Karen Martens
Asbjørn Andersen as Professor Otto Martens
Bodil Miller as Connie Miller (Danish version)
Marla Behrens as Connie Miller (American version)
Bent Mejding as Svend Viltorft
Povl Wøldike as Dr. Peter Dalby
Dirch Passer as Peterson
Ole Wisborg as Captain Einer Brandt

Appearances

Monsters

Reptilicus

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races

M24 Chaffee Tank
Centurion tank
M101 howitzer
Albatros-class corvette (F 346 - HDMS Flora)

Gallery

Main article: Reptilicus (film)/Gallery.

Alternate Titles

Invincible Monster: Reptilicus (Monstruo Invencible: Reptilicus; Argentina)
Reptilicus the Monster of the Seas (Reptilicus le Monstre des Mers; France)
Threat to the City (Apeili Stin Poli; Greece)
Against All Nations (Enantion Olon ton Ethnon; Greece)
The Dinosaur is Avenged (O Deinosavros Ekdikeitai; Greece)
Reptilicus - The Destructive Monster (Reptilicus - Il Mostro Distruggitore; Italy)
Slaughter of Frozen Evil Beast (冷凍凶獣の惨殺; Japan)
Primitive Beast Reptilicus (原始獣レプティリカス; Japan)

Theatrical Releases

Denmark - February 20, 1961 [view poster]
United States - January 20, 1963 [view poster]
Mexico - May 30, 1963
Argentina - June 10, 1964

Video Releases

MGM (2001)

Region: 1
Discs: 1
Audio: English, French
Subtitles: French, Spanish
Special Features: Trailer

Sandrew Metronome DVD (2002)

Region: 2
Discs: 1
Audio: Danish
Subtitles: Danish
Special Features: Trailer

Shout! Factory DVD (2013)

Region: 1
Discs: 1
Audio: English (2.0 Mono)
Subtitles: None
Special Features: Stills gallery (8 minutes)
Notes: Packaged with The Amazing Transparent Man, The Neanderthal Man, and The Brain That Wouldn't Die.

Scream Factory Blu-ray (2015)

Region: A/1
Discs: 1
Audio: English (LPCM 2.0 Mono)
Subtitles: English
Special Features: Trailer, radio spot, photo gallery
Notes: Packaged with Tentacles.

Fabulous Films DVD (2016)

Region: 2
Discs: 1
Audio: English (2.0 Mono)
Subtitles: None
Special Features: None

Videos

American Reptilicus Trailer

Danish Reptilicus Trailer

Reptilicus in flight

Peterson's song

Trivia

Reptilicus was featured on Season 11 of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

External Links

References

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