Saturday, January 23, 2021

Trailers From Hell - THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957)


"Like its inspiration, Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man, Jack Arnold’s 1957 shocker expertly juggles sci-fi thrills, metaphysics, and a shrewd metaphor for suburban angst in Cold War America. The film is upheld by fine performances from Grant Williams as the humiliated husband who takes up residence in a doll house, and Randy Stuart as his equally embattled wife who has the patience of Job. The life-affirming finale walks a deft line between spirituality and humanism. Producer Albert Zugsmith was simultaneously working with Orson Welles on Touch of Evil and got him to provide 45 seconds of sonorous promo narration for the ads." 



1 comment:

Randall Landers said...

Illeana Douglas did a great job. I wish all the TFH folks gave this much of an indepth look at the cast, crew and storylines!