Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10921 in VHS
• Released on: 1995-09-13
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 80 minutes

Customer Reviews

SUPER FILM OF IT'S GENRE
"The Milpitas Monster" is a fun film for the casual viewer. Produced in the mid 1970's. Although it's obviously not a Hollywood creation (it was made by high school students in the (then) small town of Milpitas, California), it is definitely a classic. You'll want to view this with your kids if they are currently learning about recycling, the environment, etc. since it's plot is about a garbage-eating monster that terrorizes the good citizens of Milpitas when they start overfilling the local landfill. The monster is obviously a guy dressed up in a suit; although a very cool suit. (I recommend it for ages 8 and up...won't scare them, and may make them laugh!). Overall, keep your sense of humor and don't expect exceptional sound and cinematography of "The Milpitas Monster", but do expect a real neat family movie experience with a moral about trash, clean air...
P.S. Milpitas is a real place located just North of San Jose along freeway 680. If you ever get the chance to visit, expect to recognise very little of the town from what you saw in "The Milpitas Monster". Since the computer boom of the 1980's, Milpitas has grown in leaps and bounds. And, I'm happy to say, has managed to keep the monster from re-appearing!

I was an actor in Milpitas Monster
Bob Burril was the Photography Teacher at Samuel Ayer H.S. (which no longer exists). If memory serves me, the project all started when one of the kids (Dave Kottas, I think) drew up a storyboard for a ten minute short. Well things grew and snowballed and before you knew it, Milpitas Monster was born.The original theater production opened with a song by Tennessee Ernie Ford that he did for the film--A six degrees thing. THe original film and subsequent videos were better production value than this 1995 release. I remember seeing it in video stores back in the 70s.We were just kids and at least for my part (which were several) I didn;t know what I was doing, but Bob Burrill did and I guess that's what counted. He would say, go over here and do this and say that...Every thing was taken in one shot. Had too--it was shot in 35mm if I remember and wile there was some local funding, Bob probably took a lot out of his pocket.The destruction of the Kozy Kitchen, etc..what great mock ups we had. I dont know who did them, but the minatures were great. The costumes of the Monster were done by moms and the girls, Patty Thorpe comes to mind. Hey we even had a big Monster hand and claws for those "grab scenes"...High school in the early to mid 70s--a last age of innocence. Small town Milpitas. None of exists anymore. Demographics changed--But as to the film--a rush of memories of another time, another place...A simple film.Who was I in the film?Tooly. One of the gang that went around in the old Chevy Nomad. I stole the chemicals from the lab and was n other various scenes. Anything I could get into..what a hog I was Ha! Jeez I looked so young and well "fruity". If I wasn't so much older now, I would be embarassed.Enjoy the film.

AWSOME FLICK
The Milpitas Monster is an awsome camp horror film. People of all ages will enjoy this classic. This is also a great horror film for older children. The kids at Milpitas High School did a fabulous job in creating and filming the Milpitas Monster.