Back when I saw this movie on TV, I was not having an otherwise happy childhood, and had undiagnosed Attention Deficit (not the hyper kind), so my recollections are so flawed I won't waste your time with them. What I recall now is only as a very happy dream. I may have seen most of this movie twice, on TV, in the 1960s. I have always wanted to see it again. It makes me sad that when I mention it to younger friends, all they know of is some horror movie by the same name. Some day I hope I can afford one of those VHS tapes going for so much online.
What? I have to come up with ten lines of text about a movie I last saw over 35 years ago? All I can possibly do is write "spoilers. ... Okay, I've checked the box for "Spoiler alert."
What I recall mostly is the last minutes of the movie, when a horde of kids fills the screen, on bicycles, scooters, pedal-powered cars and such, all racing to save their friend the ice cream truck driver. Of course I remember the buzz saw in the swimming pool, and was too young to think of how much sense that did not make. I loved the one-sided pie fight, especially because it said "Power to the kids!" at a time when I felt very powerless in my life.
I found this movie healing and invigorating, and I still miss it.
What? I have to come up with ten lines of text about a movie I last saw over 35 years ago? All I can possibly do is write "spoilers. ... Okay, I've checked the box for "Spoiler alert."
What I recall mostly is the last minutes of the movie, when a horde of kids fills the screen, on bicycles, scooters, pedal-powered cars and such, all racing to save their friend the ice cream truck driver. Of course I remember the buzz saw in the swimming pool, and was too young to think of how much sense that did not make. I loved the one-sided pie fight, especially because it said "Power to the kids!" at a time when I felt very powerless in my life.
I found this movie healing and invigorating, and I still miss it.