Although not on a par with "Incredible Shrinking Man." the special effects in The Attack of the Puppet People (1958) are OK considering the low budget.
A major theme of the film is the consideration of loneliness and how it can be an all-consuming force that can eat away at the fabric of a person's soul and sanity. Thus, we have a non-stereotypical mad scientist who is really a lonely old man in need of company. He may intend no harm, but his view of reality has become so warped that he is unable to see what he has become - an obsessed, demented and insanely possessive old man.
The acting performances are competent, and the film's pace never allows boredom to set in.
A major theme of the film is the consideration of loneliness and how it can be an all-consuming force that can eat away at the fabric of a person's soul and sanity. Thus, we have a non-stereotypical mad scientist who is really a lonely old man in need of company. He may intend no harm, but his view of reality has become so warped that he is unable to see what he has become - an obsessed, demented and insanely possessive old man.
The acting performances are competent, and the film's pace never allows boredom to set in.