Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

trishaade I first saw this movie when it came out in the early to mid 70's. I remembered it although I didn't recall it making much of an impression like some other Movies of the Week did (Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and The Night Stalker come to mind). I recently had the opportunity to watch it again and my opinion didn't change.The film is about a group of men doing construction on a remote island. It is hit by a meteor of some type that possesses (for lack of a better word) one of the bulldozers the men use. It goes on a killing rampage.I had a really hard time suspending disbelief for this one and thought the film was quite silly. Apparently, back in those days, grown men who did construction for a living couldn't get out of the way of a 1970's bulldozer. Their eyesight and hearing was also damaged it seems; the bulldozer's lights came on and it made a fair amount of noise when it was running all by itself.I didn't find it interesting enough to watch in one sitting either. It is a very slow mover and rather boring. The acting was so-so and characters had a tendency to be one dimensional which just added to my ennui. I guess they did the best they could with what they were given. They they took themselves incredibly seriously though which is almost comedic. The soundtrack is a little overdone as well, but works in parts. Some of the shots of the beach are quite nice.Would be able to recommend to a fan of heavy machinery/construction films possibly or fans of cheesy horror/sci fi movies, but outside of that, I'd give it a pass. For a serious horror fan, its a no go.

ofpsmith Killdozer(1974) is probably the most obscure movie i've reviewed. It's basically a more obscure version of Duel(1971). Duel isn't very famous anyway but it certainly has got it's praise. It was directed by a critically acclaimed director Steven Spielberg. It has a fan site. And it was released on DVD. But this film seems to have gotten little to no recognition. I watched it on YouTube so I don't know for sure if it was ever released on DVD. But is it a good movie? Well I say yes it is. Certainly it isn't a great movie but I still think it's decent. It's about these men on an island to dig up oil for their company. On the island they find a mysterious rock. They try to move it with a Caterpillar D-9 but it fails. The D-9 is then possessed by the spirit of the rock. A spirit that makes mechnical things want to kill people I guess. So the men are trapped on the island and then the film sort of becomes a slasher film with the D-9 going around killing everyone. It actually instills that sense of fear and suspense in it. But it's not done as well as Duel did it. Overall if you want to see what a construction version of Duel is check it out.

AaronCapenBanner Clint Walker plays a construction crew foreman in Africa who accidentally unearths a meteor fragment, that somehow contains/is an alien creature, who "possesses" their bulldozer, and sets out to kill them one by one...Main problem with this TV film is that it is too thin, with a short running time that barely covers story-telling basics to involve the viewer in the strange goings-on, especially when none of the characters(except perhaps Robert Urich) is in any way interesting or distinguished; they're mostly Killdozer fodder, and just what the alien is remains frustratingly vague, leading to the ho-hum ending that fails to satisfy. Theodore Sturgeon's original story deserves to be given another effort, though this film does have a cult following!

screenman A seldom-seen, made-for-television-movie that belies its modest budget and limited circulation.Here's that familiar old plot; a group of people go somewhere isolated and find something unpleasant that they don't know how to deal with. It's served up terror and suspense from 'The Thing' to 'The Blair Witch Project'.In this case, a group of blue-collar types seconded to a desert island, ram a strange boulder with their excavator. Some entity in the rock relocates to the machine and - presumably now regarding humans as a threat - decides to sort 'em out. It's a very Stephen King premise. Machines assuming a malevolent will are just his ticket. Think of 'Christine', or 'Trucks' - the latter released as a mediocre effort called 'Maximum Overdrive'.The rest of the movie is dedicated to a battle of wits between the excavator trying to kill them off, and the mens' attempts to stay alive long enough to outfox it somehow.There are some sly little moments of tension. The nocturnal confrontations are particularly hairy as the machine has its headlights on, giving it the appearance of two great big eyes. Of course, the problem of being pursued by a bulldozer is similar to that of being pursued by Daleks. In the latter case, before they discovered levitation, you simply bade them goodnight and went upstairs. With the 'dozer, you just needed to keep well ahead of it, because it could barely manage walking-speed on the soft sand. Alternatively; one could just walk down to the water's edge. It would very quickly sink-in. And in any case; its diesel must run out. A big piece of plant would have enormous fuel-consumption.These little quibbles aside, it ain't half bad for what it is. Short and simple, no frills, mid-1970's TV movie. Not remarkable, but certainly not bad.The cast are largely C-list, headed by Clint Walker. He pulls off a surprisingly good turn in most of the movies that have featured him. He's a very big bloke in the natural way, rather than the muscle-bound sculpturesque excess of Schwartzenegger. He's also a much more expressive actor, too. Directing, lighting, editing are all up to the job and workman-like. Sound effects are simple but interesting.As a comparison; I recently watched the modern teen-flick 'Cabin Fever'. Same premise again; people go somewhere isolated etc, etc. Well, despite its greater age, smaller budget and simplicity; 'Killdozer' could shovel earth all over it.Give it a whizz, if you get the chance. It ain't a classic, but at the right price it shouldn't disappoint.