Part of the frozen tail of an unknown creature is discovered and sent to a lab for study. By mistake, the tail is allowed to thaw and it begins to regenerate the rest of the creature. During a freak thunderstorm, the regeneration process is sped up and the creature, now called Reptilicus, escapes and wrecks havoc on Copenhagen. The military has its hands tied in dealing with the creature - if they blow it up, they risk creating a new Reptilicus for each of the many pieces.

I hadn't seen Reptilicus in at least 20 years, but thanks to the new MST3K, I rewatched it last night. What a fun/bad movie! The fun parts are watching a Danish take on the rampaging monster made famous by Godzilla. The scientists are appropriately serious and speak in a lot of sci-fi mumbo-jumbo. The women in the cast are just there with nothing much to do. And there seems to always be a clever reporter or two on hand. But the best of the cast is without a doubt General Mark Garyson. He's so over-the-top, it's very often laugh-out-loud funny. He spits lines like nails and chews scenery with the best of them. Whoever did the dubbing should have won award. Great stuff! The constant change in sweat patterns, jacket and helmet on/off, and his style of close talking are a real hoot.

Reptilicus is no Godzilla (or even Gorgo, for that matter) and is super-cheesy and cheap. The shots of the monster never really fit with the rest of the film. And that green slime is ridiculous looking. It was so obviously added in post production and has a definite cartoon look to it. Finally, the monster's neck looks so flimsy there is no way it could ever knock over a balsa structure, let alone a brick building.

Despite any weakness, the movie is still a fun watch. As a piece of entertainment, it works fairly well. Given the good and the bad, I call this one about average. A 5/10 from me.

a prehistoric piece of tail turns into a giant monster that resembles a sock puppet with eyes.its of the Godzilla imitation school but imported from Denmark by American international pictures.but its not all bad some of the monster scenes are OK.the dubbing is sloppy.it was made around the same time as Herman Cohen's konga also made by a.i.p.some critics called reptilicus ridiculous.its one of those movies that are so bad they are good.the monster keeps belching out green slime that destroys everything it touches.and of course tanks and weapons are powerless to stop it.i don't know if this was ever shown on mst3k, but if it was'nt it would've been great on there.Denmark will never be the same after reptilicus the giant prehistoric sock puppet.4 out of 10

Being a Dane and being born in the 1970s, then I would eventually get acquainted with "Reptilicus", especially since it is a cult movie here in Denmark. But I will try to keep a neutral viewpoint on my review here.

Taking into consideration that the movie is from 1961, then of course the effects were bound to be limited and also to be nothing compared to the effects of modern day movies. With that in mind, then lets just put it out in the clear; the movie had horrible effects. No doubt about it.

The creature, Reptilicus, might have worked in thought and concept idea, but brought to the big screen in 1961 it was an eyesore to look at. It was so obviously fake that it fooled no one. And it is fun to witness how there are no scenes with actual people interacting with Reptilicus. Sure there were some scenes where Reptilicus was in the backdrop of scenes with people, but even then it looked painfully fake. And in my lifelong track record of watching movies, then I have never seen anything as fake and laughable than the scene where Reptilicus eats a farmer that decides to bolt and leave his wife and children to fend for themselves in a crumbling farmhouse. It was awful to witness, and I keep laughing every time I watch the movie.

Should you decide to sit down and watch "Reptilicus", then make sure that you don't get a fully dubbed English language version, because it it just insulting to the movie. "Reptilicus" should be watched in its original Danish language (albeit there still is some English in the original Danish version as well). And to further add insult to injury then the English dubbed version is left with the spontaneous song by actor Dirch Passer cut out. I was outraged by that editing, because that song is great. Yeah, I have watched the original Danish language version and the English dubbed version of course.

Aside from a very questionable reptilian creature which moves about by pulled strings and spewing some equally fake green slime, then the scenes with Reptilicus was also sporting very fake buildings, toy cars and train model trees.

"Reptilicus" is one of those types of movies that are so bad that they are fun to watch, and that is the reason why I have watched the movie three times by now. It is fun to return to watch it every now and then with years in between, because it never stops to amuse me.

This movie might certainly have put Denmark on the monster creature features map of the world, but sadly it is not because the movie was a great movie. But hey, even crappy movies can make a lasting impression.

And even though I am rating "Reptilicus" a mere four out of ten stars, then it is still a movie that is entertaining and one that it well-worth to be able to say "yes, I have seen that one!".