Reasoning that giants must exist because the Bible says so, a trio of idiots search for them in Californias Bronson Canyon and immediately encounter 7 foot 2 inch Richard Kiel who, clad in a loincloth and hilarious fake beard, looks considerably less menacing than he did in The Spy Who Loved Me. Anyway, Kiel abducts a young girl and introduces her to his family (a collection of corpses she greets one by one with nice to meet you), then she introduces him to a razor and shaving foam before being rescued by her boyfriend. This doesnt sit well with Kiel, who tries to get her back while screaming the one word he speaks during the film: Eegah! Producer-director-actor Arch Hall Snr reportedly came up with the concept after meeting Kiel, cast his secretary as the female lead and attempted to create an Elvis-like persona for his son, hence the bizarre song I Love You Vicky which is sung to a girl named Roxy. Incredibly, Eegah! Became a Drive-in hit, earning back its $15,000 budget at a single screening. It was always sort of a subject of laughter, Hall said, years later, that the damn thing did so well.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
