None of the murders, however, are even remotely memorable, as we don't really see anything. One thing we do see, however, is that one of the teenagers appears to be about 40 years old and sports a quite impressively silly haircut. For a creature feature to work, it really has to present its monster to the viewer properly.
In this film, however, we only get the briefest glimpses of the monster. It seems to sort of resemble the alien from Robot Monster. But I'm not sure; as the photography was so dark I simply couldn't make out what the hell was going on a lot of the time. Although, my gut feeling was that I probably wasn't missing very much.
Rainey-Dawn 17 January Why did they put this one in the Pure Terror 50 Movie Pack? This one is not creepy. It's not even funny enough to make fun of - it's just dull, boring and completely awful. The acting is so bad in this it hurts to watch. I've seen better creature costumes in the cheap costume departments at Halloween. The story is bland - not nearly as good as it sounds like it would be. The first 45 minutes to an hour of the film drags and drags - the last 15 to 20 minutes is barely watchable.
I like bad B-films - but this is triple "Z". It's to bad this film is terrible - I was hoping to find another "hidden gem" but, alas, this one is my IMDb list named "garbage collection".
Platypuschow 28 November I was immediatly struck by the alarmingly low IMDB rating, at time of writing we're talking 2. It tells the long drawn out story of a big beastie that's out in the forest killing folks off, usual standard stuff. Trouble is it never really gets going.
The pace of the film is remarkable, very little actually happens yet the entire film spends its time building up to something. I don't think I've ever seen a movie quite like it, it's the most anti-climatic thing I've ever seen. Beyond that every other factor from the acting to the sfx are so mediocre that I'm not even remotely surprised that this has remained so obscure. It's terrible stuff.
BaronBl00d 23 June Okay it is terribly, and I mean terribly, easy to pick apart this film. C'mmon what do you expect with the title, synopsis, and actors in leads such as Carol Gilley, Ralph Baker Jr. The movie has dreadful performances, dreadful scenery, dreadful special effects, and dreadful lighting.
I really cannot find much good to say about it other than as bad films go you could do a lot worse as far as finding something dreadful to sit through. It is bearably short and has many moments of unintended humor. Missed cues, lighting faux pas, off-screen terror, an unbelievably inane score, and of course John Agar trying his level best to be the core of the film with an earnest performance amidst this muck. The beginning is the hardest part to sit through as it seems like it takes forever for these two teens to get their comeuppance for traveling in the woods down the Texas back roads where great ape soon will reek his vengeance in his own terrible way Yeah right!
Night Fright! It's about a creature prowling through the bushes attacking unsuspecting couples. The film opens with a couple making out in a remote location in the bush. We hear a report over the radio reporting a fireball crashing into the hills just before a mysterious creature whom we do not see attacks the couple.
Sheriff Clint Crawford John Agar , the local law enforcement investigates. Crawford has a plaster cast made of the footprint and brings it to his old friend Professor Alan Clayton Roger Ready for examination.
Clayton you see, once worked for the space program and tells Crawford that the creature is the result of an experiment in outer space gone horribly wrong. Judy Scott a nurse, who is Crawford's intended tries to warn her sister as do Chris and Judy. All but Rex and Darlene leave the scene.
The creature, whom we finally get to see, attacks Rex and Darlene flees Meanwhile Deputy Whitfall is attacked and killed. Crawford decides to set a trap for the creature which looks like an 8 foot tall hairy gorilla and John Agar is the only "name" actor in the cast. His career had fallen on hard times in recent years however, he does his best in this story in spite of the cheap production values and largely unknown supporting cast.
The creature is not shown until well into the film and even then only in the dark shadows. Say, wasn't Chris Jordan driving an Olds Toronado? Bezenby 20 June It's the oldest teenagers ever wandering around a wood versus a guy in an alien suit wandering around a wood while cops wander around a wood while other teenagers wander around a wood.
Especially the bit where Jackie Chan, John Wayne, Elvis, Jesus and George Buck Flower form a band and play for the youths, but that might be missing from the version you see. Soon we're introduced to some more geriatric teenagers, all planning to go down Satan's Hollow and boogie down to some vibes, daddy.
However, something has crashed in the forest and even the local cops aren't allowed near the crash site. The sheriff and his deputy Bill Thurman, who somehow looks older here than he does in later films like Keep My Grave Open and Creature from Black Lake wander around the woods a bit and find some fur.
They also chase off the local youths, and nothing is gonna stop those local youth coming back for a bit of a party.
At this point there's an excellent orgy scene involving over forty people culminating in the most jaw dropping money shot in movie history, but that might be missing from your copy. So, you got the cops wandering around, a journalist wandering around, some youths dancing to some awful music while the camera lingers on their arses, and the two innocent youths trying to prevent the bad youths from being killed, while this big creature wanders around. Wander wander.
What a drag, mang. Thankfully Lulu and the Beatles turn up to do a hilarious comedy skit that ends in a big pie fight, but that's only available in certain versions.
There's no gore, no nudity, and not much happening at all. My copy wasn't too hot either but I'm not marking it down for that — the film has enough faults as it is! What's the point if you're not going to show anything? Except for that flashback the sheriff has to the D-Day landings which involves some of the most realistic scenes ever filmed, but that was only on the old Betamax versions. Seriously, does anyone read these reviews?
Mr would you please help my pony? Please Shorten this film; pacing, pacing, pacing oscar 24 June The local teenagers are the object of a mysterious killer that turns out to be a mutated ape from a NASA space shot. The film poster rips-off Spielburg's 'E. Now public domain intellectual property.
It's the first mobile game in which players can create their own. Jordyn Woods walks the runway at Macy's 'Go. I'll admit it. Even as an adult, I wish Hogwarts was real and I got to go there and later became a faculty member, says my imagination.
When you arrive at the Hogwarts is Here site, you're immediately impressed by how much it looks like a technical college, beckoning you in with engaging images of savvy students.
This online version of Hogwarts features perhaps the easiest school admission on the planet. You just click a button and fill out a few fields in a form to automatically generate your official acceptance letter. It even comes 'signed' by Minerva McGonagall. After you enroll, you get to choose your own house. Poor John Agar, it had been a long time since he was Mr. Sirley Temple, and perhaps he should have been drinking some Shirley Temples instead of slamming down that daily bottle of Scotch during the 60's.
The producer, writer and director of the second wrote the piece of cinematic dung we're discussing, and Bill Thurman a Buchanen regular had a role in it. Guess what they say about inbreeding in Texas has some basis in fact :. Reviewer: randyw41a - favorite - June 14, Subject: Pretty Bad! This film makes Plan 9 look like an academy award winner. Ed and Bela need to fix this one Reviewer: Dr. Thirteen - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 19, Subject: this movie is all kinds of win beside the fact it was filmed here in Dallas my father is one of the"stars" of this gem franke jolly aka rex bower.
I Give it a four because of the poor lighting. Reviewer: billbarstad - favorite - May 9, Subject: Stale Muenster An American rocket crashes in a rural area near a Texas college town.
A mutant monster reminiscent of Robot Monster then wanders the area and attacks folks in cars. John Agar blows it up. That explosion is all of the on-screen action. Well, there is a fist fight. The film is coherent and well paced, if unimaginative. Top credits Director James A. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Ralph Baker Jr. Chris Jordan as Chris Jordan. Dorothy Davis Judy as Judy. Roger Ready Prof. Alan Clayton as Prof. Alan Clayton.
Janiz Menshew Carla as Carla. Russ Marker Mitch as Mitch. Christi Simmons Annie as Annie. Brenda Venus Sue as Sue. Olivia Pinion Partygoer as Partygoer. James A. Russ Marker story by screenplay by. More like this.
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