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22 December 2023
Lattis: Who knows how many untold millions will die by its hand?
Kro-Bar: If only it did have hands, my woman. If only it did have hands.
Who hasn’t spent a late night on the sofa chuckling at some black & white 1950s monster movie? You know the kind, where the dialogue is ridiculous and stilted, and the monster is obviously nothing more than a man in a garbage bag with a paper mache head. Those old movies seem so innocent and unprofessional-- the Plan 9\'s of Hollywood. People have made whole careers making fun of movies like these; Elvira and Mystery Science Theater 3000 instantly come to mind. Hell, many an hour has been passed by the tastes like chicken crew watching the modern equivalent of these retarded stepsons of Tinseltown.
That’s what makes this month’s Freak Film, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra so drop dead funny. Made just 4 years ago Cadavra takes all those cheesy elements that we all love so much in those old monster movies and pay loving tribute with every awkward line and bad piece of scenery.
It’s a story as old as time: a scientist goes to a cabin looking for rare meteors, only to find aliens who need the same precious meteor to power their damaged spacecraft. Add in a second scientist bent on using the meteor to bring back to life the dreaded Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, a craved mutant on the loose, and a sexy woman crafted from four forest animals and \"Rowr!\"-- you’ve got one hell of a fun time!
If you’re a tried and true film geek like myself furniture will be broken, beverages will come out of your nose, and other people who just don’t get it will scoot a couple inches away from you just to feel safe. This is a perfect double feature to go with Joe Dante’s 1993 salute to b-movies, Matinee.
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3338
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issue
vol 8 - issue 02 (oct 2005)
section
entertainmental