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Dude. Crazy clash of two of my favorite things ever.  I want the instructions for these!!

CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961)

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Positive Experience/Entertaining? Well, as a fan of cheesy movies, it was juuust barely a positive experience. Entertaining might be overstating it, however. More, amusing (at times).


Technically any good? Well, it was directed by Roger Corman, so that's debatable. However, the movie did hint at the comic talents we'd see on display in Little Shop of Horrors, which was nice. The script is campy and silly and there's not much else to say about the movie. The acting is hit and miss, though it doesn't matter since this is one of Corman's more campy creations.


How did it leave me feeling? I guess it left me feeling satisfied that I'd accidentally stumbled across a Corman film I'd never seen or heard anything about. It was pretty crappy over all and would only recommend it to Corman Completists and since I'm not one, myself, I can't really recommend it--even to the MST fans in the audience.


Final Rating? DNS - Do Not See. This film will never (rightfully) see the moniker of "classic" Corman. It's mildly amusing and that's about it. I'd love to see it remade though--the premise of a guy getting rich off of a monster hoax that turns out to not be a hoax during the Cuban revolution is actually kind of interesting to me.

ATOM AGE VAMPIRE (1960)

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Positive Experience/Entertaining? Not really--I suppose it was fine for a background movie, but the story was so cliche, even for its time.


Technically any good? It was reasonably acted, but this movie treads upon well traveled ground. Some of the makeup FX are good, but generally, this is just your standard "Jekyl and Hyde" story mixed in with a love triangle between a mad(ish) scientist, his dedicated (if amoral) assistant and a hot blonde. Some of the set pieces were nice. Sadly, even for a bad B-movie, the script was almost completely forgettable.


How did it leave me feeling? Meh. Like I said, this is just like a half-dozen other "J&H" stories that have been "borrowed" for scripts of other bad movies. I think MST3K did three or four of them (at least) with almost the exact same plot structure (LEACH WOMAN comes to mind the quickest).


Final Rating? DNS - Do Not See - unless you happen to be jonesing for a bad b-movie to quip to, MST3K-style, this movie isn't worth bothering with.

Holy Bad Movie Music! I Have the Sheet Music to "Hooray for Santy Claus"

Holy Bad Movie Music! I Have the Sheet Music to "Hooray for Santy Claus", originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Believe it or not, a few hours ago I was sitting in the lobby of the famous Algonquin hotel taking part in a sing-a-long of this song with about thirty other adults who had never heard the song before.

For those not in the know, this is the theme song to "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and it's one of the cheesier Christmas songs ever. The movie it's from was featured on MST3K.

Now if I could only get a copy of "Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas."

MST3K Fun At the Expense of Johnny Mathis

Anyone remember the last episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 hosted by Joel? I saw this at KCET.org and was reminded of a quip:

"Oh, man--it's Johnny Mathis! Get my gun!"

"Chances are...HUH?"

OK, it's funny if you're me or if you've seen that episode of MST3K.