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'Cute' movie
If you are looking for a serious movie with depth and substance, this movie is not for you. It's a fun & light hearted T'N'A movie about a girl by the name of Kim that inherits a drive-in theatre from her late grandfather. The theatre has been running in the red for a while, so what's a girl to do but enlist the help of her bodacious girlfriends and change the uniform to string bikinis. The acting is pretty bad, but this just adds to the charm of this movie. In conclusion, if you are looking for a movie that isn't too heavy, then check out this direct-to-video classic!

Good but expensive
There's a drive-in movie theater that a young woman has inherited. She wants to keep it open and the female employees wear bikinis to attract customers. There is a lot of gratuitous nudity. There is a washing scene with garden hoses and buckets and sponges that is really an Oscar winning show of bodacious bodies.

OK T&A Fare
An OK little T&A movie, with the familiar plot of girls taking off clothes to save a business. The girls are cute, and it's always great to see Michele Bauer strip off, but there are better nudie movies out there than this one.

No story, hot girls
There is no story. Only 2 erotic scenes, but the girls in the bikini's make it up. Good in it's genre

1 hot scene
As far as plot goes, its not there. But there is a scene where a couple makes love in a bed of film that is highly erotic and the fact that she earned 2 of the 3 stars I gave this film for her body may explain my fondness for this movie ... Read more

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Talk About a Piece of Stinky Gouda.
This is one Grade A, cheesy stinkfest of a film, as anyone should reasonable expect from Al Adamson, King of Gouda, as it were. I find myself curiously unable to summarize the 'plot', which very well could stem from a veritable lack of coherent story, but that's half the fun of these Grade Z classics, anyway. I do want to spend a moment here to about the qualities that make this a true prize for fans of the truly horrible monster movie genre, of which I count myself at the forefront.

Adamson didn't have much money when he made this film (obviously) so his strategy was simple: get one star and the remainder of the cast could be relatives, friends, street people, etc. In this case, poor Lon Chaney gets the nod to play the extremely cliche mute (and dumb) lab assistant to J. Carrol Naish, a wheelchair bound, garden variety mad scientist, who severs people's heads off and tried to bring them back to life. He is befriended by the worst Dracula EVER (Zandor Vorkhov), who I think looks like Frank Zappa on uppers. Dracula just happens to have a business proposition for Naish involving bringing Frankenstein's Monster back from the dead because he just happens to have part of the original monster lying around his house. Of course they do this with wires and electricity, and what emerges is a monster truly worthy of this Dracula, in other words, laughable. He appears to be the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man with extremely bad acne, whose only real power is walking like Jimmy Cagney.

Into the mix come a few meddling kids, one of whom is on a search for her little sister (actually a prisoner of Naish) and a guy she brings along, who has the ugliest pants I have ever seen in my entire life. After showing us a gratuitous Nazi motorcycle gang rape scene thwarted by Lon's ax, and a wretched 'walk on the beach' scene with an unbelievably bad piece of music, none of which has any particular relevance to the rest of the film, we get back to the central story (as it were) by having the good guys (big sister and ugly pants guy) go to the freak show where Naish works. Eventually they confront Naish, who reveals the sister, and says a bunch of stuff about her making the exactly right kind of plasma (I'm actually a bit fuzzy on the science angle of all this, sorry.) A midget carnival barker enters the fray and drops Lon Chaney's puppy into the basement, which irritates Lon, so he falls onto an ax face first in one of the lamest 'special effects' I have ever seen. This is quickly followed by Naish getting a gun, but wheeling inadvertently into his own guillotine, where, of course, he gets his head chopped off. The movie then has people running around all over the place (kind of reminiscent of the laboratory scene in "The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman") and eventually Dracula ties the big sister to an oil refinery; ugly pants guy frees her by scaring off Frankenstein's monster with a sparkler; Dracula melts the ugly pants guy with a very bad special effect beam from his ring of evil; blonde girl, the monster and Dracula all run around in the woods a while, end up at an entirely new location where the monster and Dracula fight over the girl (at least that's what I believe was happening), the girl shrieks a lot, and Dracula runs through the woods some more to a church (?), where he collapses and is burned up by the sun. OK, any questions?

Yes, it is THAT kind of movie. I am sure that there are some subtle nuances that I didn't capture in the above summary, but you get the general idea. The movie was rated "GP", which was the direst precursor to "PG" (really), and doesn't really have what I would consider realistic gore, more like gruesome tastelessness. There is a very small bit of nudity (breast) on a 'patient' in the crazy doctor's lab, but that's really the only thing objectionable. Well, except for the plot, direction, production values, casting, and continuity, anyway.

If you like cheesy bad movies, it is hard to top Adamson, and this is one of his best (worst). I gave it four stars simply because of length. It is fairly long for this type of film (I didn't time it, but trust me, it is long, or at least feels that way) and drags in a few places, notably in the running around in the woods scenes. Also contributing to the loss of one star was the dreadful music video style beach walk montage sequence, which showed mostly waves and seagulls for about three years, I mean minutes, while excremental music was being played in the background.

If you like bad, and I mean really bad, movies, this is not to be missed.

Dracula vs. Frankenstein is dynamite!!
It's my favorite B-movie!! I have already bought me a DVD copy of the film and it was fantastic!! The best part of the film is when the Kings of Horror battled to the death. Regina Carrol was great as the heroine, Judith Fontaine. I don't care how bad this film was, 'cause it's one of my favorites. Any of you who are fans of Al Adamson, Regina Carrol, or this film, you should get this, because it's fantastic. Enjoy it!!

Hey, King Diamond's newest album.
This movie is bad in a surreal way, in a worse-than-Ed Wood sort of way, in a holy hannah-they-actually-put-this-on-DVD sort of way. I got this movie because I can remember even as a small child watching it and cringing, recognizing a bad movie before I knew what a bad movie was.

Two initial points of observation:

a. This movie did have a couple of fine chicks

b. The dork playing Dracula was the worst Dracula EVER. The guy looks like King Diamond. I kept waiting to hear him sing like Abigail or go into some kinda, "Let me help you out of the chair, G,G,G, Grandma..." He's got this whole grease paint mime thing going on, and when he talks he's the only guy in the movie with a built-in echo. Udo Kier made a better Dracula. T.J. Hooker would make a better Dracula, or Matt Houston, or Mary Tyler Moore.

Anyhoo, the plot of this movie, such as it is, involves King Diamond, I mean Dracula, going to find some descendent of Dr. Frankenstein because he wants some kind of formula or something. Now, for no other reason than to serve the movie title, he wants to dig up Frankenstein's horrying creation, the Monster---which fortunately, and conveniently, just happens to be buried down the road in the local graveyard. But the wheelchair-ridden latter-day Frankenstein decides he doesn't want to take orders from Count Diamond, I mean Dracula, so Dracula whips out this big plastic-looking silver ring the size of a Cracker Jack box and shoots a poorly-animated lightning bolt at the wall. Yeah, that's what I thought, Frankenstein, now straighten up.

The Monster looks like a rotten baked potato (with chives) with a mullet. Cheap, extra-small jacket, block shoes (Frankenstein cliche meter: 9.6). So, in desultory fashion, much like the storyline, the Monster goes around attacking people, just kind of pushing and slapping them to death. Anyway, as this is going on, throw in some random hippie scenes, bikers, bad acting, bell bottoms, and a couple of cute chicks.

So, full circle, the movie takes you on a ride that leads you to a church at the end of the movie, where King Diamond settles in to bite his victim with his big fat hinged plastic white fangs. But the Monster decides to crowd in, so, the fight is on, baby! The Thrilla in Salmonella. Tickets by the Boardwalk, just look for the little guy with the hat. Dracula, at approximately 6 minutes until sunrise, backs out of the church and fifty yards into the adjoining woods. He stands there trying to give his best onstage magician performance scary face while the Monster pushes and slaps at him. Finally, he rips off the Monster's arms and head, like something very cheaply stuffed, and then he's like, "uh, wait a minute, the sun..." He runs back to the church (the chosen sanctuary for all vampires) and just makes it to the steps when the sun hits him. Man---he was so close. Boy, I tell ya, if he had just made it another two or three steps, we coulda had a sequel. Dracula vs Milo, or Dracula vs the Blind Dead, or Dracula vs Xanadu.

Bad movie - Great fun!
Ol' Franky and Drac just can't seem to get along in this one. If I had to wear make-up like that I'd be cranky too! All in all, it was fun to watch. The acting was bad,..., the women were, well, let's just say they're well built, but that's it, and poor Lon Chaney was overweight and looked like he was ready to keel over at any moment. Also, the fight between the monster and the cops has to go down as the worse screen scrap in history, oy! So what was good about this clunker? I can't really say. Maybe I'm demented. Maybe I just miss watching old movies that were harmless yet fun. I do know that if you want sit down on a Friday night and watch some real stupidity, then this movie's for you. They just don't make movies like this anymore.

Grade A Garbage
My feelings regarding this film were always ambivalent. I saw it at a child and loved it. However, as I've aged, my attitude towards it is more complex. I'm a distant relative of J. Carrol Naish (a point of pride with me; for those whose only exposure to him is this film, catch him starring with Bogart in "Sahara.") and I've loved Lon Chaney since childhood, so there's something painful in watching this film as an adult and seeing the ingominious circumstances these 2 legends ended their careers in, considering the artistry they had both been capable of (for those whose only image of Chaney is as "The Wolfman", catch him in "Of Mice And Men"). Also, I'm not one to indulge in the trend of elitist contempt towards the low-budget films of the 60's and early 70's. "Golden Turkeys" indeed. Silly, laughable cinematic atrocities? Perhaps, but there's nothing worse, in my opinion, than the insulting multi-million dollar pablum that Hollywood currently purveys ad nauseam. I'll take "Frankenstein's Daughter" over "Gigli" any day of the week. At the very least, Al Adamson had the passion of a true fan of the old-time horror movies. No, this isn't Karloff's "Frankenstein" or Laughton's "Island of Lost Souls." It's not even "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things." But if you're willing to watch it in the spirit in which it was made, and you've fortified yourself with several bottles of beer, it can be diverting, escapist entertainment. Surely that has to count for something in this bleak day and age. ... Read more

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Talk About a Piece of Stinky Gouda.
This is one Grade A, cheesy stinkfest of a film, as anyone should reasonable expect from Al Adamson, King of Gouda, as it were. I find myself curiously unable to summarize the 'plot', which very well could stem from a veritable lack of coherent story, but that's half the fun of these Grade Z classics, anyway. I do want to spend a moment here to about the qualities that make this a true prize for fans of the truly horrible monster movie genre, of which I count myself at the forefront.

Adamson didn't have much money when he made this film (obviously) so his strategy was simple: get one star and the remainder of the cast could be relatives, friends, street people, etc. In this case, poor Lon Chaney gets the nod to play the extremely cliche mute (and dumb) lab assistant to J. Carrol Naish, a wheelchair bound, garden variety mad scientist, who severs people's heads off and tried to bring them back to life. He is befriended by the worst Dracula EVER (Zandor Vorkhov), who I think looks like Frank Zappa on uppers. Dracula just happens to have a business proposition for Naish involving bringing Frankenstein's Monster back from the dead because he just happens to have part of the original monster lying around his house. Of course they do this with wires and electricity, and what emerges is a monster truly worthy of this Dracula, in other words, laughable. He appears to be the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man with extremely bad acne, whose only real power is walking like Jimmy Cagney.

Into the mix come a few meddling kids, one of whom is on a search for her little sister (actually a prisoner of Naish) and a guy she brings along, who has the ugliest pants I have ever seen in my entire life. After showing us a gratuitous Nazi motorcycle gang rape scene thwarted by Lon's ax, and a wretched 'walk on the beach' scene with an unbelievably bad piece of music, none of which has any particular relevance to the rest of the film, we get back to the central story (as it were) by having the good guys (big sister and ugly pants guy) go to the freak show where Naish works. Eventually they confront Naish, who reveals the sister, and says a bunch of stuff about her making the exactly right kind of plasma (I'm actually a bit fuzzy on the science angle of all this, sorry.) A midget carnival barker enters the fray and drops Lon Chaney's puppy into the basement, which irritates Lon, so he falls onto an ax face first in one of the lamest 'special effects' I have ever seen. This is quickly followed by Naish getting a gun, but wheeling inadvertently into his own guillotine, where, of course, he gets his head chopped off. The movie then has people running around all over the place (kind of reminiscent of the laboratory scene in "The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman") and eventually Dracula ties the big sister to an oil refinery; ugly pants guy frees her by scaring off Frankenstein's monster with a sparkler; Dracula melts the ugly pants guy with a very bad special effect beam from his ring of evil; blonde girl, the monster and Dracula all run around in the woods a while, end up at an entirely new location where the monster and Dracula fight over the girl (at least that's what I believe was happening), the girl shrieks a lot, and Dracula runs through the woods some more to a church (?), where he collapses and is burned up by the sun. OK, any questions?

Yes, it is THAT kind of movie. I am sure that there are some subtle nuances that I didn't capture in the above summary, but you get the general idea. The movie was rated "GP", which was the direst precursor to "PG" (really), and doesn't really have what I would consider realistic gore, more like gruesome tastelessness. There is a very small bit of nudity (breast) on a 'patient' in the crazy doctor's lab, but that's really the only thing objectionable. Well, except for the plot, direction, production values, casting, and continuity, anyway.

If you like cheesy bad movies, it is hard to top Adamson, and this is one of his best (worst). I gave it four stars simply because of length. It is fairly long for this type of film (I didn't time it, but trust me, it is long, or at least feels that way) and drags in a few places, notably in the running around in the woods scenes. Also contributing to the loss of one star was the dreadful music video style beach walk montage sequence, which showed mostly waves and seagulls for about three years, I mean minutes, while excremental music was being played in the background.

If you like bad, and I mean really bad, movies, this is not to be missed.

Dracula vs. Frankenstein is dynamite!!
It's my favorite B-movie!! I have already bought me a DVD copy of the film and it was fantastic!! The best part of the film is when the Kings of Horror battled to the death. Regina Carrol was great as the heroine, Judith Fontaine. I don't care how bad this film was, 'cause it's one of my favorites. Any of you who are fans of Al Adamson, Regina Carrol, or this film, you should get this, because it's fantastic. Enjoy it!!

Hey, King Diamond's newest album.
This movie is bad in a surreal way, in a worse-than-Ed Wood sort of way, in a holy hannah-they-actually-put-this-on-DVD sort of way. I got this movie because I can remember even as a small child watching it and cringing, recognizing a bad movie before I knew what a bad movie was.

Two initial points of observation:

a. This movie did have a couple of fine chicks

b. The dork playing Dracula was the worst Dracula EVER. The guy looks like King Diamond. I kept waiting to hear him sing like Abigail or go into some kinda, "Let me help you out of the chair, G,G,G, Grandma..." He's got this whole grease paint mime thing going on, and when he talks he's the only guy in the movie with a built-in echo. Udo Kier made a better Dracula. T.J. Hooker would make a better Dracula, or Matt Houston, or Mary Tyler Moore.

Anyhoo, the plot of this movie, such as it is, involves King Diamond, I mean Dracula, going to find some descendent of Dr. Frankenstein because he wants some kind of formula or something. Now, for no other reason than to serve the movie title, he wants to dig up Frankenstein's horrying creation, the Monster---which fortunately, and conveniently, just happens to be buried down the road in the local graveyard. But the wheelchair-ridden latter-day Frankenstein decides he doesn't want to take orders from Count Diamond, I mean Dracula, so Dracula whips out this big plastic-looking silver ring the size of a Cracker Jack box and shoots a poorly-animated lightning bolt at the wall. Yeah, that's what I thought, Frankenstein, now straighten up.

The Monster looks like a rotten baked potato (with chives) with a mullet. Cheap, extra-small jacket, block shoes (Frankenstein cliche meter: 9.6). So, in desultory fashion, much like the storyline, the Monster goes around attacking people, just kind of pushing and slapping them to death. Anyway, as this is going on, throw in some random hippie scenes, bikers, bad acting, bell bottoms, and a couple of cute chicks.

So, full circle, the movie takes you on a ride that leads you to a church at the end of the movie, where King Diamond settles in to bite his victim with his big fat hinged plastic white fangs. But the Monster decides to crowd in, so, the fight is on, baby! The Thrilla in Salmonella. Tickets by the Boardwalk, just look for the little guy with the hat. Dracula, at approximately 6 minutes until sunrise, backs out of the church and fifty yards into the adjoining woods. He stands there trying to give his best onstage magician performance scary face while the Monster pushes and slaps at him. Finally, he rips off the Monster's arms and head, like something very cheaply stuffed, and then he's like, "uh, wait a minute, the sun..." He runs back to the church (the chosen sanctuary for all vampires) and just makes it to the steps when the sun hits him. Man---he was so close. Boy, I tell ya, if he had just made it another two or three steps, we coulda had a sequel. Dracula vs Milo, or Dracula vs the Blind Dead, or Dracula vs Xanadu.

Bad movie - Great fun!
Ol' Franky and Drac just can't seem to get along in this one. If I had to wear make-up like that I'd be cranky too! All in all, it was fun to watch. The acting was bad,..., the women were, well, let's just say they're well built, but that's it, and poor Lon Chaney was overweight and looked like he was ready to keel over at any moment. Also, the fight between the monster and the cops has to go down as the worse screen scrap in history, oy! So what was good about this clunker? I can't really say. Maybe I'm demented. Maybe I just miss watching old movies that were harmless yet fun. I do know that if you want sit down on a Friday night and watch some real stupidity, then this movie's for you. They just don't make movies like this anymore.

Grade A Garbage
My feelings regarding this film were always ambivalent. I saw it at a child and loved it. However, as I've aged, my attitude towards it is more complex. I'm a distant relative of J. Carrol Naish (a point of pride with me; for those whose only exposure to him is this film, catch him starring with Bogart in "Sahara.") and I've loved Lon Chaney since childhood, so there's something painful in watching this film as an adult and seeing the ingominious circumstances these 2 legends ended their careers in, considering the artistry they had both been capable of (for those whose only image of Chaney is as "The Wolfman", catch him in "Of Mice And Men"). Also, I'm not one to indulge in the trend of elitist contempt towards the low-budget films of the 60's and early 70's. "Golden Turkeys" indeed. Silly, laughable cinematic atrocities? Perhaps, but there's nothing worse, in my opinion, than the insulting multi-million dollar pablum that Hollywood currently purveys ad nauseam. I'll take "Frankenstein's Daughter" over "Gigli" any day of the week. At the very least, Al Adamson had the passion of a true fan of the old-time horror movies. No, this isn't Karloff's "Frankenstein" or Laughton's "Island of Lost Souls." It's not even "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things." But if you're willing to watch it in the spirit in which it was made, and you've fortified yourself with several bottles of beer, it can be diverting, escapist entertainment. Surely that has to count for something in this bleak day and age. ... Read more

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Is it inventory time already?
I have to say it doesn't get much better than this folks. A group of young women are stuck in a building doing inventory of lingerie when one by one they start to die. The cover has nothing to do with this movie which is actually the third installment in the brilliant Sorority House Massacre series. The back of the video box shows scenes that weren't in the movie at all and make it sound like the next "Die Hard". All the actresses have returned from the second movie but they all have different names and no connections to the murders that occured. Bizarre...yes, completely stupid...absolutely, the best movie of 1993...no contest. The director seems to have a certain skill with lengthy shower scenes. Using this technique he disguises the fact that this film seems to have no point. Hopefully "Orville" will return in another Sorority House movie but until then we still have this epic masterpiece. ... Read more

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one of the worst movies i've ever seen--i love it!
if i had more money, i'd buy the unMSTed version of this movie. i think it's one of my favorite movies that MST3K ever did, but of my least favorite episodes. mike and the bots are not in top form on this one. the movie is great though. travis brooks stewart is awesome. the whole prostitute-turned-nun subplot was great. the music is really cool too. gratuitous voice-overs, plastic dinosaurs, what more do you want?

Best Sci-fi movie of it's decade... Absolutely beautiful.
This fantastic movie stars the incredible Daniel Bernhardt and a bunch of other top-notch actors. The 'hero' is a run-away slave, fleeing the Master Race of Cyborgs that have enslaved humankind in space! Fed up with slavery and abuse, Bernhardt jumps on a shuttle and heads to Earth, winding up in California. His former masters, however, have other plans! They've come after him, unwilling to lose even one of their precious servents... For the truth is, as advanced and powerful as the cyborgs are, they have one ultimate weakness- They lack opposable thumbs. Bernhardt, obviously equipped with very unique thumbs, must battle for his freedom against relentless cyborgs and their terrible dinosaur trackers! Also worth noting is the splendid use of cardboard boxes in this film. Quite frankly, I think they spent their entire budget on boxes. But you really have to see this to really believe it, and understand it's greatness.

Come for the dinosaurs, stay for the laughs!
This film was featured in an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and one viewing will show you why. The plot is simple: a runaway slave (Bernhardt) escapes from a spaceship to Earth, pursued by his cyborg masters and their dinosaur trackers. On the way he (literally) runs into a novice nun who is a former prostitute and drug addict. She helps him hide from the hunters, and he helps her sort out a crisis of faith. Along the way there are bad special effects, cheesy forced-perspective dinosaur puppets (held close to the camera, they seem massive), and diabolical acting.

In spite of it all, this movie manages to transcind itself and become funny. The fight sequences are a riot, and the special effects are as good for laughs as anything "Dark Shadows" or the original "Star Trek" ever produced. And all in all, the storyline isn't any worse than that of "Jurassic Park" or "Star Wars"; the biggest failing is the low budget and too much reliance on fight scenes to carry the action. If you're looking for a film to pass the time or entertain friends, this one will do the trick ... especially for fans of the "Soap Opera Game" or Mystery Science Theater watchers who want to see the original movie uncut.

5 starz for the MST3K episode!
In March 2001, I became a loyal fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000. (The first episode I saw was "Puma Man") Well, the first time I saw this horrible film on MST3K, I nearly died laughing! It is probably the most hilarious episode of MST3K in their final season. (Great commentary by Mike and the 'bots) The main synopsis of this putrid filth on film is that these dinos with exploding collers are sent to the future to kill humans and something else involving cyborgs. A Jeane-Claude Van Damme look-alike named Runaway is sent back in time to present day LA and meets up with a prostitute/druggie turned nun who lives in the house of the obese. Runaway then ends up in a crate factory where he confronts this cyborg who actually looks like an insane version of Alan Jackson (Tom Servo makes a point of this) They kickbox each other in a badly choreographed fight, which they end up doing again at the end where Runaway's shirt falls off of him (This scene was the stinger for the MST3K episode) The dinosaurs obviously look plasic, the story goes no where fast, the acting is some of the worst I have ever seen, the pathetic attempt at suspence and drama just falls flat on its face and the cyborg dude is a dumb.... On the big plus side, the stupidy of this film offered tons of hilarious dialogue for Mike and the 'bots and now is one of my favorite episodes. If you have to see this movie, you have to see the MST3K version! I promise you, you won't regret it. (However, for all you MSTies out there, you'll have to catch it on the Sci-Fi channel and tape it because so far it is not available on video or DVD)

Crummy - Reprehensible - Abhorrent - Purile
As you can tell from the other interviews this movie is just about the worst film ever made. Let me see how many different words I can use to describe it:

Boring - Unbearable - Laughable - Lousy

Stupid - Horrible - Insipid - Terrible

I could go on with such descriptions but you probably get the point.

Daniel Bernhardt is a horrible actor and has no individual characteristics that make him stand out. I see that he is going to be in both MATRIX sequels. While I loved the MATRIX I now have serious doubts as to the quality of the sequel.

I wouldn't watch this film voluntarily but I may make my kids watch it the next time I need to punish them. ... Read more

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could have been better
well I was in the video store the other day and stumbled across
this documentary. I was looking forward to alot of behind the
scenes stuff but did'nt get it. first off marilyn burns was
not iterviewed and niether was kurk greg or franklin.It was just
gunner hanson,{leatherface} the hitchhiker, and the cook. it really was'nt all that great.

Good Documentary
When watching this video you will hear what the cast and crew of the film have to say about their experience off and on the set of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was very interesting to hear what the cast had to say. They all look so much different than they do in the movie. it was amazing to learn that a young man played the part of the old almost dead Grandpa. I recommend this documentart to fans of the originall TCM.

To the reviewer who wonders where John Dugan is....
He's not acting. He currently works as a waiter at T.G.I. Fridays in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ah, how the mighty have fallen. I could probably get his autograph for you, if you're interested.

That family will always be in meat!
This video is not released in UK but only now have they released TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE -THE SHOCKING TRUTH which is basically the same documentary as this. It was really good to hear cast and crew talk about their parts in creating horror history. We also see some footage of the sequels that never lived up to the original film. If your a fan of TCM then you really should get this gem of a video. And to all the UK fans, buy the vid at HMV and you get a free CD featuring a song from the film ('Fool for a blonde').

In praise of the old farts!
How does a younger man play such a believable old man? easy one would think.Well, think again I couldn't believe JohnDugan could portray such depth in his characterization of Grandpa. I saw the documentary and was amazed how good his make-up concealed his handsome face! Is he still acting and if so..where? ... Read more

Description

A group of nudists who are dedicated to their in the buff lifestyle are forced to close their camp by local religious fanatics.Rather than succumb to the moralist's pressure, the nudists commit a ritualistic mass suicide but not before vowing to avenge their fate upon the holy rollers.After the camp closure, the former "skin zone" is converted into a religious retreat for not-so-religious teens.When the campers and their counselors pay a visit, the dead rise and seek their revenge in less than typical fashion.This campy, comedy-horror film is filled with a lively,upbeat musical score that is right out of Rocky Horror picture Show. The non-stop spoofs, frights and laughs make this film a whole Nudist Colony full of Fun! ... Read more

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funny as hell
well i went to the video shop and didn't know what else to get,so i decided to get this out,when i watched it i full on laughed,neally peed my pants......kiddin,check this movie out.

This is a great movie!
One of my friends brought this video over and we had a ball watching it! It's such a great movie... the songs are great as well as the production I'd reccomend it to anyone

Below one star
As a good aficionado to horror movies, I bought this movie since the title called my attention. It was a real torture to watch it. Movie is an art and this film is simply disgusting, vulgar, confectioned with a particularly refined bad taste, a waste of time and money.

Singing, Dancing and Avenging from Beyond the Grave!
'Nudist Colony of the Dead' is one of the funniest low-budget movies I've seen that was intended to be funny. Solidly in the B-movie range, it nonetheless features a number of A-list laughs!

The film is at once a parody of slasher-movies, zombie movies, musicals, and preachy After School Special-type programmes. It opens with one of the funniest courtroom scenes I've seen... the final battle between a group of nudists and a group of Christians who want their nudist colony shut down. The nudists lose the battle... and rather than put on clothes and move elsewhere they choose to commit ritual suicide. Years later, the Christians have turned the camp into a Bible retreat for troubled youth, but "accidents" keep happening there, as the dead nudists rise to take gory revenge with each visit. And all the killing and maiming is framed by pithy little songs! The "twist-ending" required from this kind of horror film is also pretty cute, all things considered.

There isn't any particularly noteworthy singing or acting talent on display by any of the performers in the film, but the lyrics are so hilarious that it doesn't really matter. (The theme song is dippy but still very funny and it sets the tone for the film that follows.) Some of the zombie antics are also pretty darn funny, such as the scene where they kill a girl by pouring cement down her throat... after putting ear muffs on her sleeping companion so as to not wake her. However, there are some pacing problems--the film sags in the middle (nearly as bad as those on the crusty old nudist who casts the curse that causes the deceased to rise), and they're bad enough to make me knock off a Star.

All in all, a worthwhile film, but somewhat lacking. If you're not seeing anything else that interests you and you believe you have a bizarre sense of humour, check this film out.

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The church wins a judge's ruling over the nudists on how the land will be used in the future.They are nude before the judge.The nudists make a pact to haunt the land and commit suicide.47 coincidental deaths happen on the land in the following years.A van load of church goers come to camp out and to discover God.The singing dancing dead nudists refuse to have their land occupied by others.They rise from the grave to add to the 47.The crew sings their plan for survival.The very naive church goers who came to camp out soon lay in pieces all over the place. If you liked THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW this is along the same lines, One to watch inebriated with friends. I found it quite amusing. ... Read more

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'Cute' movie
If you are looking for a serious movie with depth and substance, this movie is not for you. It's a fun & light hearted T'N'A movie about a girl by the name of Kim that inherits a drive-in theatre from her late grandfather. The theatre has been running in the red for a while, so what's a girl to do but enlist the help of her bodacious girlfriends and change the uniform to string bikinis. The acting is pretty bad, but this just adds to the charm of this movie. In conclusion, if you are looking for a movie that isn't too heavy, then check out this direct-to-video classic!

Good but expensive
There's a drive-in movie theater that a young woman has inherited. She wants to keep it open and the female employees wear bikinis to attract customers. There is a lot of gratuitous nudity. There is a washing scene with garden hoses and buckets and sponges that is really an Oscar winning show of bodacious bodies.

OK T&A Fare
An OK little T&A movie, with the familiar plot of girls taking off clothes to save a business. The girls are cute, and it's always great to see Michele Bauer strip off, but there are better nudie movies out there than this one.

No story, hot girls
There is no story. Only 2 erotic scenes, but the girls in the bikini's make it up. Good in it's genre

1 hot scene
As far as plot goes, its not there. But there is a scene where a couple makes love in a bed of film that is highly erotic and the fact that she earned 2 of the 3 stars I gave this film for her body may explain my fondness for this movie ... Read more

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Silly movie is worth a look.
Although no classic Dinosaur Valley Girls contains enough silliness to make it a watchable Saturday afternoon time waster. Writer/director Donald Glut makes darn certain that the viewer knows that this is a joke (he all but pummels us over the head with it) and that makes up for the really bad special effects (considering that this was made for a measly ...though I think that it is understandable). The cast is obviously having fun goofing off in front of the camera and it's contagious. The music video intermission (a song called Jurassic Punk, hehehehe) alone is worth the price of admission.

Karen Black making a "Comeback" movie?
The only qualities featured in the movie are the bodacious women. That is it. If you are a guy that likes viewing lustful babes on the screen, this movie has that, but you still are better off watching Kitten Natividad in her heyday.
Karen Black must have been behind on a mortgage payment to lower herself to such depths to even think of making an appearance in the film.

DVD-DVG- maka-loola!
This is your dino-dream come true! It's a video about a "primeval" fantasy land inhabited by dinosaurs & cavebabes created by Don Glut, an expert on dinosaur film history and the science of dinosaurs. Karen Black is still "cave-babe-alicious". And, for inexplicable reasons, those scenes featuring cavemen passing gas had me and my wife in hysterics. It's not exactly One Million Years B.C., but then it's perfectly suited for your next planned Halloween dino-monster movie marathon. Hey, it's a genuine cult film already & the price is right, so pop open those brewskies & enjoy! Also, viewers will find Don's book, "Dinosaur Valley Girls - The Book", about the making of the movie, highly entertaining.

Silly and funny
The thing that stands out for me most in this flick is "Just a little part", which all the gals in the movie keep begging Tony Markham for. Also, William Marshall gives a very good but brief performance as the paleontologist. I like the music score, especially "Jurassic Punk". I bought the Family Version, so I don't know if there are any truly violent scenes in the movie which may have been excised. Dickens' animated and animatronic animals are realistic in design if not movement. In all honesty, I wish I knew what Don Glut and Kevin Glover had been trying to say with this movie. Is it a satire of Hollywood mores? It would be neat to see the proposed sequel.

Lighten up - this is FUN!
This is about as much fun as you can have in low-budget! Don't look for Shakespeare, here (although there is one quote if you look for it) - this film was never meant to be in that category. One of the reviews called this "a masterpiece of arrested development" and that sums it up. It's funny, loaded with dinosaurs and gorgeous women with spring-loaded bras that jump off at a moment's notice. Pick up a six pack, a pizza and settle in for a lost evening in a lost world. Don't analyze, don't critique - just ENJOY! ... Read more

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Pretty good show for its time.
A nice documentary about the portrayal of dinosaurs in film and TV over the years, pointing out accuracies, inaccuracies, and famous moments. At the end, contains a series of trailers for dinosaur and dinosaur-related films. ... Read more

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Cheesy but informative
I bought this video a very long time ago. It's pretty cheesy, but definately worth the money for it's inclusion of coming attraction previews of Deadtime Stories, Bloodeaters, Don't Open the Window, Suspiria, Midnight, Vampyres, The Majorettes, Night of the Living Dead, and others. It also has interviews with Linnea Quigley, Bobbi Bresee, Tom Savini, George Romero, and Russell Streiner. So get it as a guilty pleasure and a reminder of an era of horror that has come and gone. ... Read more

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Cheesy but informative
I bought this video a very long time ago. It's pretty cheesy, but definately worth the money for it's inclusion of coming attraction previews of Deadtime Stories, Bloodeaters, Don't Open the Window, Suspiria, Midnight, Vampyres, The Majorettes, Night of the Living Dead, and others. It also has interviews with Linnea Quigley, Bobbi Bresee, Tom Savini, George Romero, and Russell Streiner. So get it as a guilty pleasure and a reminder of an era of horror that has come and gone. ... Read more

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Obviously from disturbed minds.
"Curse Of The Queerwolf" isn't bad because it has an almost non-existent budget. It isn't bad because James Cameron isn't involved with it. It isn't bad because the actors are unfamiliar faces. This movie is bad because the script is awful.

Any movie that relies on somebody killing a dog (not once, but TWICE!) for lots of laughs is pathetic in my mind. Puppies aside, this "film" is still terrible for a multitude of other reasons. Disgusting gay stereotypes, a scene stolen from "The Exorcist" and main characters who are a bunch of losers certainly don't add up to a quality movie.

I'm just as game about watching independent films as the next guy. However, too many indie filmmakers feel that they have to be shocking or disgusting in order to stand out from the pack. "Curse Of The Queerwolf" certainly falls into that trap.

Best Movie EVER
This is the best movie ever. You can't possibly sit down and try to take it seriously, it does not advocate violence against gays. I have watched it with many of my gay friends and they love it also. It's hilarious, lighten up. Dick Cheese and Larry Smallbut are funny as anything. This is me and my best friends favorite movie that we insist on watching every single time we get a chance to. You just can't get tired of it. It's absolutely wonderful! Bravo. Everyone should invest in the wonderful piece of cinema.

Ech...... Two thumbs WAY down.
I am so SORRY that I watched this film. I'm a werewolf fan, and somehow thought this film might be amusing. I was DEAD wrong. This film advocates violence against gays and truly scrapes the bottom of the barrel for coarse and crude jokes. I dislked it intensely. Viewer beware..

A bad '80s film
One night, a young man is bitten by a transvestite and undergoes a strange transformation during a full moon. Sounds like it might be campy and fun, right? That's what I thought until I started watching this film. Usually bad acting and a bad script can be funny and make a film worth watching, just for the sake of its badness. Not in this case.

The sound and picture quality of this dvd are sub-par. I had to up the volume many times to hear what was being mumbled. Also, the film is very grainy and too dark. I have to give them kudos for the idea behind the story, though.

Be very afraid
An excellent parody of the horror classic. As a gay cult film fan I truly enjoy the total disregard of "politically correct". In fact, it is one of the many endearing qualities of this film. Rewatchable and a great source for interesting conversation with conservative coworkers that need their cage rattled a bit. Even those who have made the leap of "gay" as an adjective to "Gay" as a noun can enjoy a private chuckle at this one! ... Read more

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Scalps review
Scalps was a highly ambitious low budget horror flick that should be in everyones horror collection. The story is well written and proves as an interesting spin on the slasher flick. Instead of making the evil killer a crazed lunatic like in most of your horror films from this time frame(the early eighties) it uses a evil native native american spirit as its vehicle for massacre. I think this makes it scarier than most of the traditional slasher films. The movie is filled with gorey and darkly frightning scenes. The only problem I had with the movie was the sometimes inappropriate lighting it used during some of the nightly killing scenes. It seems to be daytime sometimes in the middle of the night??? And also some of the acting is sub par but an the whole is pretty decent. I really like some of the slow motion chase scenes near the middle of the movie and also the hauting indian face that flashes in the fire and through out the film. Chilling!!!.......Jerry

A lesson to learn
I vaguely remember seeing this film on Continental Video in the mid 80's and considered it OK. I puchased the original movie poster a couple of years ago and then went on a quest to find a VHS copy of it. No luck. Then I heard about Retromedia and Fred Olen Ray Along with "The EEL" decided to do the 20th Anniversary eddition. I bought it. Basically Fred Olen Ray had to go through hell trying to piece together a print to Scalps. Most of the footage shown is grainy from a blow up of a 16mm print to 35. The cut scenes that were added in are from a Vidoe transfer from the 80's U.S. VHS release and Canadia 3 quarter inch tapes. Watch the movie once through and please forgive the grain. The viewing may seem like the film is over 2 hours because it drags and drags on. The best scene is the throat slashing. In my opinion it is one of the best throat slashings I have ever seen on film. I had some time to kill and decided to view Scalps once again with the commentary track on by Lee and Fred. The commentary is great. I learned information about the making of a film. From script writing to finding financing. The commentary taught me a lesson on filmmaking. How to make a film with no budget and the tricks to shooting with what you got. Fred Olen Ray explains about shooting day for night, shoestring budgets, how 21st century cheated him out of $ and the secrets to some special effects that were used for the murder scenes. I recommend the viewer to watch the film once without commentary then watch it with the commentary. The movie is not great, the image is grainy and poor but the make-up and gore is pretty good. The commentary is the best. Fred's voice over is much louder than Lee's but Fred is much more fun to listen too. 3 stars for gore and commentary.

"Its From Hell!!!!!"
The packaging of Fred Olen Ray's "Scalps" leads one to believe that it has been banned virtually everywhere and is usually only seen in highly censored versions. I doubt this is a true statement and comparisons with "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" are unfounded. If you do not watch the film expecting it to be some sort of forbidden fruit of graphic gore and unrelenting horror you will probably enjoy it. The setting is a familiar one to those who know horror; a group of young people end up stranded in a remote area and stumble upon an ages old curse that engulfs them all. The acting is terrible and the film does not ever betray its low budget roots. The one amazing thing about the film is an extremely brutal throat slashing sequence that might be one of the "best" ever. This scene alone makes the film worth watching as well as cameos by Forrest Ackerman, Carrol Borland and a general revisiting of early eighties horror. I especially enjoyed the virtual immediate "freak out" of one of the group who resorts to some priceless dialouge during a scene when they hear ghostly drumming. (Its from hell). The DVD transfer is barely acceptable and there is even a disclaimer stating that it was culled from many different sources to present the most complete version possible. What is odd is that I am not clear as to why this was needed as there is nothing in the film that would indicate the need for massive censorship. My thought is that the film was basically "lost" and it was pieced together from whatever footage they could find. Anyway, while I seem fairly negative about this movie, I did enjoy revisiting "Scalps" and would recommend it to slasher movie completists.

non-pc B-movie gore
Briefly, college students digging where they shouldn't. End result, student possessed by spirit of Black Claw, an avenging Native American spirit exacting his revenge via the forgotten art of scalping. A creepy movie with a very familiar theme (...).

The film "stars" many of the director's standard cast - most of whom were key players/extras in later films (Tomb and Biohazard). Notable names include Forrest J Ackerman (B-movie bit playa) and... well just Ackerman.

This is the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, featuring a new letterboxed transfer, audio commentary by Fred Olen Ray and writer Lee (T.L.) Lankford, the original trailer, and an exclusive still gallery. ... Read more

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Silly movie is worth a look.
Although no classic Dinosaur Valley Girls contains enough silliness to make it a watchable Saturday afternoon time waster. Writer/director Donald Glut makes darn certain that the viewer knows that this is a joke (he all but pummels us over the head with it) and that makes up for the really bad special effects (considering that this was made for a measly ...though I think that it is understandable). The cast is obviously having fun goofing off in front of the camera and it's contagious. The music video intermission (a song called Jurassic Punk, hehehehe) alone is worth the price of admission.

Karen Black making a "Comeback" movie?
The only qualities featured in the movie are the bodacious women. That is it. If you are a guy that likes viewing lustful babes on the screen, this movie has that, but you still are better off watching Kitten Natividad in her heyday.
Karen Black must have been behind on a mortgage payment to lower herself to such depths to even think of making an appearance in the film.

DVD-DVG- maka-loola!
This is your dino-dream come true! It's a video about a "primeval" fantasy land inhabited by dinosaurs & cavebabes created by Don Glut, an expert on dinosaur film history and the science of dinosaurs. Karen Black is still "cave-babe-alicious". And, for inexplicable reasons, those scenes featuring cavemen passing gas had me and my wife in hysterics. It's not exactly One Million Years B.C., but then it's perfectly suited for your next planned Halloween dino-monster movie marathon. Hey, it's a genuine cult film already & the price is right, so pop open those brewskies & enjoy! Also, viewers will find Don's book, "Dinosaur Valley Girls - The Book", about the making of the movie, highly entertaining.

Silly and funny
The thing that stands out for me most in this flick is "Just a little part", which all the gals in the movie keep begging Tony Markham for. Also, William Marshall gives a very good but brief performance as the paleontologist. I like the music score, especially "Jurassic Punk". I bought the Family Version, so I don't know if there are any truly violent scenes in the movie which may have been excised. Dickens' animated and animatronic animals are realistic in design if not movement. In all honesty, I wish I knew what Don Glut and Kevin Glover had been trying to say with this movie. Is it a satire of Hollywood mores? It would be neat to see the proposed sequel.

Lighten up - this is FUN!
This is about as much fun as you can have in low-budget! Don't look for Shakespeare, here (although there is one quote if you look for it) - this film was never meant to be in that category. One of the reviews called this "a masterpiece of arrested development" and that sums it up. It's funny, loaded with dinosaurs and gorgeous women with spring-loaded bras that jump off at a moment's notice. Pick up a six pack, a pizza and settle in for a lost evening in a lost world. Don't analyze, don't critique - just ENJOY! ... Read more

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Horribly brilliant ....
What can I say about this movie? You have to see it to believe it! After seeing it a couple of times you still will be asking yourself if this is the worst movie you have ever seen or is this a touch of genius, a masterpiece of bad taste. The storyline is horrible, the monster himself is absolutely ridiculous, the quality of acting in the picture is fantasticly poor...The jury is out: this movie is so bad it's brilliant!

Schlocktastic!
I had never seen this movie before I bought it on DVD. Being a big fan of both Landis and the wonderful Baker "monster maker", I just had to see this "schlock classic," and it does not disappoint! The movie itself is fairly entertaining with many movie references for the film buff and some genuinely insane moments: the title character, The Schlockthropolus, is great fun. The BEST feature of this disc, however, is the feature length commentary by John Landis and Rick Baker. For cult film fans this commentary is a must, providing fun insight and inspiration to future filmmakers and schlock fans everywhere. Great fun, the four stars are for the pure enjoyment of this DVD. A lost classic and another gem from Anchor Bay.

Schlock schucks!
This has undoubedly entered my memory as the absolute worst film of all time. The acting, the premise, the unfolding story etc, all make it incredibly dumb, idiotic and insipid. So much in fact, that I would actually recommend you to see it, just so you have an idea exactly how BAD a movie can be.... truly.

I would rather sit through a marathon of Pokemon than this schlock!

Nicely wrapped trash -can't live without it!
An impressive debut for then-21 John Landis, who wrote, produced, directed and even starred in the title role of a prehistoric gorilla, "Schlock" has grown in the years to cult classics. However, it was rather successful in the first place, winning a major prize in the Trieste SF film festival and earning good money for producer Jack Harris, who bought it from Landis at a very low price and went on to distribute it in theaters. Some 30 years later, "Schlock" finally gets DVD treatment with an extra-packed edition that features a feature-lenght commentary from director-star Landis and make up Rick Baker (who at the time had only made "The Octaman" but would later do the transformations in Landis' "An American Werewolf in London"), the original theatrical trailer, a bunch of TV commercials and even a few radio commercials. Although the film's no masterpiece, it is chock-full of funny bits and also features a surprising homage-parody to Landis' beloved "2001: A Space Odyssey". Be sure to check out celebrity cameos: in the movie theater scene you can spot Forrest J. Ackerman, but look out for makeup veteran John Chambers and directors Andrew Marton and Laszlo Benedek.

BALD STEVE COULD NOT BE MORE RIGHT.
This is a true masterpiece of its time. The importance of this film could not be measured by anything I could possibly say. It introduced us to monkey loving like we've never seen before. Simply put, my life has not been the same. Neither will yours. ... Read more

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Horribly brilliant ....
What can I say about this movie? You have to see it to believe it! After seeing it a couple of times you still will be asking yourself if this is the worst movie you have ever seen or is this a touch of genius, a masterpiece of bad taste. The storyline is horrible, the monster himself is absolutely ridiculous, the quality of acting in the picture is fantasticly poor...The jury is out: this movie is so bad it's brilliant!

Schlocktastic!
I had never seen this movie before I bought it on DVD. Being a big fan of both Landis and the wonderful Baker "monster maker", I just had to see this "schlock classic," and it does not disappoint! The movie itself is fairly entertaining with many movie references for the film buff and some genuinely insane moments: the title character, The Schlockthropolus, is great fun. The BEST feature of this disc, however, is the feature length commentary by John Landis and Rick Baker. For cult film fans this commentary is a must, providing fun insight and inspiration to future filmmakers and schlock fans everywhere. Great fun, the four stars are for the pure enjoyment of this DVD. A lost classic and another gem from Anchor Bay.

Schlock schucks!
This has undoubedly entered my memory as the absolute worst film of all time. The acting, the premise, the unfolding story etc, all make it incredibly dumb, idiotic and insipid. So much in fact, that I would actually recommend you to see it, just so you have an idea exactly how BAD a movie can be.... truly.

I would rather sit through a marathon of Pokemon than this schlock!

Nicely wrapped trash -can't live without it!
An impressive debut for then-21 John Landis, who wrote, produced, directed and even starred in the title role of a prehistoric gorilla, "Schlock" has grown in the years to cult classics. However, it was rather successful in the first place, winning a major prize in the Trieste SF film festival and earning good money for producer Jack Harris, who bought it from Landis at a very low price and went on to distribute it in theaters. Some 30 years later, "Schlock" finally gets DVD treatment with an extra-packed edition that features a feature-lenght commentary from director-star Landis and make up Rick Baker (who at the time had only made "The Octaman" but would later do the transformations in Landis' "An American Werewolf in London"), the original theatrical trailer, a bunch of TV commercials and even a few radio commercials. Although the film's no masterpiece, it is chock-full of funny bits and also features a surprising homage-parody to Landis' beloved "2001: A Space Odyssey". Be sure to check out celebrity cameos: in the movie theater scene you can spot Forrest J. Ackerman, but look out for makeup veteran John Chambers and directors Andrew Marton and Laszlo Benedek.

BALD STEVE COULD NOT BE MORE RIGHT.
This is a true masterpiece of its time. The importance of this film could not be measured by anything I could possibly say. It introduced us to monkey loving like we've never seen before. Simply put, my life has not been the same. Neither will yours. ... Read more

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Silly movie is worth a look.
Although no classic Dinosaur Valley Girls contains enough silliness to make it a watchable Saturday afternoon time waster. Writer/director Donald Glut makes darn certain that the viewer knows that this is a joke (he all but pummels us over the head with it) and that makes up for the really bad special effects (considering that this was made for a measly ...though I think that it is understandable). The cast is obviously having fun goofing off in front of the camera and it's contagious. The music video intermission (a song called Jurassic Punk, hehehehe) alone is worth the price of admission.

Karen Black making a "Comeback" movie?
The only qualities featured in the movie are the bodacious women. That is it. If you are a guy that likes viewing lustful babes on the screen, this movie has that, but you still are better off watching Kitten Natividad in her heyday.
Karen Black must have been behind on a mortgage payment to lower herself to such depths to even think of making an appearance in the film.

DVD-DVG- maka-loola!
This is your dino-dream come true! It's a video about a "primeval" fantasy land inhabited by dinosaurs & cavebabes created by Don Glut, an expert on dinosaur film history and the science of dinosaurs. Karen Black is still "cave-babe-alicious". And, for inexplicable reasons, those scenes featuring cavemen passing gas had me and my wife in hysterics. It's not exactly One Million Years B.C., but then it's perfectly suited for your next planned Halloween dino-monster movie marathon. Hey, it's a genuine cult film already & the price is right, so pop open those brewskies & enjoy! Also, viewers will find Don's book, "Dinosaur Valley Girls - The Book", about the making of the movie, highly entertaining.

Silly and funny
The thing that stands out for me most in this flick is "Just a little part", which all the gals in the movie keep begging Tony Markham for. Also, William Marshall gives a very good but brief performance as the paleontologist. I like the music score, especially "Jurassic Punk". I bought the Family Version, so I don't know if there are any truly violent scenes in the movie which may have been excised. Dickens' animated and animatronic animals are realistic in design if not movement. In all honesty, I wish I knew what Don Glut and Kevin Glover had been trying to say with this movie. Is it a satire of Hollywood mores? It would be neat to see the proposed sequel.

Lighten up - this is FUN!
This is about as much fun as you can have in low-budget! Don't look for Shakespeare, here (although there is one quote if you look for it) - this film was never meant to be in that category. One of the reviews called this "a masterpiece of arrested development" and that sums it up. It's funny, loaded with dinosaurs and gorgeous women with spring-loaded bras that jump off at a moment's notice. Pick up a six pack, a pizza and settle in for a lost evening in a lost world. Don't analyze, don't critique - just ENJOY! ... Read more

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Better than it looks!
This is the absolute best if your looking for a documentary of all the apes of filmland! It's all here... King Kong, Son of Kong, Mighty Joe Young, and more. TONS of info on the life of Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhousan, and of course the veteren himself Bob Burns (who hosts the show). They start of at the dawn of cinema in the 1920's, and thats were they show scenes of the monkey comedies of Buster Keaton, and the wild ape man that tormented the group in the original "Lost World" (1925). Willis O'Brien is now introduced and they show 2 of his 20's stop motion shorts... yes, the entire thing. Then they talk about the failed O'Brien film "Creation" (1931), which they show lost footage from. Moving on a few years to my absolute favorite film "King Kong" (1933), in which they show the original trailer, production stills, and rare behind the scenes footage never seen before. Shown also is tons of Kong merchandise released in the 60's such as the "Ideal Co." "King Kong Game", "Aurora's" Kong models, and professinal stop-motion color test footage that was planned to be used in the failed 1960's remake. The same goes for "Son of Kong" (1933) and the original "Mighty Joe Young" (1949). All in all a great 2 tape set that just talks about the classic apes of Hollywood. The only bad thing about this tape is that it's in SLP and the sound quality is not that great. Everything else is teriffic! ... Read more