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It’s the only unriffed nonpornographic Ed Wood horror film we have left.
This one’s even a semi-sequel to MST3K classic "Bride of the Monster," though knowing Ed Wood, that was solely so he could pad it out with stock footage from his own library.
Interesting fun fact: Wood completed principle photography on this picture in 1957, but couldn’t afford to pay the film lab for the post-production work, so the negatives were held hostage for over 20 years, until a film archivist discovered their whereabouts, paid off Ed’s long overdue tab, and released the stinkbomb on home video in 1984, six years after Wood’s death.
Wood was apparently never happy with the final cut of the film, and wanted to make several additions to spice things up, including (of course) inserting posthumous footage of Bela Lugosi. If Ed “good enough” Wood doesn’t think a film is up to snuff, you know it’s gonna hurt.
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This was the 6th of the original Daiei! Gamera flicks, and just as goofy as its predecessors. This one really plays up the “Gamera is the friend of all children” angle, and features the obligatory Kenny and Helen substitutes joined by a pair of annoying caucasian kids, just in case that helped improve the picture’s marketability to Americans. It also features the return of fan favorite "Corn Job" from Gamera vs. Guiron, though as far as I can tell he’s playing a different character this time, but still an idiot.
It's my understanding that the direct-to-television American dubbed version titled "Gamera vs. Monster X" lapsed into the public domain and is still free. I don't know what the status is of the nicer cleaned up print of "Gamera vs. Jiger" that Shout Factory rereleased as part of their Gamera set in 2010.
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Not only is this movie a classic of atom age goofiness, it's fully in the public domain.
It's actually not *that* bad a movie, and the stop motion of the brains that crawl around like slugs and strangle people with their spinal columns was actually pretty good for 1950's monster movie magic.
I'd say this one is a sci-fi classic in the same way 'This Island Earth' is a classic.... A movie that a lot of people remember fondly because they saw it as a kid, that is also incredibly riff-worthy based on the goofiness factor alone.Troy
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Just confirming that all of Rocky Jones is in the public domain. You can download all the episodes from Archive.org, find them on youtube, and they appear on several Roku channel that specialize in public domain content.
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You forgot to mention that is essentially a Hong Kong martial arts remake of 'The Maltese Falcon' (starring Joe Don Baker)
It's right at the top my "must be riffed" list, since it's such a perfect storm of conflicting movie tropes, bad acting, crazy plot holes and continuity errors, and Joe Don responding to every situation with his trademark mix of hunger/confusion.
Surprisingly, it had a decent budget, and a comparatively big-name cast...even including Joe Don, who was at the height of his career after just having made 'Walking Tall.' (Golden Needles saw to that, though) Joe Don plays your usual Mitchell-y non-action action hero, who's supposed to be some sort of soldier of fortune who gets hired to track down a stolen statue containing magical acupuncture needles that can grant everlasting life if used correctly. Burgess Meridith plays the bad guy, and at one point they got Jim Kelly to wander onto set and perform a fight scene and then wander off again. Literally nobody in this movie seems to have the slightest clue what the **** is going on (reportedly, the English and Hong Kong directors couldn't understand each other, and nobody understood the script.) It's just one big confusing mess with the occasional fight scene tossed in to liven things up.
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There aren't words for how wonderfully goofy this movie is. I don't honestly know how MST3K missed it. It really is the "Mighty Jack" version of "Creature from the Black Lagoon."
It's gloriously overacted (it's from the same studio that brought us 'Invasion of the Neptune Men' and starring Space Chief himself, Sonny Chiba) especially the dubbing, and has the almost surreal supermarionation quality of a Thunderbirds episode, despite being live action. The dollar store Blofeld knock-off villain in wrap-around sunglasses never bothers to explain exactly how turning the entire world into "water cyborg" fish monsters is supposed to make the world a better place... it just will. Also his super fish-men army all use regular hand guns with silencers.One other important point, for a film that's entirely in the public domain, the print I've seen is absolutely gorgeous. Either it was extremely well preserved, or somebody cared enough to do a wonderful restoration job for the BluRay release.
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Don't forget the lead is played by everybody's favorite swarthy Bronx Italian: Toblerone!
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In addition to being Public domain, it's also available free on Amazon Prime.
https://www.amazon.com/Scream-Wolf-Peter-Graves/dp/B07HMGV4BM/It's also had several cheap DVD releases from the sort of places that crank out copies of 'Night of the Living Dead' and other public domain films. The Prime version is okay quality, though you can tell it was a direct video transfer from the broadcast version with noticeable scanlines at times when bright objects move too fast.
I'm assuming the DVD versions are about the same.Troy
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It should also be noted that this movie is PUBLIC DOMAIN and can very easily be released as a VOD title.
I honestly don't know how this one hasn't been riffed yet.
There's also a brand new restored print of this.
Unfortunately, there's nothing to be done about the excessive amount of Neil Sedaka:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDRa_KWgVdU