Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA,@MIT-MC:MDC.JANICE@MIT-OZ From: @RUTGERS.ARPA,@MIT-MC:MDC.JANICE@MIT-OZ Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Bad sf films Message-ID: <373@topaz.ARPA> Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 22:30:36 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.373 Posted: Wed Jan 23 22:30:36 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Jan-85 08:27:41 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 32 From: Janice The most recently-made bad one I saw was SATURN III, with Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas, which could have used the slogan, "In space, no one can hear you yawn." However, my two favorite nominees: 1) ROBOT MONSTER, also known as MONSTER FROM MARS and various other titles. This incredibly cheaply-made film featured an invading alien named Ro-Man who was played by an actor in a gorilla suit wearing a diving helmet. Footage was used over and over to represent different scenes, thus leading to some interesting continuity problems. Ro-Man had some sort of alien device in the cave where he was living which produced soap bubbles. *SPOILER, though there isn't much to spoil* The film-makers actually had the gall to end the film with "And then the boy wakes up." Stephen King has warned that it can be dangerous to watch this film stoned (an experiment I have not made). He said if the film had been longer than 75 minutes, he would have died from laughing too hard. This film really is worth seeing as a camp classic. 2) JUST IMAGINE. Just imagine a science fiction musical. With terrible music. Atrocious acting. A ridiculous romance. An utterly stupid, supposedly comic person revived from the past. Impossible plot features. Unfunny humor. (Example: Babies come from machines. The person from the past, seeing this, says something like "Give me the good old days.") And then, to top it all off, a visit to Mars, where everyone is twins (one good, one bad) and wears silly tribal outfits and ... I can't go on. I could recommend this as camp, but only to those with extremely strong stomachs. The singing alone is enough to cause you to lose your last several meals. -------