Very clever and very daffy, and it will remind you how delicious trash cinema can be.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:35
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Lost Skeleton is clever at spoofing B-movies, but the joke isn't sustainable for its running time.
Theatrical Release:Feb 6, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: It's 1961 and Dr. Paul Armstrong (Larry Blamire) and his lovely wife Betty (Fay Masterson) head into the mountains in search of a recently fallen meteor containing the rare element atmosphereum.... It's 1961 and Dr. Paul Armstrong (Larry Blamire) and his lovely wife Betty (Fay Masterson) head into the mountains in search of a recently fallen meteor containing the rare element atmosphereum. Paul needs it to help him with his science work, but Betty'd just as soon have a vacation. Also in the area, sinister Dr. Roger Fleming (Brian Howe) asks trusty Ranger Brad (Dan Conroy) the whereabouts of Cadavra Cave, mysterious home to rumors of a legend of the Lost Skeleton." That night, both parties witness what appears to be yet another meteor falling. Immediately after, a local farmer is killed by a horrible, unseen thing. Is there a connection? Indeed there is. The second meteor is actually a disabled alien spaceship with a strange couple from the planet Marva, Krobar (Andrew Parks) and Lattis (Susan McConnell). These aliens discover they also need Atmosphereum to power their really high tech ship, and notice their horrible pet mutant (Darrin Reed), which they travel around with for some reason, has escaped. Unfortunately, Dr. Fleming discovers he also needs the atmosphereum to bring to life the dreaded Lost Skeleton of Cadavra which he finds in the cave. After the aliens disguise themselves as earth people with the aid of their "transmutatron", Dr. Fleming swipes it and morphs four different forest animals into his own ally - the beautiful cat-suited Animala (Jennifer Blaire). Now everyone's after the atmosphereum and the Armstrongs find they have their hands full, capturing the mutant, stopping the evil scientist, and vanquishing the power-mad Skeleton who wants to rule the world. [More]
Starring: Larry Blamire, Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell
Starring: Larry Blamire, Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell, Brian Howe, Jennifer Blaire, Robert Deveau
Director: Larry Blamire
Director: Larry Blamire
Screenwriter: Larry Blamire
Producer: F. Miguel Valenti
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Reviews for The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
A little too true to it sources and ends up reminding you just how boring inept acting, editing and story-telling can be.
It's not really cheese, it's Velveeta. As many who have tried have learned, midnight movies can not be manufactured, they must be discovered.
Has been made by people who are trying to be bad, which by definition reveals that they are playing beneath their ability.
If you think the premise is silly, wait until you hear the dialog that goes along with it...hilariously campy.
Stands out for its convincingly spellbound, Wood-like hermeticism: It feels like the very first '50s sci-fi parody ever made.
You don't have to be some obscure movie junkie to enjoy it, you just have to have a sense of humor.
A monster hoot, one so gut-busting that we can only hope that, as in the good ol' days, a nurse will be stationed in the lobby.
Blamire has managed to make an inventive and entertaining movie out of stock heroes and villains, vacuous plotting and community-theater-quality special effects.
The makers of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra can't quite live up to the 1950s-era B-movies that they parody.
The joke…is sustained fairly well…only flattening out in the middle of the film, but returning for a crazed finale. With enough room left for tapioca!
A parody of B-movies stupid enough -- and yet with just enough brains -- to appeal to the most discriminating fans of the genre.
A straight-faced parody of every bad movie Edward D. Wood never made.
OK, so they made a movie bad enough to be on Mystery Science Theater 3000. But MST3K was watchable despite its bad films, not because of them.
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