Not to be confused with The Human Centipede from Outer Space, THE CAT FROM OUTER
SPACE is the mildly delightful tale of an alien, Jake, who is forced to land on
Earth to repair his space ship. Jake is just a normal cat, except that
he's very smart and has a highly advanced collar that pretty much gives him
god-like powers. It can freeze people in place, make objects fly or speed
up or slow down and all kinds of other stuff. It can also make his voice
appear inside your head as a way of communication. Anyway, Jake's small
space ship is taken by the military, so Jake needs human help to assist him in
getting the large quantity of gold needed to repair his craft. He enlists
the help of some local scientists who take to rigging (with the help of Jake's
powerful collar) sporting events and gambling on the results. No word on
the thousands of gamblers whose lives were probably destroyed by the insane
results of these events.
In a weird way THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE reminds me of
THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK. Cute critter with a special ability is hunted by the government and
needs the help of a small group of well-meaning humans that include Sandy
Duncan. And that's not a bad thing because I like THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK
alright.
Medium pace, super cute cat (or cats?) as Jake, impressive cat "acting", cast
full of well-known old Hollywood faces, Roddy McDowall as a bad guy, lifeless
direction, very impressive aircraft stunts that looked dangerous as fuck, tons
of plot holes, goofy humor mainly directed at children, zero tits, zero gore,
dumb ending. Modern audiences would probably find TCFOS to be a boring
turd, but it does have a certain innocent charm to it. I'd watch it again
and I would totally 100% love to see a remake!
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Monday, February 27, 2023
Saturday, December 12, 2015
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (1971)
Man I would love to know the story behind this picture! I can just
imagine how the initial pitch at MGM went: "Alright, last year those assholes
over at 20th Century Fox made a ton of dough with BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
and we only got one film in the Top 20 Box Office list, so let's make our
own campy sex movie! We get Rock Hudson all furred up with sideburns and a
"Magnum P.I." mustache. He's got a hot wife but he's so hip, with his
peace signs and love pad guidance counselor's office, that these long-legged
teenage chicks in miniskirts can't keep their pussies off of him. He's
banging like 3 or 4 before lunch!!! Anyway, so here's the kicker:
every one of these chicks is dripping pussy juice all over the school for this
groovy old dude but whenever they ask him about leaving his wife...he kills
them!!!!!!!! It's brilliant. Slasher movies haven't been invented
yet, but it's gonna be just like a slasher movie, just without the gruesome
kills and the Final Girl. Get some other big names involved like Telly
Savalas, Angie Dickinson (we need to get her to bang some teenage boy also),
Roddy McDowall, a theme song sang by The Osmonds (sex comedy audiences love the
Osmonds!), throw in some
topless chicks
and this thing is going to be a hit! So whatta ya think?" "Go for
it, but make sure to throw in some corny dialogue that people can giggle at in
50 years."
When the film first started I was kinda taken back at how interesting the opening credits were with the horny teenager boy going to school and walking down the hallway, the whole time being bombarded with sexy chicks everywhere he looks. Suddenly, Rock Hudson shows up like some over-the-top 70's stud, slingin' ding-a-ling non-stop like John Holmes! It was great!!! Then...after like 30 minutes the film just stalled. It was weird. Instead of continuing with the same momentum of the opening act, the second and third acts don't really go anywhere. The girls were still beautiful, of course, but the story dies a slow death.
Worth watching if just for the oddity value of the whole thing. And I honestly would love to learn the truth behind the making of this movie. Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, this movie was produced and written by Gene ("Star Trek") Roddenberry.
When the film first started I was kinda taken back at how interesting the opening credits were with the horny teenager boy going to school and walking down the hallway, the whole time being bombarded with sexy chicks everywhere he looks. Suddenly, Rock Hudson shows up like some over-the-top 70's stud, slingin' ding-a-ling non-stop like John Holmes! It was great!!! Then...after like 30 minutes the film just stalled. It was weird. Instead of continuing with the same momentum of the opening act, the second and third acts don't really go anywhere. The girls were still beautiful, of course, but the story dies a slow death.
Worth watching if just for the oddity value of the whole thing. And I honestly would love to learn the truth behind the making of this movie. Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, this movie was produced and written by Gene ("Star Trek") Roddenberry.
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