butenhof@orac.DEC (Those who can't do, emulate) (01/31/85)
So what's all this nonsense about Attack of the Killer Tomatos being a BAD movie? It's one of the best monster movie satires of all time (although it's rather cheap -- but then, that's one of its attractions!). Not only that, it has one of the best movie theme songs of all! "I know, I'm going to miss her, a toma-to ate my sister!" /dave butenhof (the opinions expressed in this article are not likely to have any relationship to the policies of Digital Equipment Corporation, much less reality). "Look at that, Martha, they got little Timmy -- ate him ALL up" "Pass the ketchup. (Oooops!)"
lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (02/01/85)
To be truly "bad," a film must take itself seriously. The production staff must have THOUGHT that they were doing a serious film. Therefore, "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," as a somewhat infantile satire, does not count as a "bad" movie. However, films such as "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "The Creeping Terror" *do* qualify. --Lauren--
aar@homxa.UUCP (A.RAPPE) (02/01/85)
Hey.....wait a minute....I think the best sci-fi movie was "THE GIANT CLAW"
the one where the giant buzzard(or was it a turkey) wrecked havoc on
New York....one of the all time classics....
That bird sure did belong in the "LEE" group
(ugly)
(homely)
(grizzly)...
Tomdel@wuphys.UUCP (Dave de Lake) (02/03/85)
> Hey.....wait a minute....I think the best sci-fi movie was "THE GIANT CLAW" > the one where the giant buzzard(or was it a turkey) wrecked havoc on > New York....one of the all time classics.... > I got a lot of mail in response to the original BAD movie survey posting. It seems that 'Plan 9 From Outer Space" is thought to be the most enjoyable bad movie and is certainly hilarious for a physicist! Some others: "The Blob", something to do with Santa Clause & Mars, "Wormeaters", "Robot Monster", & "Horror Planet". I'm not sure if all the titles are exact. St. Louis has a couple of good channels for BAAAAAADDDD movies but my television broke in July and I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet, so I've gotten behind. I do remember one called "Graduation Night" or something like that, which was not a campy sci-fi, but a campy drive in movie. I like both types of campiness!!!!! Dave @Compton Sanitarium ...the opinions expressed herein are randomly generated by my keyboard and probably do not reflect the opinions of the University,... which are also randomly generated by my keyboard.....
gjm@ihnp4.UUCP (Gary J. Murakami) (02/08/85)
Bob Stewart introduced me to one of the worst yet most enjoyable movies -- "Star Crash" From all appearances, the makers of "Star Crash" attempted to film a serious movie. If you take it seriously, it is disgustingly bad. Quite a few folks walked out after 5-10 minutes of melodramatic boredom. Even stars like Christopher Plummer couldn't keep them in their seats. However if you have been prepared to treat the movie as a comedy, look forward to memorable merriment! We were soon laughing our heads off at images of a clutching claw-shaped spacecraft and of torpedoes crashing through spaceship windows to open and deliver barefaced boarding parties. Some lines had us literally falling out of our seats and figuratively rolling in the aisles: "At night the temperature drops THOUSANDS of degrees" "Imperial Battleship! Stop the Passage of Time!" See "Star Crash" if you ever get a chance, and make sure that you treat it as a comedy. Memories of it can still raise a laugh! -Gary
ckuppe@spock.UUCP (Charles A. Kupperman '87 ) (02/23/85)
I believe there were TWO versions of "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." The original, made in B/W, was intended seriously. However, it was undeniably BAD, and for that reason it was funny. The version you saw would be the later version, a REMAKE of the classic made in the 70's. It featured many comedy stars and a humorous script that totally failed to add anything to the original. For myself, I prefer "Santa Claus conquers the Martians," but that's just a personal bias. I did like the theme from the later version, though.
allan@nmtvax.UUCP (02/25/85)
'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' is nothing when compared to 'The Creeping Horror'. C'mon all you 'Creeping Horror' fans, speak out! Allan F. Perry ...etc...nmtvax!allan
michaelf@ISM780.UUCP (02/27/85)
Didn't Pia Zadora get her start in"Santa Claus Conquers Mars"? I'm not kidding.
phaedrus@eneevax.UUCP (The Sophist) (02/27/85)
I don't know about him being Martin Sheen's son, but his name is
Emilio Estevez (I think that is right). He played the lead in
the "Repo Man".
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REFERENCES: <117@ISM780.UUCP> > Didn't Pia Zadora get her start in"Santa Claus Conquers Mars"? > I'm not kidding. Yes, except the title is "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians." Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!ahutb!leeper
ecl@ahutb.UUCP (e.leeper) (03/01/85)
REFERENCES: <>, <298@nmtvax.UUCP>
It's not CREEPING HORROR, it's CREEPING TERROR, and it is awful!
Friends who claimed PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE was the worst SF film ever made saw
CREEPING TERROR at our insistence and all agreed it was at least an order of
magnitude worse.
Evelyn C. Leeper
Note temporary kluge for new address => ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ahutb!eclgam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) (03/02/85)
> I don't know about him being Martin Sheen's son, but his name is > Emilio Estevez (I think that is right). He played the lead in > the "Repo Man". Martin Sheen was born 'Ramon Esteves.' Emilio is his son. -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam
rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (03/06/85)
> > It's not CREEPING HORROR, it's CREEPING TERROR, and it is awful! > > Evelyn C. Leeper How DARE you! This is one of the FUNNIEST movies I've ever seen! If you can't laugh at the climax (US forces have used everything in their arssenal except the A-bomb against a shag rug, and then kill it by running into it with a Jeep!), what can you laugh at? I know the acting wasn't as good as "Wild Women of Wongo", but we all must allow for such shortcommings when viewing ART. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***