jaag51
Ask yourself did Tommy Kirk need the money ? Watch for the "kept" female prisoner continually going into the cage to feed the prisoners,while they ask her if she'll open the cage for them. Meanwhile she exits the cage via a door to the house as they watch her leave each time. Bonkers !! She never leaves through the cage door they want her to open. Was this written for and by complete idiots or as a comedy ?
deacon_blues-3
This film rivals "Plan 9" for sheer badness. The creature costume is a wetsuit with pingpong balls and rubber teeth glued to the headpiece and worn backwards. It's even more hilarious when you realize that it's supposed to be a dinosaur! There is interminable footage of the farmer and his wife going up and down stairs in their home for no apparent reason. The victims are "held prisoner" in a cave from which they could apparently leave at any time. The unforgettable line of dialog has to be the farmer saying of the creature "I decided to make it my friend!" The heartwarming story of a man, his monster, and the folks he fed to it. Highly recommended if you can find it! What a hoot!
preppy-3
A couple traveling cross country get lost. The husband Norman (Corveth Ousterhouse) is obnoxious and the wife Leilla (Shirley Bonne) just sits there and takes it. They run out of gas near a huge house owned by Greely (Bill Thurman). It seems Greely has a monster hidden in a cave nearby and feeds it humans. He traps Norm, Leilla and nice guy Wayne Thomas (Tommy Kirk) in that cave and they try to escape.Truly horrendous but it's SO bad it gets fascinating to watch. Scenes go on endlessly (it seems half the movie consists of cars driving down roads), the dialogue is lousy and the basic plot is pretty stupid. Don't even get be started on the threadbare sets and the hilariously stupid monster that pops up at the end! It's (obviously) a guy in a rubber suit with ping pong eyes and false fangs! The acting varies. Ousterhouse is terrible (no surprise that this was his only movie) but Thurman, Kirk and Bonne are actually pretty good. Their acting actually makes the rest of the movie bearable. But, all in all, this is a boring, stupid and pointless "horror" movie. Still, I have to admit I kept watching. It's just SO bad you can't stop!
vampi1960
its alive!not to be confused with Larry Cohen's;its alive about the mutant baby.is a bizarre low budget movie about a reptile loving farmer (bill Thurman)who has a tourist trap in the south with snakes and lizards.and something he keeps in a cave,a bizarre monster that looks like one of the creatures from horror of party beach minus the sausages. well some travelers happen along(tommy kirk,Shirley bonne)and stumble on the demented farmers secret.i saw this on TV very late at night as a teen and found it kind of creepy and unsettling,now i watch it and find it very funny and silly.it was made by Larry Buchanan who did many remakes of roger corman and American international pictures.this was one of the better ones.bill Thurman starred in all of Buchanan's monster films.i have to say this movie is so bad its good.the monster is hilarious.i believe this was done on a ultra low budget.5 out of 10.
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