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Brilliant and touching

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

This is one of the greatest spoofs I've ever seen. Nonstop laughs start to finish.The idea is, this is a parody of those 50's sci-fi B-Movies popularized in Drive-Ins and on MST3k. In fact, I feel Cadavra owes its existence at least somewhat to Mystery Science Theater; I hope more of its ilk are coming.This film is just plain a perfect comedy all around. Scientists that, "Well, do science!" Just some abstract, inexplicable mysticism they choose to call science. Watch for the junior chemistry set in Cadavra cave. Animala. She's made from four forest animals, the film eventually decides, none of them a cat which seems to be the way she's acting. Aliens are thrown in for no particular reason. So, Bamin and Targasso, are those... stupid names? Simple production, pretty basic stuff. Nothing fancy. The dialog... amazingly well written (believe it or not) spoof on wooden lifeless haplessly delivered dialog ubiquitous throughout B-Movie fare. The skeleton character, a well crafted wisecracker. Fay Masterson... very cute and underrated.Highly recommended for anyone with a sense of humor.

Intentionally making a bad movie seems counterproductive. There have been a number of films over the years that spoof, make fun of, and play off of the low-budget sci-fi B-pictures of the fifties. Some of these films are entertaining, some are tedious. "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra," which was made with the same budgets Ed Wood had minus inflation, falls on the entertaining side of that equitation, at least for me anyway.The Ed Wood comparison is apt. Wood is notorious for his minuscule budgets and floppy, sometimes incoherent scripts. What actually makes Wood's films preserve aren't that we can laugh at their lousy production values and crappy scripts. Lots of movies nobody care about have that. What made his films memorable was Wood's ear for surreal, oddly quotable dialogue. "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" has a fantastic understanding of that. It's fair to say the movie's primary comedic device is the oddball, awkward, frequently hilarious dialogue. "Sometimes my wife forgets she is not a space alien." "I've seen bears do things… Things a bear wouldn't even do." "Even as a child, I was always hated by skeletons." And on and on. This is one of those films were visiting its IMDb quote page before watching it will ruin the fun. (But, in all likelihood, you probably will want to visit that page afterwards.) Unlike say, "Alien Trespass," the filmmakers also had a grip on the pacing, style, and tone of those fifties B-movies, right down to lag at the end of the second act. The camera hangs onto scenes just a second longer then it should. Music cues cut wildly between scenes. Hand-held close-ups are used whenever the monster is about. Clearly this was made by fans. The filmmakers weren't just making fun of unconvincing special effects or visible wires. (Though it does that a few times as well.) They were trying to replicate the off-kilter tone of the time period and genre. The plot wildly masses together story elements from "It Came From Outer Space," "Creature from the Black Lagoon," "Invaders from Mars," "The Blob," "I Married a Monster from Outer Space," "Plan 9," in actuality some of the best films of the era. The score is composed solely of library music.The movie is generally just pretty fun. In a post-"Avatar" world, naming phlebotnum "Atmospherium" really doesn't sound any worse then "Unobtainium." The cast is amazingly game. Andrew Parks and Susan McConnel as the alien couple go for broke as far as physical comedy go. Their uniformly stiff posture and unblinking gazes never disguise for a minute that they are aliens, which is obviously the joke. I especially love how they "bend themselves in half" whenever sitting. Brian Howe as the mad scientist is especially hilarious, with his love-hate relationship with the Lost Skeleton. Jennifer Blaire, providing some decent eye-candy in a skintight body suit, has a lot of fun as Animala, carrying an interesting body language and pronouncing her lines in just an unusual enough way. The whole cast carries the film astonishingly well. The best character isn't actually played by an actor. I love the Lost Skeleton. His booming psychic voice makes some of the simplest lines hilarious. "I sleep now!" There's a deadpan to the monotone that makes the more absurd moments even funnier, most notably his passive-aggressive relationship with the mad doctor that brings him to life. ("Stop that giggling. It makes me uncomfortable.") Not all the gags work. The scene where numerous characters are giving Betty the housewife psychic suggestions goes on too long. Generally, the repeated gag of people laughing until they stop is repeated one time too many. The scenes of Betty and Paul sharing lunch with the aliens inside their ship is also a victim of the film's intentionally static pacing. Still, "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" squeezes enough hearty laughs into its short runtime to certainly make it worth your while. Always agree.

Great send up of cheesy 50's horror flicks. I remember going to the matinée in the 50's and early 60's and seeing stuff just as phony. The film supposedly takes place circa 1965, judging by the style of the T- Bird. All of the characters are very funny. The dialogue is priceless. The way they act is just like those characters from 50's sci fi films. The character, "Animala", played by Jennifer Blaire, is very funny. This lady is a very good actress (Trail of the Screaming Foreheads, Dark and Stormy Night) and it's too bad she never really made it big. Then again, it must be very hard to break into the big time these days - look at all the overrated actresses out there - Angelina Jolee, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Kate Hudson, etc. etc. I'm not being sarcastic - I think Jennifer Blaire is better looking and more talented than any of those A-Listers. Anyhow, I digress. The movie was hilarious....watch it!

The humor in this movie is so good it captures the essence of the B movies I watched as a kid on Saturday watching the "Creature Double Feature".Those old sci-fi movies were funny while attempting to be scary.And that feeling is captured in this modern day tongue and cheek sci-fi masterpiece.The actors in the movie completely understand writer/directer Larry Blamire's sense of humor and the genre he was going after.His style reminds me of the great Mel Brooks and his satirical spin on what can be called some of the greatest movies.If you like Robin Hood And The Men In Tights, Blazing Saddles, Monty Python, Kung Pow or other comedies of that style you will love "The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra.Larry Blamire has a great sense of humor look for anything written or directed by him.