The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
A dedicated scientist, aided by his clueless wife, rolls up his shirt sleeves and tries to save the world from a radioactive monster, curious space aliens, an evil scientist and a crabby skeleton in this send-up of the best of the B movies of the 1950's. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Larry Blamire
Written By: Larry Blamire
Starring: Fay Masterson, Brian Howe, Larry Blamire, Dan Conroy, Jennifer Blaire, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell, Robert Deveau
Genres: Comedy, Sci-fi, Horror
Country: USA
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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra belongs to 15 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 56 stars)
2. Post-1960s black & white photography (collaborative: moderated by djross - 21 stars)
3. Directorial debut (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
4. B-Movie (collaborative - 15 stars)
5. Aliens (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 12 stars)
6. Satire / Parody (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 8 stars)
7. Mindfuck, surreal, strange and weird films (List by André "BadSmile" Byman) (public: stalebread - 8 stars)
8. Alien visitation (collaborative: moderated by djross - 7 stars)
9. Director/star combination (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
10. Roger Ebert: Your Movie Sucks (collaborative: moderated by Shmendrek - 4 stars)
11. Mad Scientists! (collaborative: moderated by miss jesus - 2 stars)
12. Independent (collaborative - 1 star)
13. Coheed's Celluloid Pit (public: Coheed - 1 star)
14. Movies to See: Horror/Suspense (public: Lord Moe - 1 star)
15. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 34 (public: PeaceAnarchy)
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Paxton | 70 63rd |
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There's a good deal of mockery behind what they're doing but it's all done from a place of love so it never feels disrespectful or what you kids would call punching down (current least favorite phrase in the English language). These people grew up on idiot scientists, rubber monsters and human bones that walk and talk. If you're not a fan, Rob Zombie is doing tributes to his childhood movies too. Slightly different tone.
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nobamba | 60 61st |
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The music is a nice tropey undercurrent of unsteadiness. The movie itself is nothing special but pays homage to a lot of camp Sci Fi films. Overall an easy and enjoyable watch. Fav scene: when the 3 couples are gathered for dinner and the humans look in amazement first at the aliens' strange behavior, then at Jennifer Blaire's Animala copying the aliens thinking they're normal.
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Kojiless | 64 68th |
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"I'm a scientist. I don't believe in anything!"
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janus | 80 77th |
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Every bit as worthy a consideration to a fan of atomic-age schlock as Young Frankenstein is to a fan of classic horror. It's not just "bad on purpose", it's a committed, meticulous effort loaded with solid gags. Brian Howe is a revelation.
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yawkcorb | 90 87th |
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Absolutely hilarious! The first few minutes caught me by surprise, and I began to laugh with a mouthful of soda and spit it into my popcorn; an amateur move, I know. As someone who has watched many, many B-movies, I really appreciated this film about a scientist who may be doing too much science, and the scientist's wife (that is, the wife of the scientist; which is apparently a hard vocation, yet good) as they investigate a meteor that could mean a lot to science.
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Ununnilium | 67 52nd |
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A fun parody, with some excellent lines. I think they went a bit overboard with giving the "normal" characters strange dialogue - 1950s B-movies didn't really tend to repeat the same word several times in one line - but overall, definitely worth watching.
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Sieghardt | 80 84th |
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Really fantastic script and a great sense of fun. Utterly awesome to watch with friends
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| 1 | JohnnyDime | 85 74th |
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This was listed under the "Horror" genre, but it's actually a comedy. More specifically, it's a spoof of 50's/60's horror movies. If you like MST3k, you would probably enjoy this.
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| 1 | duandsku | 81 67th |
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One of the best horror parodies out there. So silly, strange, and has a really loving, brilliant wit about the genre. Might overdo a few of the jokes and seems like the entire production was made out of cardboard, but that's just the point isn't it?
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| 1 | shorty_18 | 100 92nd |
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SO GOOD. amazingly satirical. mutilated corpses. what isn't to love?
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| 1 | StVeSa | 90 81st |
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One of the best non-Brooks parodies of our time.
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BattleToad | 75 48th |
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Pants-poopingly funny, but it's trying so hard to recreate and ridicule old horror movies that it ends up not seeming like a spoof, but seeming like it actually is one. So overall, it's hilarious, but it goes a little too far. Meh!
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| 1 | gleeb | 30 4th |
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A crappy movie is a crappy movie. It doesn't matter if you deliberately set out to make it that way.
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| 1 | joyp | 100 96th |
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Okay, since I can't rate things 101, I'm going to have to make it up with this review. Everyone in my immediate family has seen this movie at least 10, possibly 15 times. We laughed every time. I cannot say enough good things about this. There's a sequel, Trail of the Screaming Foreheads, but apparently the trail hasn't reached circulation yet. It's been shown at some film festivals. I would really like to see it. This is totally rated 101.
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Luna6ix | 70 34th |
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It's a parody of a cheesy 50's camp movie by being a cheesy 50's camp movie. So accordingly, the same people who find said movies entertaining will appreciate this. I do not. Years later, trendy hipsters have latched onto this movie saying that it's awesome in the same way they latch onto other retarded stuff to be what they call "ironic," though, in context, the word has lost all meaning.
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| 1 | ScragglyDave | 54 63rd |
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It knows it's bad and I adore that.
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eCitizen | 10 2nd |
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This was made to be intentionally bad and they totally succeeded. The plot is beyond ridiculous, and whoever wrote this horrid dialog is an idiot. Cheesy music and sound effects. The acting is just nutty. It would be best to watch while drunk or stoned. Even though a parody and it is still just awful and frequently quite tedious. I chuckled once or twice at most at the pure insanity of it. Not worth the time it takes to watch.
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actlikealady | 90 91st |
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This movie achieved exactly what it planned to achieve. I laughed through the whole thing.
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| Average Percentile 55.78% from 212 Ratings |  |