this is a throwback sort of movie. remember those terrible black and white movies from the 50's that always had some creepy crawly sort of alien thing that attacked people? well, this is a straight forward parody of those types of films. its not a parody in the sense that its filled with jokes, but rather an homage to that style of film. the story starts with a spaceship landing on earth, the aliens need a very rare material to fix the rocket so they can be on their way. at the same time, the lost skeleton hypnotizes a willing victim and tells him he must find the exact same rare material so that the skeleton can be reanimated. it just so happens that a scientist couple are on vacation at their cabin and find said rare material. what are the chances?!? all the characters descend on this cabin and have a dinner party.
its a very faithful recreation of those 50's campy horror movies, right down to the poor quality black and white film and the fishing line connected to the skeleton to make him move! i appreciated the quality of mimicry, of completely recreating those old movies. the problem is that i dont care for those old movies! i guess i am not exactly the audience for this film, huh? it certainly feels like a film from the 50's, not a film from the 21st century!
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