Cult Cuts Volume 18 (80s Horror Retrospective #2)
#2/4: Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
(7/10):This is so freaking bad but it seems to revel in its stupidity.
Lobster Man from Mars is a late Eighties horror parody of old Sci-Fi B-Movies of the fifties and sixties and it's definitely captures the absurdity of it all.
The film is about a film executive who is about to be arrested unless he can release a film that bombs so badly that he has something for a tax-write off so a film student shows him his film he's been working on called Lobster Man from Mars and then we essentially watch the movie with them.
It's got actress Deborah Foreman from April Fool's Day and Waxwork as well as Valley Girl and also Tony Curtis from Some Like It Hot of all people.
It's all over acted and the whole thing is almost like a cartoon.
The Costumes and effects are cheesy and also made to look obviously fake in order to make fun of old rubber suit monsters.
I do have to say watching it on YouTube really makes the picture quality look like garbage a lot but it's incredibly hard to come by so I had to put up with it, but it did damper my experience a bit.
The use of The B-52's "Rock Lobster" was an excellent choice of song for the film it fits the goofy nature of it very well.
Overall there's not much else to say other than it's cheesy and campy monster fun.
#2/4: Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
(7/10):This is so freaking bad but it seems to revel in its stupidity.
Lobster Man from Mars is a late Eighties horror parody of old Sci-Fi B-Movies of the fifties and sixties and it's definitely captures the absurdity of it all.
The film is about a film executive who is about to be arrested unless he can release a film that bombs so badly that he has something for a tax-write off so a film student shows him his film he's been working on called Lobster Man from Mars and then we essentially watch the movie with them.
It's got actress Deborah Foreman from April Fool's Day and Waxwork as well as Valley Girl and also Tony Curtis from Some Like It Hot of all people.
It's all over acted and the whole thing is almost like a cartoon.
The Costumes and effects are cheesy and also made to look obviously fake in order to make fun of old rubber suit monsters.
I do have to say watching it on YouTube really makes the picture quality look like garbage a lot but it's incredibly hard to come by so I had to put up with it, but it did damper my experience a bit.
The use of The B-52's "Rock Lobster" was an excellent choice of song for the film it fits the goofy nature of it very well.
Overall there's not much else to say other than it's cheesy and campy monster fun.