Good Movies

I watched the end of one of the worst movies ever yesterday. Or was it one of the best? Reviewers have to consider first the story line, followed by the quality of the acting , directing, lighting, sound, make up, wardrobe and, well, all those things that run down the screen at the end of the movie while they are filing out of the theatre listening to bad music. Fortunately, "The Creature With The Atom Brain" had none of the above as it was made on a budget consisting of whatever profit the producers could make selling Kool Aide at the side of the set, so reviewers were able to put aside trivial concerns like dialogue and focus exclusively on the special effects like the Creature breaking windows with his hands and never getting cut. The Creature, by the way, was a middle aged, balding guy in a suit who had a scar drawn horizontally across his forehead to indicate where his brain had been tampered with. This tampering - I missed the movie's beginning so I don't know what happened for sure - somehow left the Creature in a zombie state controlled by a mad scientist who was himself controlled by an agent of a corupt government. You know, like Cheney and Bush. Luckily for America and all the world, Richard Denning - you may remember him from "The Creature From The Black Lagoon." He was the blonde guy who along with Richard Carlson and Julie Adams looking stunning in a one piece white bathing suit did battle with The Gilman as he came to be known in several sequels- is able to track this Atom Brained Creature to his lair, a house in the suburbs, by flying overhead in a helicopter. Once there, he destroys the scientific equipment, a television and a cabinet with a lot of knobs, that are responsible for the Creature and a half dozen fellow zombies who were just activated before our hero's arrival and who were now out on the lawn fighting the police hand to hand and mostly winning. The equipment smashing is preceded by fisticuffs with Bush who has killed Cheney and is then killed by the Creature himself. Somehow the destruction of the tv and the cabinet with knobs causes the zombies, played by what look like insurance salesmen, to all shut off at once, fall down and I suppose, die. After that happiness ensues and the movie ends.

I gave it 4 stars out of a possible 5. The only movie I have actually given 5 stars to was "Plan Nine From Outer Space" which had no plot but had something to do with pie-pan flying saucers held aloft by a visible string, space aliens and Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Bela died while the movie was being made so his contribution was minimal, but enough to get the flick that extra star. I gave four and a half stars to a movie whose title was, I think, "The Tomato That Ate Chicago" - that may not be precisely correct, it was a long time ago and I only saw it once, but, should you ever come across it, it's a must see.

By now you are gleaning that I will pretty much watch any movie that the tv guide describes as "Horror." It is easily my favorite film genre and the reason why I must leave you now. There's a Richard Gere/ Julie Roberts flick starting on HBO in about five minutes. Whoa! Talk about scary!