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Post by Bix Dugan on Jan 18, 2008 12:27:11 GMT -5
I was watching CT again last night (4 nights straight, and counting) and thought there were quite a few good things going on in the film.
I had no experience with other films in Al Adamson library, which is a little strange. Where have they been? I'm sure we have some "Bad Movie" lovers here, maybe they can shed some light on this.
From the description of the gore and the era when they were made, I expected to hear some stronger, more adult language, but didn't notice any bleeps.
The movie seemed well made overall considering it was not a big budget affair. The lighting, the sound (with the exception of Gor) and the pacing was good, IMO.
The car chase scene, while starting out slowly, was surprisingly well done. They were flying down that road at a good clip, unlike some "suspenseful" stunt driving I've seen.
The actor playing Gor, while at first seemed to be just the biggest guy they could find, did well. Once Amir's brain was installed, I actually could believe it WAS Amir. The tight lip-syncing of the actor playing Amir helped. When Gor/Amir went into the "Mine! Mine!" mode (Amir's voice, but Gor's thoughts) I bought it completely.
Anyway, I just wanted to thank any of the folks responsible for making it. I appreciated Brain of Blood.
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Post by Cerrita on Jan 18, 2008 12:37:08 GMT -5
Well said. The movie could have been fairly decent if it had some money behind it. I didn't even notice at first that it was Amir's voice in Gor's body, the sync was so well done.
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Post by BoB3K on Jan 18, 2008 13:02:10 GMT -5
I was kind of excited when they got to the lab--not a bad cheezy B-Movie set. But then there weren't any more, unless you count the relatively poor dungeon. Definetly needed more budget, like maybe double it--which would put in what, around 40K?  |
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Post by pslowner on Jan 18, 2008 15:12:09 GMT -5
On thing that amazed me about the movie was the guy who played Mohammad (Zandor Vorkov) was the same guy who played Dracula in "Dracula vs. Frankenstein. He was SOOOO bad the DvF that my head almost exployed. But he was fine in his small role in this film.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Jan 18, 2008 17:14:15 GMT -5
There was a Horvath riff-
"Josh, whats a Horvath?"
"Same as downtown, $20..."
But then I thought I saw another Horvath in the CT credits? My nuts?
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Post by Cerrita on Jan 18, 2008 21:28:38 GMT -5
On thing that amazed me about the movie was the guy who played Mohammad (Zandor Vorkov) was the same guy who played Dracula in "Dracula vs. Frankenstein. He was SOOOO bad the DvF that my head almost exployed. But he was fine in his small role in this film. Regina Carrol (Tracey Wilson), John Bloom (Gor), Angelo Rossitto (Dorro) were also in that movie. |
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Post by ciredark on Jan 19, 2008 0:55:23 GMT -5
What I like is the Re-watchability....
It's really starting to become clear now how and why they needed a "Second Go" at this flick `cause it really does take a few viewings before you start to piece the whole story together.
I was worried that I was going to burn out on the whole project early with all the times I knew I was going to re-watch this thing as soon as I got it. However, After at least 5 full viewings and countless times I just pull up short segments, I'm just now familiar with the whole plot.
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Post by Shep on Jan 19, 2008 7:08:20 GMT -5
I liked that it starred Grant Williams (who was also in "The Incredible Shrinking Man," "The Monolith Monsters," "The Leech Woman" and one of my favorite eps of "One Step Beyond."). I always thought Williams was a decent actor (although he's not very good in "Brain of Blood" LOL).
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Jan 19, 2008 20:29:13 GMT -5
I thought I was going a bit mad by thinking the film wasn't that bad, from previous reports i was expecting another Manos. It's nice to know there are others. Of course it may just mean we're all mad, but as they say safety in numbers.
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Post by wilson on Jan 19, 2008 23:13:13 GMT -5
I thought I was going a bit mad by thinking the film wasn't that bad, from previous reports i was expecting another Manos. It's nice to know there are others. Of course it may just mean we're all mad, but as they say safety in numbers. Yeah , I think the combination of Joel's returning full-time to riffing after so long plus his exuberance at the whole venture resulted in statements like " as bad as Manos " , or however he put it. He also lumped in Eegah with it , and Eegah isn't all that inept. I don't think we should take him oh so literally there. Has anyone else mentioned that , while Joel was leading us up to the announcement of CT , he cited TV Guide polls and other honors . . . . but I'd have to think that the success or FC and RT must've informed his assessments of "the ready market" for riffing projects, no ? |
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Post by Bix Dugan on Jan 21, 2008 13:33:04 GMT -5
What I like is the Re-watchability.... It's really starting to become clear now how and why they needed a "Second Go" at this flick `cause it really does take a few viewings before you start to piece the whole story together. I was worried that I was going to burn out on the whole project early with all the times I knew I was going to re-watch this thing as soon as I got it. However, After at least 5 full viewings and countless times I just pull up short segments, I'm just now familiar with the whole plot. I know exactly what you mean, ciredark. I had seen, but not heard the trailer, so when the radar-sweep/countdown started and I saw the performers taking their positions I knew a new age in riffing was about to begin. But I then reversed the DVD to listen to Josh's theme music, and check out the radar screen/clips of the movie. I did it again, and at least another eight times before I let the "curtain open". Then I was watching the screen and checking out the movie/riffing/shadowrama/return-of-old-friends all at once, but my tiny mind couldn't retain the movie itself until Viewing 3 or 4. |
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Jan 24, 2008 17:45:36 GMT -5
Adamson, from this film, looks to have tried to be a little creative with the work, even if it didn't always produce the best results. He wasn't going to just put in a pedestrian effort and phoned in direction, which is different when compared to other MST directors. However, he never showed any sort of pretentiousness, (i.e. Corman) and seemed to be a guy trying to make the best out of an admitadly bad schlocky horror movie.
Dracula vs. Frankenstein though looked to have absolutely no effort, and with a silly title like that, why would you try?
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Post by braindeadzombie on Jan 25, 2008 11:28:47 GMT -5
Adamson, from this film, looks to have tried to be a little creative with the work, even if it didn't always produce the best results. He wasn't going to just put in a pedestrian effort and phoned in direction, which is different when compared to other MST directors. However, he never showed any sort of pretentiousness, (i.e. Corman) and seemed to be a guy trying to make the best out of an admitadly bad schlocky horror movie. If the focus on the scar on "Amir"'s hand and the "greatest hits" flashback sequence at the end wasn't pretentious then I don't know where I am. Adamson did try to make this into something of a political thriller with the Mad Doctor taking over an entire country in his pursuit of twisted science, right? He forgot to tell the audience where the country was so the whole ending of the film was a big "so what?". However, I do get a feeling that he intended it to be about the US President which would have made the ending a lot more interesting. Or interesting at all, it depends on how you look at it. |
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Jan 25, 2008 14:21:47 GMT -5
Eh, compare it to Corman's "message" movies featuring rubber monsters, and it seems about ten times less pretentious.
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Post by braindeadzombie on Jan 25, 2008 16:45:49 GMT -5
"He learned at last that man is a feeling creature and because of it, the greatest one on Earth". Somthing like that, right?
Amir's last speech goes on and on about the greatness of Science, the greatness of his fictional country and the greatness of the Mad Scientist and how his great country will have to greatly sacrifice for the great doctor's great science. Amir ends up being boring and forgetable while he's sermonizing the movie's "sudden" message while Peter Graves' speech was kind of catchy. It also doesn't help that the CTites leave loudly during the end of his speech.
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