Rower.

[usernamenumber]

Saw The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra at zapf's last night (a full-length parody of 1950s sci-fi/horror movies that was made a few years ago). It is a fantastic thing to watch with a large group of people and I had a grand, grand time.

This movie is a perfect example of how one has to be really good at something to do it badly in just the right way. The thing that stood out for me the most was the writing, which was so full of amusingly awkward phrases and mis-used words that still managed to make sense that I was left remarkably impressed with the writer's command of the language. In fact, "command" is a particularly appropriate word to use, as the script was like a military marching demo, with words being led around the field in patterns complex and precise, criss-crossing around to form amusing shapes. =:)

...aaaand? SEQUEL!

Comments

[spatch]

CADAVRA is one in a long line of ironic parodies of the B genre, and as far as they go, it's one of the better ones. Too many of them (like NAKED MONSTER or MONARCH OF THE MOON or TRAIL OF THE SCREAMING FOREHEAD) decide that the funniest thing to do is throw out all respect for the source material, and while this anything-goes approach to parody can work, it often produces stuff that would have worked great as a 15 minute skit but becomes excruciating even at 80 minutes.

ALIEN TRESPASS works as well as Cadavra did in my opinion. Both still manage to give you sympathetic characters and parody several science-fiction and movie conventions very earnestly (driving with a matte shot behind, for example) and that's what makes 'em more amusing to me.

Of course, there's so many driving shot parodies one can do, but at least the ones you see should be enjoyable.

[truthspeaker.livejournal.com]

I *think* I see what you're saying, and I agree. Cadavra followed the tropes in ways that the other parodies didn't. If you backed up and ignored the details, a one-sentence-per-scene overview of the movie would (mostly) match that of an actual B movie.

[yunafonfabre.livejournal.com]

I actually thought it was a little too good ... not too good a parody, but that the actual movie material, taken in isolation at face value, was too good. Do you know what I mean? I'm not putting this well ...

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Having recently seen Plan 9, and thus having a good frame of reference for what a truly awful B movie is like, I think I know what you mean.