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2001's The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is a spoof of 1950s B-movies, taking aim in particular, but not exclusively, at Ed Wood's oeuvre (even Orgy of the Dead, though the template is Plan 9 from Outer Space with its bizarre mix of aliens and the supernatural). Unlike Wood's movies, it's "bad on purpose", which mostly means the dialog that goes nowhere and overt padding are jokes that fill the time more entertainingly than those old movies do. Still, at 90 minutes, the joke goes on a bit long. While technically, it looks of the era - black and white, a smaller frame, bad effects - it fails to recognize that none of those movies were much longer than an hour. There were still chuckles throughout, the comedy right out of improv, right down to the characters playing for time. The parodic sexism, the action scientist trope, the aliens who look just like us but don't understand us, the random cat girl, the fictional element from space, and the badly-puppeteered skeleton all feel quite correct. A fun bit of business, especially if you know what it's laughing at, but not necessarily built for repeat viewings. The same group went on to make 3 more in this style in 2008-09, and I wouldn't be adverse to checking them out!

1 year 10 months ago

weirdboy

Aliens? Us? Is that one of your Earth jokes?

5 years 8 months ago

jktomas

Unbelievably smart and witty. By far my favorite spoof comedy. It needs much more recognition though. Oh well.

13 years 1 month ago