(1976)
Joe Dante's first feature, co-directed with Alan Arkush. It has its moments, mainly courtesy of Paul Bartel's pompous film director and Dante regular Dick Miller's agent, but it's ramshackle by nature.
All of the action sequences come courtesy of previous films from Roger Corman's studio, such as Bartel's Death Race 2000 which means there's a bizarre sequence in which a penis creature gets it on with a vagina monster.
The result is a cheerful mess, and very un-PC; the frequent breast count is usually related to threat of rape (as the entertaining commentary points out, this was de rigueur in Corman films of the period). There's also a guy in a Godzilla costume and a fleeting appearance from Robbie the Robot.
All of the action sequences come courtesy of previous films from Roger Corman's studio, such as Bartel's Death Race 2000 which means there's a bizarre sequence in which a penis creature gets it on with a vagina monster.
The result is a cheerful mess, and very un-PC; the frequent breast count is usually related to threat of rape (as the entertaining commentary points out, this was de rigueur in Corman films of the period). There's also a guy in a Godzilla costume and a fleeting appearance from Robbie the Robot.
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