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PUBLIC DOMAIN Fun Sci Fi movie from the 50's While boating (and possibly water-skiing), a quartet of teens, Reg (Don Sullivan), Skip (Paul Pepper), Julie (Mitzie Albertson), and Pam (Brianne Murphy), accidentally discover an island run by a mad scientist named Doctor Myra who intends to turn everyone in the United States into a zombie. The teenagers become trapped on the island, and are temporarily imprisoned in cages. They are freed when other teenagers arrive with the sheriff (who turns out to be in league with Doctor Myra). A complicated fight scene serves as the climax, in which a de-zombified gorilla arrives just in time to attack Dr. Myra's henchmen and allow the teens to escape. When they are safely back on the mainland, it is implied that the teens will receive a reward for discovering the island, and will have an audience with the President of the United States.
PUBLIC DOMAIN Monte Hellman, who would later go on to create the cult classics TWO-LANE BLACKTOP and THE SHOOTING, directs this Roger Corman b-picture about a giant creature that attacks a group of unsuspecting victims in the South Dakota mountains.
Okay, here we have some prime cheese. While this film is not as tacky as most films made in it's time period, it maintains enough bad acting and rampant stupidity to make it fun to watch. It has everything from Atomic Submarines to a tense love interest factor, to (of course) a Giant Octopus. Modern filmmakers could learn a lot of what real horror and sci-fi is from this little number. Hope you enjoy.
Horror
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