The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

2001 "No One Can Stand Its Mental Power!"
6.8| 1h30m| en
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A dedicated scientist, aided by his clueless wife, rolls up his shirt sleeves and tries to save the world from a radioactive monster, curious space aliens, an evil scientist and a crabby skeleton.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
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Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
ElWormo I love send-ups of inept old movies and TV shows when they're done right (i.e. 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace') so I wanted to have a good time with this. But unfortunately, despite the makers obviously having a healthy appreciation of the kind of movies they were aiming to parody, every aspect of Lost Skeleton seemed heavy handed. The whole approach was too obvious and knowingly dumb, and I felt like I was constantly waiting for the actors to start nudging each other and winking at the camera. This kind of stuff needs to be done deadpan with the deadest of pans, but the pans here were too alive. The result is an awkwardly self-conscious attempt at making a bad movie - ironically it is bad, but not in the way they intended. The more recent 70s blaxploitation send-up 'Black Dynamite' suffered from similar pitfalls, but was more entertaining.
morrison-dylan-fan Taking a look at old editions of UK film mag Empire,I spotted a wonderful review by Kim Newman highlighting a title which was made as tribute to the old Drive-In/B-Movies.With having caught a number of Drive-In flicks during 2015's IMDb's Horror Board's October Challenge,I decided to go in search of the Cadavra skeleton.The plot:Spending years looking for an asteroid containing the rare element Atmosphereum to crash on earth, scientist Dr. Paul Armstrong finally sees his dream asteroid land on earth.Giving his wife Betty the news,the Armstrong's get in the car and drive to the woods where the asteroid has landed.As the Armstrong's drive up to the woods,fellow scientist Dr. Roger Fleming is searching round the woods for the mythical "Cadavra Cave" which is said to contain the "Lost Skeleton."Entering the woods,the Armstrong's spot a second asteroid landing in the area.Whilst the object crashing to earth looks like an asteroid to the Armstrong's and Fleming,it is actually a space ship containing two aliens called Kro-Bar and Lattis,whose ship is powered by Atmosphereum.As Kro-Bar and Lattis go in search for fuel,their pet mutant escapes,and sets its sights on all the humans in the woods.View on the film:Shot over just 10 and a half days in Bronson Canyon,lead actor/writer/directing auteur Larry Blamire unleashes a tantalising tribute to Sci-Fi/Horror Drive-In movies,which also connects as a hilariously over ripe Sci-Fi/Horror Comedy.Invading the world in warm black & white,Blamire and cinematographer Kevin F. Jones give the "special effects" a deliciously chunky appearance,as thick plastic guns are joined by screaming skulls and pulled on wires alien objects. Gleefully breathing in the homages,Blamire wraps the title in a playful atmosphere,by openly playing around with continuity,and also making each scene go for one incredibly awkward/ cringe-worthy beat too many.Whilst laying inane exposition over the film,the screenplay by Blamire keeps his tribute well away from being dull,thanks to sliding the Armstrong's adventures in the woods to ever stranger directions,from the Armstrong's having to help the aliens,to an animal transformation allowing Blamire to squeeze a dazzling,ill- fitting dance number into the movie.Whilst everything is (intentionally) kept on the surface of the wooden characters,all of the cast give excellent performances,as the cute Jennifer Blaire purrs across the screen as Animala,and Blamire offers up the ultimate square-jaw hero in Paul Armstrong,as the Armstrong's go in search of the Cadavra skeleton.
NancyLarned This movie was a great surprise. I am a fan of old B-movies, and this film replicated them perfectly. The characters, the story, the setting, and the humor are all so clever and witty.From the titles of this film, I was laughing my head off. There are so many quotable lines it's impossible to count them all! The Lost Skeleton is so sarcastic, Betty is so stupid.... Larry Blamire did a brilliant job on the script and on the skeleton's voice. The camera, the lighting, the sets, the audio, and even the trailer are all perfectly done to look and feel like a sci-fi movie of the 50's. If only the "(fill in the blank) Movies" and other comedies were this funny and simple. This film was perfect in all ways and really made me laugh. I recommend it to anyone who loves an intelligent comedy; fans of the "fill in the blank Movies" are advised to stay away -- this is not a film for you.
Jessica Thomas I love being able to finish a movie and have such great one-liners in it you use in your everyday life. This was a low-budget film that still packed the laughs almost as much as any great comedy with high budgets and amazing advertisement. The Movie was just hilarious. I hadn't even heard of it until my sister insisted I watch it.When i finally did sit and watch it. I was laughing Beginning to End. Definitely a must see for anybody out there looking for a Cult Classic. Because this will remain one of my favorite movies of all time!!The characters and the way they really took on the rolls and portrayed such abnormal lifestyles in their own way... made this movie worth it. They believed in this masterpiece and it took it to a whole new level. The Story lines ability to come together and focus on just one thing ::Atmospherium:: made it entrapping and oh goodness.. who doesn't remember the "I Sleep Now" line! It is a MUST SEE!