Monstrosity

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Summary: Dogmen And Catwomen And Hags, Oh My!
Review: "The Atomic Brain" is a masterpiece! Pure schlock, held together by cheesey glue! A mad scientist (Frank Gerstle) is experimenting with brain transplants in the basement of his aged female benefactor. Dr. Frank's been robbing graves, with the help of the "dogman" he's created, in order to find fresh, 60s style centerfold model-type, bimbette bodies for his experiments. You see, he's working on a brain transplant that will enable the old lady upstairs to "die" and inherit her own fortune, in the body of a young bodacious babe! Dr. Frank has already turned one girl into a mindless zombie who roams around aimlessly, until she stumbles into the dogman and becomes puppy chow. Then, three girls are tricked into coming to the house for (fake) housekeeper interviews. One is given the brain of a cat. Unfortunately, she climbs up on the roof and won't come down! The old hag has her eye on the blond bombshell of the three. Sadly, blondie gets her eye knocked out by cat girl. So, the third woman is selected as the body for the crazy old bat's cranial goo. BTW, the Dr.s experimants are all being done by dunking folks into some tub of radioactive slime. I won't give away the ending. Let's just say it's purrrrrfect...

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Summary: A true Montrosity
Review: According to the dvd case this movie is called "Montrosity, the Atomic Brain". A more apt title might be "Cheesey, More Neked Girls?". One cannot help but notice yon mad scientist has a knack for grabbing great looking female corpse' to display in his "atomic chamber". The reason one cannot help but notice is that the camera is forever going back to pan these lovelies...repeatedly...up and down...again...again...yawn...again...

Usually I have a fondness for bad movies but they gotta have some redeeming value. I don't care if it's Jacqueline Lovell wandering around in snow drifts wearing nothing but leather hot pants and a gorilla mask -- SOMETHING to spark an interest in what's going on! All this sad film has is semi-adequate acting, a thin script, gawd awful makeup for the dog man, and a true longing for Michael Myers to grab Lovells mask and a huge knife and rip his way through the entire flick putting it and us out of our misery.

Don't even bother renting this stinker. It ain't even worth borrowing.

Rating:
Summary: A true Montrosity
Review: According to the dvd case this movie is called "Montrosity, the Atomic Brain". A more apt title might be "Cheesey, More Neked Girls?". One cannot help but notice yon mad scientist has a knack for grabbing great looking female corpse' to display in his "atomic chamber". The reason one cannot help but notice is that the camera is forever going back to pan these lovelies...repeatedly...up and down...again...again...yawn...again...

Usually I have a fondness for bad movies but they gotta have some redeeming value. I don't care if it's Jacqueline Lovell wandering around in snow drifts wearing nothing but leather hot pants and a gorilla mask -- SOMETHING to spark an interest in what's going on! All this sad film has is semi-adequate acting, a thin script, gawd awful makeup for the dog man, and a true longing for Michael Myers to grab Lovells mask and a huge knife and rip his way through the entire flick putting it and us out of our misery.

Don't even bother renting this stinker. It ain't even worth borrowing.

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Summary: the best example of movies of its kind
Review: And such a deal! 72 minute running time actually feels like 144! Unbelievable schlock! Staggeringly bad! You know, it doesn't COST anything to focus the camera, but the director apparently thought it might. The one that American International let get away. Three girls are recruited as housemaids for an old lady. Little do they know, she has a scientist in the basement (why always the basement? Why not the second floor?) working on methods to transplant brains! The object of this exercise is to put her brain, preferably, into a sexy young lady's body. Rife with unintended sexual innuendo. See: the woman with the cat's brain! The man with the dog's brain! The Corrugated Tin Cyclotronic Brain Transplanter! Sit tight, and wait to see the cat with the human brain and the amazing imploding mansion. The screenplay took three writers! You can tell! Fabulous.

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Summary: Monstrosity, The Atomic Bore
Review: This early 1960s black and white "horror" film is a prime example of the misunderstood evil genius-reanimated zombie genre typical of the era. The distinguishing features of this film are the extremely disagreeable spinster and the outlandishly bad acting, particularly of the three female victims. (I am especially fond of their skillfully crafted foreign accents.)

This one has it all: ornery old woman, evil genius, hokey pseudo-scientific sets and dialogue, wooden acting, and a cat brain transplanted into a nubile young girl. The one unifying theme of the film, however, is that of boredom. The film isn't one of the very worst ever made, but it ranks right up there on the all time boringness scale. I recommend that if you want to watch this film you buy the version featuring the MST3K guys and their trademark mockery: it relieves the boredom and makes the viewing experience infinitely more enjoyable!