Monstrosity

Rating:
Summary: Mrs. March pussyfoots around
Review: This 1964 classic also known as "Monstrosity" starts out with "out of tune" horny or brassy type music. And the music keeps up until the end. There is some dialog but mostly it is a Bradford Dillman narration. On the plus side they show the pictures of the people with names attached so you get to know the actors. Bradford has made TV appearances well into the 1990's.
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Mr. Hetty March (Marjorie Eaton) a rich uggy old lady has plenty of money. With the help of a rogue scientist, Dr. Otto frank (Frank Grestle) kept on retainer, she intends to have her brain (through the miracle of modern 1964 atomics), transferred into a young body. The body is to be selected from three candidates. Which one will it be? Anita from Spain, Nina from Austria, or Bea from England?
What does her aged companion think of this? Will the scientist be able to gain something from this? And do you thing the three donors suspect what awaits them?

Do not get distracted by the naked female bodies with strategically placed metal straps.


Rating:
Summary: 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!


Rating:
Summary: So, so, so bad....
Review: you have to own it. The basic plot is your basic several degrees off-center doctor who does transplants of organs and limbs, and is now concentrating on the brain ... all thanks, in some vague, never-quite explained way, to atomic energy. And he has a big chamber complete with all kinds of dials and switches to prove it, plus some bottles filled with colored water. Then you have a strange old lady who wants a new body, three "maids" who are candidates, and the old lady's gigilo, who couldn't be stiffer (or denser) dipped in cement. And add a few of the doc's failures. Then it's just your basic, don't-try-for-logic-or-sense really bad thriller. The post-operation Anita is an absolute howl.