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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004)

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Reviews Counted:66

Fresh:35

Rotten:31

Average Rating:5.9/10

Consensus: Lost Skeleton is clever at spoofing B-movies, but the joke isn't sustainable for its running time.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: It's 1961 and Dr. Paul Armstrong (Larry Blamire) and his lovely wife Betty (Fay Masterson) head into the mountains in search of a recently fallen meteor containing the rare element atmosphereum.... It's 1961 and Dr. Paul Armstrong (Larry Blamire) and his lovely wife Betty (Fay Masterson) head into the mountains in search of a recently fallen meteor containing the rare element atmosphereum. Paul needs it to help him with his science work, but Betty'd just as soon have a vacation. Also in the area, sinister Dr. Roger Fleming (Brian Howe) asks trusty Ranger Brad (Dan Conroy) the whereabouts of Cadavra Cave, mysterious home to rumors of a legend of the Lost Skeleton." That night, both parties witness what appears to be yet another meteor falling. Immediately after, a local farmer is killed by a horrible, unseen thing. Is there a connection? Indeed there is. The second meteor is actually a disabled alien spaceship with a strange couple from the planet Marva, Krobar (Andrew Parks) and Lattis (Susan McConnell). These aliens discover they also need Atmosphereum to power their really high tech ship, and notice their horrible pet mutant (Darrin Reed), which they travel around with for some reason, has escaped. Unfortunately, Dr. Fleming discovers he also needs the atmosphereum to bring to life the dreaded Lost Skeleton of Cadavra which he finds in the cave. After the aliens disguise themselves as earth people with the aid of their "transmutatron", Dr. Fleming swipes it and morphs four different forest animals into his own ally - the beautiful cat-suited Animala (Jennifer Blaire). Now everyone's after the atmosphereum and the Armstrongs find they have their hands full, capturing the mutant, stopping the evil scientist, and vanquishing the power-mad Skeleton who wants to rule the world. [More]

Starring: Larry Blamire, Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell

Starring: Larry Blamire, Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell, Brian Howe, Jennifer Blaire, Robert Deveau

Director: Larry Blamire

Director: Larry Blamire
Screenwriter: Larry Blamire
Producer: F. Miguel Valenti
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Reviews for The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

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Cinema Crazed

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2/5

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 07:44 PM

Film Threat

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C

Nick Schager

A bland inside joke for genre aficionados.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 04 2005 11:31 AM

Lessons of Darkness

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2.5/5

Christopher Null

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 15 2005 10:30 PM

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Erich Kuersten

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 19 2004 08:43 PM

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Forrest Hartman

Watching campy movies can be almost as funny as as watching a well-written comedy. However, watching a movie that intentionally mimics bad filmmaking is excruciating.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 16 2004 03:59 PM

Reno Gazette-Journal

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1.5/4

Matt Brunson

It sounds like a marvelous idea... until you actually watch the movie.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 30 2004 02:53 PM

Creative Loafing

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4/5

David Cornelius

No, Cadavra isn’t for everyone, but what a great gift to fans of drive-in flicks the world over.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 25 2004 02:34 PM

eFilmCritic.com

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2/5

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Blamire tires to re-create [Ed] Wood's stilted dialogue, but just because Wood was bad, it doesn't mean this is an easy job.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 18 2004 10:46 AM

Combustible Celluloid

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2.5/5

Adam Nayman

In a way, this failure is a product of its success: so adept is Blamire's backhanded homage that it results in a film every bit as gruelling as its antecedents.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2004 08:17 AM

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Marc Mohan

An affectionate, amusing tribute to the Ed Wood-style, no-budget science fiction films of the 1950s.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2004 02:42 AM

Oregonian

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3/4

Michael Booth

It's all great fun, and Blamire has at least as promising a future as all this dot.com nonsense.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2004 12:40 AM

Denver Post

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2/4

Marty Mapes

It's campy, bad, and fun. Unfortunately, "bad" isn't always good.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 07 2004 08:15 AM

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Gary Dowell

Since there's no shortage of enjoyably bad movies out there, why settle for processed cheese when there's real cheddar to be devoured?

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 01 2004 06:20 PM

Dallas Morning News

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John Beifuss

When such amazing artifacts of genuine 1950s ineptitude as 'Robot Monster' are available on DVD, it's hard to imagine why anyone would prefer this ersatz cult readymade...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 30 2004 11:03 AM

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 17 2004 05:19 PM

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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David Nusair

[The] slavish devotion to the shlock of the '50s that prevents the movie from ever becoming anything more than a bizarre curiosity.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 17 2004 05:19 PM

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Marc Savlov

There are only so many jabs you can take at B-movie genre tropes before you run out of gags.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 17 2004 05:19 PM

Austin Chronicle

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Luke Y. Thompson

Some judicious editing would make a huge improvement, however, because even at 90 minutes, it feels like Blamire's stretching the joke a bit thin.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 13 2004 12:46 AM

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