The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra spreads love and may very well one day be
the catalyst for world peace. I'm convinced. Rarely will I award a
B-Movie such praises, but in this case it is 100% deserved. Okay, so
maybe I do claim every bad movie I watch as my new favourite, but this
one has leapt to the top of the pile leaving a pungent cheesy smell in
it's wake.
Eloquent, yes?
Allow me to elaborate. Upon the enthusiastic recommendation of multiple
persons, we purchased The Lost Skeleton, and sadly let it sit on the
"to-watch" pile for far too long. After a bit more prodding along, the
boyfriend and I watched it, and unanimously agreed it was quite possibly
the greatest thing ever put to film. So now, we are the ones passing on
the recommendations. My brother and his girlfriend watched it, and also
loved it and are now recommending it to others as well...and so it
spreads.
I just hope that Larry Blamire will prove to be a fair and just ruler of
the world, and not put that damn grumpy Skeleton in charge.
 Dr
Paul Armstrong (Larry Blamire) and his perpetually perky wife Betty (Fay
Masterson), are on their way out to a Cabin in the woods. Paul is a
scientist, who hopes to find a meteor which has landed in the area
recently. He believes the meteor to be made of atmospherium, a rare
compound that would mean real advances in the field of science!
Meanwhile, Ranger Brad meets Dr Roger Fleming, another scientist who is
in the area. But unlike Paul, Roger is not looking for atmospherium - he
is here to wake the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra! Ranger Brad reluctantly
gives him directions to the Cadavra Cave, and asks him whether he
believes in the old stories of the Skeleton. Roger reassures Ranger Brad
that because he is a scientist he doesn't believe in anything, and heads
off to find the cave.
To further add to the confusion, a pair of aliens named Kro-bar & Lattis
have crash landed their ship and accidentally released a atmospherium
soaked killer mutant, who proceeds to go and horribly mutilate the
farmer that had previously helped the Armstrongs find their way to the
cabin. Kro-Bar at Lattis need atmospherium to get their ship home, and
they also need to recapture their mutant before he kills anyone else.
The next day Paul and Betty head out with an atmospherium detector to
try and find the meteor, and are puzzled when the meters reading begins
to climb, even though they are stationary. As quickly as it came, the
atmospherium they were detecting disappeared, and with an "Oh well,"
they continue their search for the meteor. Soon, they discover their
glowing friend and proceed to take it back to the cabin.
Roger has also managed to reach his goal and found the Cadavra Cave and
the Lost Skeleton (who really wasn't that lost) within. The Skeleton
informs him firstly that he is an idiot, and secondly that he needs
atmospherium to awaken his bones - all that presently lives is his
brain. Luckily for Roger he overhears Paul and Betty talking about their
new atmospherium meteor as they pass the Cadavra Cave, and he begins to
plot ways to get his hands on it.
 Kro-Bar
and Lattis also learn of Paul and Betty's scientific discovery and use
their transmutatron ray to change themselves into normal looking humans,
so they can sneak into the cabin and steal the atmospherium. Deciding
that their ray gun would be too much of a giveaway that they were "not
from around here", they leave it in the woods. Roger finds it and
decides to use it to turn some forest animals into a date for himself,
before he visits the Armstrongs, so he won't look so suspicious.
Kro-Bar & Lattis head to the cabin, and upon meeting Paul and Betty,
give themselves earth names: Bamin and Tergasso. Betty mistakes them for
the Taylors, who own the cabin and invite them in for a drink. The
Armstrongs don't seem too bothered by the strange behaviour of their
frightened alien guests, despite them making constant references to
outer space and aliens. Before long, Roger and Animala arrive at the
cabin (calling themselves Rudolph and Pammy Yager), so Betty, being the
quintessential 50's housewife invites these complete strangers to stay
for dinner.
Kro-Bar and Lattis know nothing about Earth eating customs, so they
decide to copy everyone else at the table in order to not be found out.
Unfortunately for them, Animala is the first to eat her food - and she
doesn't know much about eating like a human either. After dinner Ranger
Brad stops by to warn the couples about the horrible mutation of the
Farmer down the
road, before heading out to become a victim himself.
 Both
the Aliens and Roger and Animala begin to get desperate for the
atmospherium as time is running short. Things start to get out of hand
when both Kro-Bar and The Skeleton both use their mind control technique
on Betty to make her give them the meteor, which causes her to faint. As
Paul tends to his wife in another room, Roger tells the aliens that he
knows the truth about them and hatches a plan for them to work together
to steal the atmospherium. Roger however, is evil and double crosses
them - stealing the meteor and awakening the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra.
The aliens realise their mistake and tell all to Paul, but is it too
late to stop the evil Skeleton? And will they be able to stay out of the
mutants murderous
clutches?
This movie is an absolute satire masterpiece that looks and feels as if
it were made in the 50's. The score is absolutely sensational and the
film is filled with small touches that you notice with repeated viewings
that just make you love it more. The actors deliver "bad" dialogue
expertly, and this movie literally had me in tears laughing all the way
through. if you're a fan of cheesy old sci-fi movies, and even if you
aren't - this movie is definitely worth a watch. I anxiously await the
next instalment - THE RETURN OF THE LOST SKELETON!!!
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Year:
2001
