Monster of the Day #1711

Updated on March 29, 2018 By Ken Begg 12 Comments

These might be the cheapest fangs in movie history. They clearly aren’t even connected, leaving the actors to struggle to keep them even. Al Adamson bought this foreign film and added some footage (with a typically ill-used John Carradine) to make a ‘new’ film for the US drive-in circuit. The tinting is because the original was in black and white and Adamson found he needed a ‘color’ film for the market of that day.

Opening day for the Cubbies. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

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  • Mr. Rational

    Okay, I suppose that fits the *technical* definition of a color film, but…

  • Beckoning Chasm

    OT but just saw that Delores Taylor, Mrs Billy Jack, passed away a few days ago.

  • Gamera977

    I was wondering before I read Ken’s comments if he were viewing it though rose-coloured glasses in an attempt to make it a better movie…

  • Flangepart

    Speech impediments for the actors were written off as ‘alien talk’, right?

  • Mr. Rational

    Wow. That is sad news.

  • zombiewhacker

    A long time since I’ve seen this, but wasn’t there a sorry-looking wooly mammoth in this movie, too? (Maybe a worthy candidate for a future MOTW?)

  • zombiewhacker

    From Michael Weldon’s Psychotronic Encyclopedia:

    “To explain the tinted scenes the alien planet on which they take place is said to be poisoned with ‘chromatic radiation’ that alters the colors of the spectrum. The phony color was even advertised as ‘Spectrum X.'”

    Incidentally, the John Carradine wrap-around scenes were shot in color IIRC, so there you go.

  • Rock Baker

    I remember reviewing this film, which had so many problems that it turned out to be one of my longest pieces. It was the film that taught me a plastic model on a string could be insulting rather than charming!

  • zombiewhacker

    Is your review online?

  • Eric Hinkle

    What movie is this?

  • zombiewhacker

    Ahhhhhh, I’m so glad somebody asked.

    Quoting Psychotronic once again, this film was released at various times under the following titles:

    “Horror of the Blood Monsters”

    “Vampire Men of the Lost Planet”

    “Creatures of the Prehistoric Planet”

    “Horror Creatures of the Prehistoric Planet”

    and finally

    “Space Mission of the Lost Planet”

    In other words, this movie probably had more titles than paying customers when initially released in theaters back in 1970.

  • Rock Baker

    At Baker’s Log.