Few movies are as bonkers as Lam Nai-Choi's fantasy-horror adventurer.
Roger Corman's schlocky response to Creature from the Black Lagoon, which was released just two months earlier. Monster from the Ocean Floor was shot in six days on a budget of $28,000. It's very talky and pretty dull, but it's not without charm.
Awesome!
Fun fact: the 1977 Jess Franco movie wasn't an official entry in the series originally, instead being an European film starring Thorne as a similar character named 'Greta'. When released in North America, the rights were purchased by the official Ilsa rights holders, who redubbed the film to rename the main character Ilsa and incorporate it as an official entry.
Enjoy your watch! :)
Dyanne Thorne reprises her role in the second installment of the grindhouse series. Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks is another over-the-top sleazoid gem.
Roger Corman recycles the spaceships and score from Battle Beyond the Stars to create another low-budget space opera. Space Raiders stars the kid from Sylvester Stallone vehicle Over The Top.
Contemporary dino schlock with fun characters. Very entertaining.
Yup, the bulk of Ho's cinematic output consists of cut-and-paste jobs like this. These movies are kind of an obsession of mine (😉). The man has also made regular genre movies and they're solid to almost great. Kind of surprising, considering how bad most of his cut-up ones are.
If you're interested in Filipino movies of the '80s, check out Elwood Perez’ Silip/Daughters of Eve. Be warned though, that one is super rough to watch.
I'm glad you had fun with it. :)
A legit great movie. Great pick for the watch party!
I'll have whatever Dustin is smoking..
Seriously though, this is not terrible. I mean, it's bad, but it isn't egregiously bad.
Haha! Yeah, I'm aware of Harrison's claim. I don't give too much credence to it though. He was doing Z-grade Italian genre movies before his stint in Hong Kong, so he didn't exactly have the best reputation to begin with. SE-Asian schlock is the last refuge for established actors whose careers are on the downturn.
HE COULD BE THE BOY NEXT D0OR...
A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his blood-lust.
OOZE MONSTROUS AQUA-BEASTS HUNGERING FOR HUMAN VICTIMS!
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN EXPLOSION OF NINJA ACTION
John Liu, a sound technician for a New York City news station, becomes a vigilante ninja after his pregnant wife is murdered.
WHAT COMES AFTER WORLD WAR III?
After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutant cannibals rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two women and a couple of kids in a growing resistance movement.
HEAVEN HAS CHOSEN HER TO JUDGE OUR SOULS AND SEND SINNERS STRAIGHT TO HELL
Demoness Veronica lscariot manages to escape Hell. When she arrives on Earth, she decides to punish all the Sinners. But the last thing she expected to find was love.
MANKIND IN DANGER OF ANNIHILATION!
The survivors of a plane crash are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
A LIVING, CRAWLING, HELL ON EARTH!
Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, veterinarian Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hordes of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of townsfolk in a remote hotel
IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS!
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.
Kalungo, the dark necromancer, has made a deal with the devil and receives a deadly power that will destroy anyone standing in his way. It's up to Queen Dyala, the fearless amazon warrior, to find the magical sword that can be used to defeat him.
"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies and vampires.
IT'S NOT JUST A JOB.. IT'S AN ADVENTURE
Young punk Otto gets fired from his dead-end job and is initiated as a "repo man" after a chance encounter with Bud, an automobile repossessor. An illicit, high-voltage life follows, including an adrenalized search for a mysterious '64 Chevy Malibu loaded with an otherworldly cargo.
WORST POOL PARTY EVER!
What started out as a relaxing summer day by the pool for a group of high maintenance young socialites quickly becomes a nightmare when an unknown killer begins stalking and murdering them one by one.
A Roger Corman-produced remake of Forbidden World (1982) starring Marc Singer (The Beast master) and Bryan Cranston.