Force Fed Films: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

This week’s edition of Force Fed Films, Jim makes me watch: “The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra”. Yeah I don’t know what I just saw, this movie was real weird, to say the least. Oh well. This movie was a complete mockery of all those terrible 50’s sci-fi movies, using all the clichés and gimmicks. So I really couldn’t take this movie seriously, and it is all in black and white. But yeah, click more to see what this movie was about.

The story is rather simple, a scientist by the name of Dr. Paul Armstrong and his wife Betty are on a lovely drive to a remote location in nowhereland to find a meteor. The two get lost and ask The Farmer for directions to where they need to go. After they get to a cabin at which they are staying in, they are met up by two strangers: Kro-Bar and Lattis. But don’t tell the Armstrongs, because in all actuality Kro-Bar and Lattis are aliens from the planet Martha, ooooo, scary. Later throughout the night, the evil Dr. Rodger Fleming meets up with the two other couples because his car broke down with his wife Animala. This is all the skeleton's master plan of brainwashing Betty and get the meteor that Paul found. Later, Ranger Brad warns everyone that The Farmer got horribly mutilated by something unknown. Oh well. Also the skeleton is the one who forces Dr. Fleming to get the meteor. Oh yeah, I just saw that happen in moving picture form. Also I just wrote out every character in this movie, big cast eh?

Skeleton choking Dr. Fleming because he always really hated him.

What I forgot to tell you is that Animala is actually made up of 4 forest animals fused into one by Dr. Fleming’s fuse ray gun (which looks like a caulking gun with hoses attached to it). Yeah, this movie is weird. I really cannot explain to you enough in words how goofy it is but trust me. But it wasn’t bad; I did have fun with it. It is totally playing on all the bad moments and habits horror sci-fi movies did back in the ’50s. For example, Betty is portrayed as a clueless wife and cannot understand science at all, even if you are talking about teaspoons. How do you not know what a teaspoon is if you are in the kitchen all day? (Again, this movie completely plays on the horrible sexism from the 50's) And they mention Armstrong as being a scientist and his science duties with all this science work way too many times, it’s hilarious. And he’ll throw it in during random conversations such as, “Honey, keep cooking like that and I won’t even be able to move, let alone do science!” So many one liners in this movie, and they are all good.

Pretty much, the whole cast in a shot.

The actors all act terrible on purpose, and it just puts the movie into a light hearted mood. And they laugh for so long, a very corny thing. I think the evil laugh that Dr. Fleming lasts for a good minute, and after anyone tells jokes, they laugh for a good 30 seconds and sigh. I wish I could tell you more about the film’s one liner, but I do no justice. Oh well. The actual skeleton of Cadavra is the best, he is blunt and obnoxious. He probably has the best lines and so out of place. I would love to tell you about it, but again it makes no sense if I say it.

Look, there is nothing I can write to tell you how funny this movie is. And believe me, it is rather funny. I find it a bit boring at times, and I advise you not to watch this movie by yourself. Find a few friends, rent this and watch it, a total hoot! And if you don’t like it, oh well.