Alright…I keed. I keed. The film is played straight and stars a cast of actors that have appeared elsewhere and are all fine thespians, but have not quite hit it big yet, which is kind of the appeal of a Hidden Flick, anyway. Written, directed and starring Larry Blamire, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is a dark and mythical tale about a skeleton with supernatural powers (he ‘walks’ and shoots lasers or something sinister like that out of his empty eye sockets), some amazing thing called ‘atmosphereum’ which will give its keeper god-like powers, and aliens landing on earth battling the wayward and daft humans in their own quest for the aforementioned powerful items. Or something like that.
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I’ve seen it around four times and I still don’t know what it’s about but I don’t care. Played purely for cheesy laughs with all of the lines read in straight face, the film is cinematic cheese gold and is a grand homage to all that was bad-ass wacky back in the Corman era, plus it features occasional cool lounge music, a huge three-eyed monster that looks like a combination of that horrible burrito that you got at 2am last Saturday night, and an Incredible Hulk doll that was accidentally melted in the microwave and you have to hand it back to your kid and say, “Sorry.” (Accidentally?)
Anyway…cheese is on the menu this week and I don’t want to give away too much, but I think it is absolutely critical to your mental health to occasionally indulge your inner stoner/sci fi/horror/monster-lovin’ beast and give the cheap bastard what he truly needs: MORE CHEESE! Fetch a copy of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and witness the flip side of Cloverfield and Blair Witch Project as Larry Blamire knows he is being silly and derivative, but also juggles a witty script and a clever cast toeing that fine line between absurd and hilarious in a cheese classic for our post-jaded “What’s Next?” era.
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There is an “and” missing in the Hulk disaster paragraph, but hey…sometimes, you just have to play the riff and roll with the funk. Anyway…Irwin Allen was not associated with Earthquake, but other 70s cheese like Poseidon Adventure and, my personal doom favorite, Towering Inferno, featuring O.J. in a pivotal role (I think he saves a cat from a burning room or something), and Steve McQueen just being cool.
There is a sequel to this Skeleton madness called Trail of the Screaming Forehead. Look here for the scoop:
http://www.screamingforehead.com/