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 Astro-Zombies (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1968 / Director: Ted V. Mikels / Actors: Wendell Corey, John Carradine ... / DVD ... more  Astro-Zombies (DVD) ... released 26 December, 2000 at Image Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC, WidescreenNewest Review: ... also targeted by a group of unknown spies out for his scientific secrets. Headed by the iconic Tura Satana (best known from ... more ... Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), a tedious game of cat and mouse investigations is played out. Satana (also the name of her character) commands attention with her striking long, thick eyelashes, and high slit silky dresses. A femme fatale looking as though she'd wandered off a Man From UNCLE set. Unfortunately she turns in an atrociously flat performance that stands out amongst a largely mediocre cast.
Astro-Zombies is very much a product of it's time, and one of the tamer, earlier exploitation films that were churned...more |
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Astro-Zombies (DVD): Murders, Mistakes, Misfits (1144 words)
by The Polar One - written on 21.02.08 (Very useful, 145 readings)
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81. Astro-Zombies (1968) A women drives home and is stabbed to death by a man in a skull like mask. A group of toy robots and a toy tank battle on the sidewalk by a smoke machine. A seemingly dead man is dragged away from his wrecked car. A tape recorder rewinds. Another man drives down the freeway. In his next feat, director Ted V Mikels will attempt to tie these unrelated plot strands (from the first five minutes of the movie) together. Except for the robots. I mean really, what the heck was that about? Although it made a hilarious title sequence, and is possibly my favourite scene of all. Sadly the promise of a title such as Astro-Zombies isn't ...
