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 Eegah (DVD)
Description: Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Fantasy / Theatrical Release: 1962 / Director: Arch Hall Sr. / Actors: Carolyn ... more  Eegah (DVD) ... Brandt, Jr. Arch Hall ... / DVD released 22 October, 2002 at Alpha Video / Features of the DVD: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC / Eegah is the role Richard Kiel was made to play, seeing as how he just has to run around in a fake animal skin and growl and mutter incoherently. Luckily for us, this allows Joel and the Bots extra time to throw in one zinger after another, making this a better than average experiment in terms of the laughs it engenders. This is also the episode where Dr. Forrester replaces Frank's blood with antifreeze, and you don't want to miss that. For no extra charge, you even get the guys' impersonations of such beloved television characters as Uncle Joe from Petticoat Junction and Mr. Haney from Green Acres.Newest Review: ... cites the bible with, “There were giants in the earth, in those days”. Then her boyfriend Tom quickly stakes his Elvis LP on ... more ... the existence of this giant. Naturally they visit the scene of the incident at the edge of the desert. Once they find a largish looking footprint in the sand, everyone is convinced. Robert even wants to write a book about it. This leads to a trip into the desert and lots of predictable giant fun.
This film is wrong in so many ways I’m not sure where to start. Eegah was made about the time of Cliff’s Summer Holiday and Elvis doing the hula. The influences are obvious as it jumbles up the genres to present us wit...more |
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Eegah (DVD): Caveman + Teenage Girl = Drive-In Movie (806 words)
by The Polar One - written on 10.05.07 (Very useful, 147 readings)
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94. Eegah (1962) *film only review “The crazed love of a prehistoric giant for a ravishing teen-age girl!” With a tagline like that, who needs a film? And besides, what they made really doesn’t live up to the hype. I’d imagined something that should probably be banned. This is more like a really rich man’s warped home movie with one struggling actor thrown in for fun. More on that later. Having not read the back of the box before watching this I was surprised to find it set in modern day (1960s) California. It wastes no time getting into the action, as our teenage girl, Roxy Miller, is driving late at night and nearly runs over a tall ...
