The Phantom Planet DVD
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The Phantom Planet
Actually, The Phantom Planet is really one of those damn phantom asteroids (resembling a giant bowel movement) that zips around space on its own power, and sucks the spaceship of DEAN FREDERICKS to its surface. Once Fredericks is exposed to its atmosphere, he gets dizzy, sees ten teenie-tiny men creep up on him, and shrinks inside his space suit (a great shot) until he's only a few inches high. Next thing you know, he's having a fist-fight with one of the little men right inside his space helmet!
Yes, boys and girls, it's another sci-fi kiddie matinee full of rockets dodging meteors, aliens in fiery space ships, an astronaut who floats to his death reciting "The Lord's Prayer," an allegedly "advanced race" that lives in a self-imposed "primitive" lifestyle because they once had too much leisure time on their hands (huh?), and, best of all, what may very well be the funniest-looking monster in movie history. And, because it's all set in the futuristic world of 1980, everything is carefully explained with a lot of scientific jibberish that doesn't make a goddamn bit of sense. As silent movie star FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN (Ben Hur) wisely informs us, "There are many things you won't understand here."
Aiding Mr. Bushman in the asteroid's war against a race of aliens known as Solarites, are COLEEN GRAY (The Leech Woman) as Bushman's horny daughter, DOLORES FAITH (V.D. Damaged Goods) as a sexy mute, and sourpuss ANTHONY DEXTER (Fire Maidens of Outer Space) who has a gladiator-style duel with Fredericks over high intensity gravity plates.
And then there's RICHARD KIEL (Eegah) as the monster — a jowly, wide-eyed, cauliflower brained, dog-faced Solante. He looks like a horror movie version of Droopy. With comically dainty arm movements, the creature is accidentally released from its high-tech prison and, as monsters are wont to do, zeros in on the highly desirable Miss Faith, who suddenly screams her voice back. The monsters frozen expression of constant and utter bewilderment is so damn funny that, for a few minutes at least, this otherwise oh-so-serious low-budget epic becomes laugh-out-loud, drop dead-hilarious. Bring a bucket of popcorn.
From a 16mm pooch-faced negative.
Yes, boys and girls, it's another sci-fi kiddie matinee full of rockets dodging meteors, aliens in fiery space ships, an astronaut who floats to his death reciting "The Lord's Prayer," an allegedly "advanced race" that lives in a self-imposed "primitive" lifestyle because they once had too much leisure time on their hands (huh?), and, best of all, what may very well be the funniest-looking monster in movie history. And, because it's all set in the futuristic world of 1980, everything is carefully explained with a lot of scientific jibberish that doesn't make a goddamn bit of sense. As silent movie star FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN (Ben Hur) wisely informs us, "There are many things you won't understand here."
Aiding Mr. Bushman in the asteroid's war against a race of aliens known as Solarites, are COLEEN GRAY (The Leech Woman) as Bushman's horny daughter, DOLORES FAITH (V.D. Damaged Goods) as a sexy mute, and sourpuss ANTHONY DEXTER (Fire Maidens of Outer Space) who has a gladiator-style duel with Fredericks over high intensity gravity plates.
And then there's RICHARD KIEL (Eegah) as the monster — a jowly, wide-eyed, cauliflower brained, dog-faced Solante. He looks like a horror movie version of Droopy. With comically dainty arm movements, the creature is accidentally released from its high-tech prison and, as monsters are wont to do, zeros in on the highly desirable Miss Faith, who suddenly screams her voice back. The monsters frozen expression of constant and utter bewilderment is so damn funny that, for a few minutes at least, this otherwise oh-so-serious low-budget epic becomes laugh-out-loud, drop dead-hilarious. Bring a bucket of popcorn.
From a 16mm pooch-faced negative.