The Cape Canaveral Monsters
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The Cape Canaveral Monsters is a grade-Z 1960
sci-fi
film
written and directed by Phil Tucker
, who had also directed Dance Hall Racket
, written by and starring Lenny Bruce
in 1953. This tale of aliens taking over and reanimating human corpses, then kidnapping, torturing, and dismembering teenagers while plotting to sabotage America's rocket launches, is something that many people find simply has to be seen to be believed. Katherine Victor
, whose career in schlock movies spanned almost fifty years, creates a fascinatingly maternal yet malevolent character in "Nadya," striking an appallingly accurate chord not seen in films every day.
1960 in film
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...
sci-fi
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
written and directed by Phil Tucker
Phil Tucker
Phil Tucker was an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. While Tucker directed his first six feature films in the span of two years , he is best known for his first film, the science fiction B movie Robot Monster, often considered an example of "so bad it's good" filmmaking in the...
, who had also directed Dance Hall Racket
Dance Hall Racket
Dance Hall Racket is a 1953 American film directed by Phil Tucker starring Lenny Bruce and his wife Honey Harlow.-Plot summary:...
, written by and starring Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider , better known by the stage name Lenny Bruce, was a Jewish-American comedian, social critic and satirist...
in 1953. This tale of aliens taking over and reanimating human corpses, then kidnapping, torturing, and dismembering teenagers while plotting to sabotage America's rocket launches, is something that many people find simply has to be seen to be believed. Katherine Victor
Katherine Victor
Katherine Victor, born Katena Ktenavea , was an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in the Jerry Warren films Mesa of Lost Women, The Wild Wild World of Batwoman and Teenage Zombies...
, whose career in schlock movies spanned almost fifty years, creates a fascinatingly maternal yet malevolent character in "Nadya," striking an appallingly accurate chord not seen in films every day.