Mad Scientists' High Mortality Rate
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Flesh Eaters
babettegillette — 16 years ago(March 05, 2010 08:54 PM)
Maybe switch to inventing new nanotechnology. Great movie, although a big? plot hole-didn't some of the flesh eaters survive after the giant flesh eater disintegrated?
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chongajuly — 15 years ago(March 18, 2011 01:18 PM)
I was amazed to learn that THE FLESH EATERS was shot silent over a couple of summers, because you cannot tell on a first viewing. The actors all dubbed their own voices, especially the distinctive tones of Martin Kosleck, who gets to play the most despicable, cold blooded villain of his entire career. In 1982, I called the actor (he was in the Los Angeles phone book) and spoke briefly to both Kosleck and Christopher Drake (he played the captain whose skull was stripped clean), who conveyed their sorrow at the 1970 passing of director Jack Curtis, at age 44 (obviously, he never topped this achievement). Proof that a low budget cannot hamper creativity, this film all the way around showed off its accomplishments with great fanfare. I first caught it on Pittsburgh's CHILLER THEATER, hosted by Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille, in 1978, and even in the cut TV version on channel 11 (WIIC-TV), it still had the power to shock and amaze. While vacationing in Florida in August 1980, I caught it again at 4:00 AM on a Friday night on channel 44 in Tampa, an independent station. Nowadays, all you can find on local late night television is dull network programming, or paid advertisements. Bring back the thrill of looking through the TV guide for anything "horror," and being delighted at the results!
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