Description

Healthy doses of blood-drenched gore, corn-fed swamp girl nudity, unrelenting excitement, and serial/western star Buster Krabbe (Flash Gordon) highlight this drive-in classic of low budget terror. Featuring restored, rarely-seen footage and newly transferred from mint, newly discovered elements, this terrifying story of zombies created by a stray meteor comes complete with alligator mayhem, damsels in distress, and a whole lot o' bloody, backwoods fun! Terror Lands... Evil Grows. ... Read more

Reviews (4)

Pornos have better production values....
even homemade ones. I knew this was a bad movie, I didn't mind that. But the whole production makes this unwatchable. For instance, the whole opening scene on the lake looks like it was lit with a match. You cannot make out anything because it's so dark. Just because something is shot at night doesn't mean you don't light the scene!

Even if you like bad z horror movies, I say stay clear of this one. Buy something like Zombie Bloodbath or Children of the Living Dead. Those movies are horrible as well, but at least you can see what's going on.

For Film Students Only!
Very bad, even for the price. I heard Fred Olen Ray spent $12,000 on this film and I'd like to see his bookkeeping records because this does not even look like a $12,000 film. There is a lot of day-for-night shooting, the edits are choppy and uneven, the FX are subpar by any standard..
I am a big fan of low budget videos and this is not without enjoyment,though more of a learning tool than a so bad its good classic..

Doc OF Z Movies
First off this movie sucks I read the review above from amazon and it is complete S#!T there is very little blood and guts and very little nudity.Dont by this movie it was made by a dirt farming, gator restling redneck in some swamp out in the middle of nowhere. and the camera work is so bad you will end up burning this peace of crap before the movie ends.Dont By On Pain Of Death.!!!
Take your hard earned $13.46 and by a pizza its far more enjoyable.

HORRIBLE!!!
This is the cheapest, worst movie ever made. The budget for the film must have been $9.50 ($5.00 of which was the payment to Buster Crabbe). The other $4.50 was for the videotape and payment to the remaining cast.

I have this on videotape--and will replace it on DVD someday. As bad as the movie is, it is SO bad that it is hilarious to watch. Bad scripts, bad acting, bad special effects--it doesn't get any better (or worse?) than this. ... Read more

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Crashing and burning at way less than Mach 2
Synopsis:
Air Force Liaison Jack Tyree (Bruce Bosworth) is assigned to protect presidential candidate Stuart Davis (David Hedison) on his trip to Bosnia to try and secure the release of American prisoners of War. While en-route on a Concorde Jet, the plane is taken over by terrorists hired by Davis's political rival, Vice President Pike (Cliff Robertson), to kill everyone on the plane. Only Tyree stands between them and the corrupt Vice President Pike's clean sweep into the office of President.

If you think that sounds exciting, don't be fooled.

About the Movie:
For a low budget film, Mach 2's production values aren't that bad. The Concorde flight sequences are pretty nice to look at. It's hard to know if they're stock footage or not.

The problem isn't in the production values or special effects, it's a lot more simple than that. This movie has a kernel of potential that's utterly wasted by bad casting, bad editing and a dismal screenplay.

You know how sometimes when a book or movie is so poorly written that a person might say, "I could have written better than this?" It's usually said sarcastically, but in this case, it can be said with real sincerity. /I/ could have written a better screenplay than what was used here. In fact, I actually got frustrated at this movie for that reason. If this is the quality of writing that gets into B-rate movies these days, I ought to move to Hollywood. I'd clean up.

But on a more serious note, this is the poster child of what not to do in a movie. Honestly.

For one thing, Mach 2 simply had an extremely poorly constructed plot progression, so poor in fact, you wonder if it was written by someone who even knows anything about constructing a story. It meanders here and there, and worse, is so obvious pretty early about who the bad guy is that it completely blows any opportunity for suspense.

Then it makes matters worse by putting way too many characters into the mix. In this case, there are at least 6 sets of them all at the same time, with perhaps almost 20 speaking roles, many of them shoehorned into being roles that are supposed to be significant somehow. But there are so many characters that none of them really get much development. Then when we're supposed to care about certain characters being killed off, we don't at all because they were barely even introduced.

And worse, many of them are completely superfluous. At least a third could have been cut from the movie entirely with a little reworking and would have created a tighter movie overall. For example, the subplot of the two reporters out to get a scoop doesn't have any relation to the characters in the airplane at all. What results is a series of scenes that are completely inane, don't tell us anything we didn't learn from other characters, and instead just ate up screen time and slowed down the movie. Cut them completely and the movie wouldn't have been hurt at all. They weren't even needed!

Editing could only have helped a little with this. Even with the bad screenplay, better editing could have cleaned up the convoluted mess and made it flow together a little better. Still, given the content of the movie, it makes me wonder if the editor groaned when he saw what he had to work with.

Then there's the casting (spoiler warning). The worse of it was Michael Dorn, best known in his role as Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He plays the bad guy here. It comes as a surprise when it's revealed, but then the surprise is utterly wasted by his utter inability to be anything other than what he looks like, a hunkish, nice, clean-cut guy. So, his bad guy comes off as utterly laughable. I'm not saying he had to be psychotic in the role, but as it is he's so darn polite and nice to his hostages that you can't help but giggle at the silliness of his performance.

The Hero in Bruce Bosworth isn't horrible, but he's not great either, speaking out one-liners that are supposed be clever, but instead sound like he's utterly bored. It really gets bad in the attempted romance between him and the female lead. You end up with a hammy attempt at double entendres between a male lead who's as stiff as a board and an attractive female lead who comes off and not even wanting to touch him, despite what she's saying.

I could go on and on. (I haven't even touched on the soundtrack.) I mean, you don't expect high quality work when you talk direct to video b-list films, but this is really bad. Really, really bad. And it didn't have to be.

There are bad movies that are so bad they're funny. This one's so bad, it's frustrating. It's like they didn't even try.

About the DVD:
Mach 2 comes in a hard plastic snap case on a single sided DVD. The movie is presented in widescreen and Dolby Digital 2.0 sound. It has a single audio track, in English, and has optional Spanish Subtitles. Picture and sound are both pretty good.

Bottom Line: A budget movie on a budget DVD. This movie is horrible. Just terrible. Bad Bad Bad. 1 Star.

Twice the speed of sound?
Despite a good plot, I'm afraid that even with outstanding acting talent by just about all cast members, I found myself thinking that this was a movie that was a COULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MOVIE, but WASN'T, due to too many characters, too many non-essential scenes, too much confusion, and bad editing.

Once into the story (finally, after a subplot that should have been omitted to make the story tighter) it was fast paced and exciting, but even then it needed more intriege and believability.

The star of this film had little opportunity to be the real hero,and I found his part actually rather bland. Not his fault of course that he couldn't give it more 'omph' or 'pizzaz'.

But, the film had an intrieging plot in keeping with these uncertain times, and I enjoyed seeing such great stars as David Hedison in a gutsy supporting role of which I only wish there had been more of. ... Read more

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Next to 16 candles, the greatist teenage thril ride ever!
Now believe me common citizens, when a movie comes along socaptivating and so "real", it makes you wonder, how those big fat cat hollywood writters can sleep with the ideas in their head. This film, stud hunted or hunter (there is a piece of masking tape over the copy i got over the mail)is probably the next great american masterpiece since baywatch nights! roderick mcdowell is convincing as the blind-villian that lives in the open-doored community of Westwood, with a gun rack on his wall. But the thing that shines about this movie is the 4 teenage actors who are overly convincing as the teenagers. Most of all, the characters interact with the bad guy, before they get chased by his evil robot, and they didnt even know it HAHA, why can't other movies put this plot twist in their films? I don't know, but anyway, go buy this movie, its a classic!

Get off your *** and rent this movie! You're wasting keylars
As President of the Screen Actor's Guild, I must say I am dissapointed with many individuals inability to look past literality and find the underlying philosophy that fuels the success and cult phenomenon of this film. When Roddy McDowall appears on the Star Hunter's device and informs him when he kills someone, I am reminded of our former Presdent Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address when he left the office of President. The Star Hunter itself is a representation of beurecracy in today's America. Watch out or the Star Hunters (Senators) will get you! You're wasting keylars; go rent this fine film. Just so you know, I nominated the film's Carol O'Conner-like actor who played the disgruntled policeman.

WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN
THIS MOVIE IS SO BAD ITS FUNNY!!!! Fillled with many errors (Including osme reused stock footage, (godawful) battle scenes that take no more then 5 minutes but span over night and day as day turns to night as the camera switches views) TERRIBLE ACTING tops it all off, with FAKE weapons (cap guns) RENT IT FOR THE LAUGHS. Also, watch the bus driver's hat. it has an emblem on it (a "S" i think) and at different times in the movie the "S" dissappears and reappears..

Never ride a school bus in a deserted neighborhood at nite!
I have watched this movie and find it excellent! Roddy McDowall looks cool with sunglasses on but I would rather see his big brown eyes! He plays his part very well! ... Read more

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A steamy thriller which follows in the best tradition of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle." Jack, a businessman away from home gets more than he bargained for after sharing a passionate night with Jill, a wanton seductress. After being rejected the next morning, Jill poses as a nanny in Jack's home while he's away. It's up to Jack to end this dangerous charade before anyone gets hurt. ... Read more

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OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH'Brien
Poor man's Fatal Attraction/ Basic Instinct, but the seduction scene between O'Brien and her lover's younger brother is most memorable. Gotta get the unrated version though. The R version is ridiculously edited, and poorly I might add. ... Read more

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A great funny movie for all families
My friends have seen the movie and everyone thinks it is such a fun movie to watch. A sequence to the Frankenstein movies, this is a great way to keep the real Frankenstein alive. Knowing the leading role just made the movie more enjoyable. Go Jordan!

The clumsy monster is on the run again!
Movie for Kids. I don't usually like to look at comedy movies alone but, for a Frankenstein movie collector, I enjoyed that one. The people are just foolish enough. As usual, anyone related to the Frankenstein family want to hide their identity, which leads to some funny situations. And the classic encounter with the blind man is going worst than in "Young Frankenstein". Enjoy the movie. The Frankenstein castle is there to stay. ... Read more