Wednesday, September 08, 2010 

 
Astro Zombies, The (1968)

"Dismembered Bodies, Transplanted Organs, Are Used To Create The..."
John Carradine stars as Dr. DeMarco, a loony scientist whose original concept to build a humanoid robot for space missions is fouled somewhat by his choice of a psycho-killer's brain for his first subject. Instead of doing the sensible thing and retiring from the mad-doc profession, DeMarco chooses instead to build another robot to hunt down the last one. His efforts are only slightly hindered by a moronic CIA investigation (led by a hung-over Wendell Corey, in his final screen role) and the meddling of a cabal of communist spies under the direction of slinky dragon-lady Tura Satana (of Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), apparently for the purpose of exploiting the solar-powered astro-man for military reasons. When the doc's lovely former lab assistant (she's since been replaced by a leering hunchback) is attacked by the first robot, he loses his solar cell and narrowly escapes destruction (by holding a flashlight to his head!), but in his hurried exit he leads the CIA right back to DeMarco's lab, where most of the surviving cast members bump each other off. ~All Movie Guide
 
Director(s): Ted V. Mikels
Producer(s): Ted V. Mikels
Writer(s): Ted V. Mikels, Wayne Rogers
Starring: Wendell Corey, John Carradine, Tom Pace, Joan Patrick, Tura Satana, Rafael Campos, Joseph Hoover, Victor Izay, William Bagdad, Vincent Barbi, Egon Sirany
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Country: USA
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IMDb: Astro Zombies, The (1968)
Sub-Genre/Theme: Mad Scientist/Monster 
AKA: Space Vampires; Space Zombies 

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