Phil Tucker's "Robot Monster 3-D" Blu-ray - George Nader / Claudia Barrett @BobFurmanek
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Phil Tucker's "Robot Monster 3-D" Blu-ray - George Nader / Claudia Barrett @BobFurmanek
OUR REVIEW:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-ray_review_175/robot_monster_blu-ray.htm
It last, “can” and “must” meet on the graph, as the most demented, delirious, and delightful 3-D film of the Golden Age arrives in this showcase edition loaded with out-of-this-world extras. A cosmic catastrophe has wiped out humanity, and now the last six survivors must outwit that strangely iconic alien menace, Ro-Man (George Barrows). Taking orders from the pitiless Great Guidance, Ro-Man wavers in his pursuit of human annihilation when he falls in love with a girl (Claudia Barrett). Can dashing young Roy (George Nader) save her? Filmed in the Tru-Stereo process, Robot Monster boasts excellent 3-D that rivals big studio efforts of its day.
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25-year-old Phil Tucker produced and directed Robot Monster in 4 days for about $16,000. It was shot and projected via high quality dual-strip, polarized 3D stock - impressive, even with a film crew who had limited experience with this new technology. It is the Winner of The Golden Turkey Award for Most Ridiculous Movie Monster: Gorilla-suited, antenna-equipped helmeted (from Radar Men from the Moon,) Ro-Man who manages to depopulate the earth to only eight survivors, who are, luckily, immune to his evil death ray. Thank God. However, Ro-Man aggravates 'The Great Guidance', his leader, when he becomes smitten with the human female Alice (Claudia Barrett - Seven Ways from Sundown, A Life at Stake.) Or is it all a boy's dream? Like Invaders from Mars released a month earlier. Robot Monster is a defining part of camp cinema history. I'm extremely happy with Bayview Films Blu-ray which is a testament to many man-hours of hard work put into the restoration and supplement material. For 3-D lovers it is essential, for the rest it is hard to say 'no' to Ro-Man. Better buy now.
