Perfect cast and a good story

I wanted to but couldn't!

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Blistering performances.

This kind of comedy can fall terribly flat, but they've managed to just about pull this one off.I think it's because somebody with a genuine comic gift wrote the lines, and then the director squeezed jesssst about the right note out of the actors.The entire thing is delivered deadpan, which impressed me - I'm a huge fan of Get Smart, as an epitome of Straight-man comedy.There were a few flat-spots, but the creators did the right thing: they pressed on with great speed, so you didn't get bored. If something wasn't particularly funny, who cares? It was gone and replaced by something else 5 minutes later.All the cast members executed their particular slot just nicely I thought, and brought their silly voice, their swoonyness, their eyebrow stare, their wooden language, their ability to bend in the middle, or their sexy dance-moves to the party.Some of the stuff the .... shall we say 'furry creature' (and not spoil)... pulled off gave me the loudest laughs, but there were other great moments too, and some beautiful quotes.Lightweight stuff, perfect for an afternoon... or a stoner party! Now get me my Amish Terarium!

Intentionally making a bad movie seems counterproductive. There have been a number of films over the years that spoof, make fun of, and play off of the low-budget sci-fi B-pictures of the fifties. Some of these films are entertaining, some are tedious. "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra," which was made with the same budgets Ed Wood had minus inflation, falls on the entertaining side of that equitation, at least for me anyway.The Ed Wood comparison is apt. Wood is notorious for his minuscule budgets and floppy, sometimes incoherent scripts. What actually makes Wood's films preserve aren't that we can laugh at their lousy production values and crappy scripts. Lots of movies nobody care about have that. What made his films memorable was Wood's ear for surreal, oddly quotable dialogue. "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" has a fantastic understanding of that. It's fair to say the movie's primary comedic device is the oddball, awkward, frequently hilarious dialogue. "Sometimes my wife forgets she is not a space alien." "I've seen bears do things… Things a bear wouldn't even do." "Even as a child, I was always hated by skeletons." And on and on. This is one of those films were visiting its IMDb quote page before watching it will ruin the fun. (But, in all likelihood, you probably will want to visit that page afterwards.) Unlike say, "Alien Trespass," the filmmakers also had a grip on the pacing, style, and tone of those fifties B-movies, right down to lag at the end of the second act. The camera hangs onto scenes just a second longer then it should. Music cues cut wildly between scenes. Hand-held close-ups are used whenever the monster is about. Clearly this was made by fans. The filmmakers weren't just making fun of unconvincing special effects or visible wires. (Though it does that a few times as well.) They were trying to replicate the off-kilter tone of the time period and genre. The plot wildly masses together story elements from "It Came From Outer Space," "Creature from the Black Lagoon," "Invaders from Mars," "The Blob," "I Married a Monster from Outer Space," "Plan 9," in actuality some of the best films of the era. The score is composed solely of library music.The movie is generally just pretty fun. In a post-"Avatar" world, naming phlebotnum "Atmospherium" really doesn't sound any worse then "Unobtainium." The cast is amazingly game. Andrew Parks and Susan McConnel as the alien couple go for broke as far as physical comedy go. Their uniformly stiff posture and unblinking gazes never disguise for a minute that they are aliens, which is obviously the joke. I especially love how they "bend themselves in half" whenever sitting. Brian Howe as the mad scientist is especially hilarious, with his love-hate relationship with the Lost Skeleton. Jennifer Blaire, providing some decent eye-candy in a skintight body suit, has a lot of fun as Animala, carrying an interesting body language and pronouncing her lines in just an unusual enough way. The whole cast carries the film astonishingly well. The best character isn't actually played by an actor. I love the Lost Skeleton. His booming psychic voice makes some of the simplest lines hilarious. "I sleep now!" There's a deadpan to the monotone that makes the more absurd moments even funnier, most notably his passive-aggressive relationship with the mad doctor that brings him to life. ("Stop that giggling. It makes me uncomfortable.") Not all the gags work. The scene where numerous characters are giving Betty the housewife psychic suggestions goes on too long. Generally, the repeated gag of people laughing until they stop is repeated one time too many. The scenes of Betty and Paul sharing lunch with the aliens inside their ship is also a victim of the film's intentionally static pacing. Still, "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" squeezes enough hearty laughs into its short runtime to certainly make it worth your while. Always agree.

Great send up of cheesy 50's horror flicks. I remember going to the matinée in the 50's and early 60's and seeing stuff just as phony. The film supposedly takes place circa 1965, judging by the style of the T- Bird. All of the characters are very funny. The dialogue is priceless. The way they act is just like those characters from 50's sci fi films. The character, "Animala", played by Jennifer Blaire, is very funny. This lady is a very good actress (Trail of the Screaming Foreheads, Dark and Stormy Night) and it's too bad she never really made it big. Then again, it must be very hard to break into the big time these days - look at all the overrated actresses out there - Angelina Jolee, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Kate Hudson, etc. etc. I'm not being sarcastic - I think Jennifer Blaire is better looking and more talented than any of those A-Listers. Anyhow, I digress. The movie was hilarious....watch it!

I love being able to finish a movie and have such great one-liners in it you use in your everyday life. This was a low-budget film that still packed the laughs almost as much as any great comedy with high budgets and amazing advertisement. The Movie was just hilarious. I hadn't even heard of it until my sister insisted I watch it.When i finally did sit and watch it. I was laughing Beginning to End. Definitely a must see for anybody out there looking for a Cult Classic. Because this will remain one of my favorite movies of all time!!The characters and the way they really took on the rolls and portrayed such abnormal lifestyles in their own way... made this movie worth it. They believed in this masterpiece and it took it to a whole new level. The Story lines ability to come together and focus on just one thing ::Atmospherium:: made it entrapping and oh goodness.. who doesn't remember the "I Sleep Now" line! It is a MUST SEE!