The Astro-Zombies (1968)

The Plan - to build a super human; How? - by murdering innocent convenient victims and using various bits of them; The Result - Creatures on the rampage.

Director:

Ted V. Mikels

Writers:

Ted V. Mikels (screenplay), Wayne Rogers (screenplay)

Stars:

Wendell Corey, John Carradine, Tom Pace

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wendell Corey	...	Holman
John Carradine	...	Dr. DeMarco
Tom Pace	...	Eric Porter
Joan Patrick	...	Janine Norwalk
Tura Satana	...	Satana
Rafael Campos	...	Juan
Joe Hoover	...	Chuck Edwards (as Joseph Hoover)
Victor Izay	...	Dr. Petrovich
William Bagdad	...	Franchot
Vincent Barbi	...	Tyros
Egon Sirany	...	Sergio Demozhenin
Jean Pirie	...	Woman killed in garage
John Hopkins	...	Det. Thompson
Janis Saul	...	Lynn
Wally K. Berns	...	(as Wally Berns)

Storyline

After being fired from the Space Agency, the disgruntled (not to mention crazy) Dr. DeMarco creates an Astroman from a criminal's dead body. However, he loses control of his creation, which goes on a killing spree, attracting the attention of an international spy ring and the CIA.

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Plot Keywords:

exploitation | city | electrocution | science | bra | 

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Taglines:

Dismembered Bodies, Transplanted Organs, Are Used To Create The...

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Space Vampires

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ram Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Tyros and Juan pull into the parking space, they completely miss their mark and straddle the line. After a quick cut to a cop watching them, we cut back to the car and it is pulled perfectly into the space.

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Connections

Featured in Zombiethon (1986)

User Reviews

Hail Ted. V. Mikels!

Astro Zombies is one of the greatest movies of the 20th century! Ted V. Mikels is the godfather of schlock moviedom. Acting? Who needs it? Storyline? So what. Coherency? Nah! What we have in Astro Zombies is rogue scientist John Carradine as Dr. DeMarco, creating an army of astro men - half man half astro robot, tough, sexy spy Tura Santana (dig her cool wardrobe!) and her minions trying to shanghai the zombies for her evil country, and has been actor Wendell Corey and his FBI cronies trying to put a stop to it all. Why would they want to spoil all the fun? The astro zombie masks are really cool looking too. Fabulous nonsense from the man that brought us The Corpse Grinders, The Doll Squad, and the sequel Mark of the Astro Zombies. Hell, the Misfits even entitled a song after this flick and there is a European punk/metal? band of the same name. Tune in this film for fun and mayhem as the Astro Zombies rampage late 60's Los Angeles. Highly recommended!