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Eegah

  • 19621962
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
2.2/10
5.9K
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Eegah (1962)
Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
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  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
IMDb RATING
2.2/10
5.9K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Arch Hall Sr.
  • Writers
    • Bob Wehling(screenplay)
    • Arch Hall Sr.(original story)
  • Stars
    • Arch Hall Jr.
    • Marilyn Manning
    • Richard Kiel
Top credits
  • Director
    • Arch Hall Sr.
  • Writers
    • Bob Wehling(screenplay)
    • Arch Hall Sr.(original story)
  • Stars
    • Arch Hall Jr.
    • Marilyn Manning
    • Richard Kiel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 152User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
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    Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Jr., Arch Hall Sr., and Marilyn Manning in Eegah (1962)
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    Eegah (1962)
    Eegah (1962)
    Eegah (1962)
    Eegah (1962)
    Eegah (1962)
    Arch Hall Jr., Arch Hall Sr., and Marilyn Manning in Eegah (1962)
    Marilyn Manning in Eegah (1962)
    Eegah (1962)
    Arch Hall Jr. in Eegah (1962)
    Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Jr., and Marilyn Manning in Eegah (1962)

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    Arch Hall Jr.
    Arch Hall Jr.
    • Tomas Tom
    Marilyn Manning
    • Roxyas Roxy
    Richard Kiel
    Richard Kiel
    • Eegahas Eegah
    Arch Hall Sr.
    • Milleras Miller
    • (as William Watters)
    • …
    Clay Stearns
    • Band Memberas Band Member
    Bob Davis
    • Georgeas George
    Deke Richards
    • Band Memberas Band Member
    • (as Deke Lussier)
    Ron Shane
    • Detectiveas Detective
    Addalyn Pollitt
    • George's Wifeas George's Wife
    Lloyd Williams
    Lloyd Williams
    • Mr. Kruger, Helcopter Pilotas Mr. Kruger, Helcopter Pilot
    • (as William Lloyd)
    Ray Dennis Steckler
    Ray Dennis Steckler
    • Mr. Fishmanas Mr. Fishman
    • (as Ray Steckler)
    Bill Rice
    • Chefas Chef
    Carolyn Brandt
    Carolyn Brandt
    • Fishman's Girlas Fishman's Girl
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Arch Hall Sr.
    • Writers
      • Bob Wehling(screenplay)
      • Arch Hall Sr.(original story)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Marilyn Manning was Arch Hall Sr.'s secretary at the time of filming.
    • Goofs
      After Eegah is first discovered, Roxy's father begins to walk off screen but yells "Watch out for snakes" without his lips moving.
    • Quotes

      Robert Miller: Watch out for snakes.

    • Connections
      Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Eegah (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme from Eegah
      Written by Alan O'Day and Arch Hall Jr.

      Performed by Arch Hall Jr. and the Archers

    User reviews152

    Review
    Top review
    1/10
    Brilliantly Bad
    The great thing about "Eegah!" is that it's memorably awful. Even for a bad film, there's something so unique in the dopiness of this strange tale about a caveman loose in the arid wastes of Palm Springs that it really lifts "Eegah!" up to the level of Ed Wood, Gamera, and the film version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band." Once you've seen it, you'll never forget it. There are many good films you can't say that about.

    Richard Kiel, who went on to play a terrific villain in the best James Bond film of the 1970s, "The Spy Who Loved Me," stars as the misunderstood Neanderthal who falls in love with the daughter of famed adventure writer "Robert I. Miller." Like many great men, Dr. Miller is a maze of contradictions, wearing a pith helmet and khaki bush jacket along with black socks and carrying a tiny man-purse. He also installed two mini-ovens in his den, handy for TV snacking.

    While trying to take a scintillating photo of a dead campfire, Dr. Miller is surprised by the lumbering giant, who takes him to a cave made of obvious canvas and filled with badly-carved mannequins supposed to be his long-dead kin. It's left up to Dr. Miller's daughter Roxy and her boyfriend, musician and dune-buggy enthusiast Tommy Nelson, to save him. But the horny caveman has other plans for racy Roxy.

    Tommy is played by Arch Hall Jr., the other actor in "Eegah!" people remember. Unlike Kiel, it's Hall's performance in this movie that made him famous. He's not exactly repulsive by real-world standards, but his face really sticks out on a movie screen, like Michael J. Pollard crossed with Alfred E. Newman. To make matters worse, he wears his hair in a ridiculously exaggerated greasy blond pompadour and is presented in the film as something of a teen idol, fawned over by the ladies and prone to engaging banter like: "Wowsy wow wow!" It's hard to believe that director Nicholas Merriwether thought this bug-eyed scrub could carry a tuning fork let alone a tune, until you discover Merriwether was the alias of one Arch Hall Sr. (who also played Dr. Miller.)

    Giving away more is a disservice. You really have to see the film for yourself. There are many bad films out there, but only one "Eegah!" Even the folks at Mystery Science Theater 3000 couldn't improve on this one, though they tried. Sure, they picked up on one absurd line, "Watch out for snakes," and it's now a catch phrase for those of us who have been "Eegah!-ed." But focusing on just that one line is so wrong, like just thinking "Rosebud" when someone mentions "Citizen Kane." There's so much else going on here, and for once Joel and his 'bots seemed at a loss.

    You can't get angry at a film that fails on so many levels. It's like a reverse tutorial in cinematic competency. It's just good these guys found work making movies rather than in nuclear fission.

    Really bad music, bad acting, bad dialogue, but all bad in an enjoyable way, like the phony fight scenes by the pool and the way Roxy pretends to cut Kiel's fake beard while her father murmurs creepy encouragement from the sidelines. Bad films are fun to read about, but they are rarely fun to watch the way "Eegah!" is.
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    13
    • slokes
    • Dec 15, 2004

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 1965 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Eegah!
    • Filming locations
      • Ocotillo Lodge, 1111 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Fairway International Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $15,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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