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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

  • 20012001
  • PGPG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
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A bad scientist and his wife, a mad scientist, a skeleton, and two aliens and their escaped pet are all searching for the elusive element "atmospherium".A bad scientist and his wife, a mad scientist, a skeleton, and two aliens and their escaped pet are all searching for the elusive element "atmospherium".A bad scientist and his wife, a mad scientist, a skeleton, and two aliens and their escaped pet are all searching for the elusive element "atmospherium".
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  • Director
    • Larry Blamire
  • Writer
    • Larry Blamire
  • Stars
    • Larry Blamire
    • Fay Masterson
    • Brian Howe
  • Director
    • Larry Blamire
  • Writer
    • Larry Blamire
  • Stars
    • Larry Blamire
    • Fay Masterson
    • Brian Howe
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 127User reviews
    • 89Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Larry Blamire
    Larry Blamire
    • Dr. Paul Armstrong
    Fay Masterson
    Fay Masterson
    • Betty Armstrong
    Brian Howe
    Brian Howe
    • Dr. Roger Fleming
    Dan Conroy
    Dan Conroy
    • Ranger Brad
    Andrew Parks
    Andrew Parks
    • Kro-Bar
    Susan McConnell
    • Lattis
    Jennifer Blaire
    Jennifer Blaire
    • Animala
    Robert Deveau
    • The Farmer
    Darrin Reed
    Darrin Reed
    • The Mutant
    • Director
      • Larry Blamire
    • Writer
      • Larry Blamire
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Most of the props were purchased on eBay. Others were inexpensive props made of household items like toilet paper tubes, candle holders and caulk guns. A number of props were obtained by looking around the cabin in which part of the film was shot, including the mashed potatoes the cast are seen eating.
    • Goofs
      Most errors in continuity and acting are purposeful and are part of the gag in recreating the '50s B movie experience. For example during the cabin sequence, Dr. Fleming's jacket disappears between shots immediately after Ranger Brad arrives, Animala suddenly sprouting furry gloves without explanation during the last half of her appearance in the film, the visible wires on the Skeleton, and the shoes of the actor portraying the mutant during some of the walking scenes.
    • Quotes

      Ranger Brad: Well again I didn't mean to throw a damper. Believe me that's the last thing I'd like to throw. I don't want to throw anything at all really. But when folks are horribly mutilated, I feel it's my job to tell others. We take our horrible mutilations seriously up in these parts.

      Betty Armstrong: I'm sure you do. Honey, the Ranger's just doing his job.

      Dr. Paul Armstrong: Of course he is. I'm sorry Ranger Brad. I guess all this talk of horrible mutilation has me on edge.

      Ranger Brad: That's all right Dr. Armstrong. This horrible mutilation has a whole lot of people on a whole lot of edges.

    • Crazy credits
      The End? Or Is It? Isn't it more like a kind of beginning in a way? Like a new beginning? For everyone? Hm... I wonder... Oh well.
    • Alternate versions
      A slightly shortened version (one scene removed) of "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" was released by Sony/Tristar (with a 2003 copyright); 35mm prints played commercially, theatrically early in 2004. Columbia Tristar Home Video released a special edition DVD in the summer of 2004. Another company also exhibited this particular print overseas.
    • Connections
      Featured in Obey the Lost Skeleton! (2004)

    User reviews127

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    10/10
    Hugely entertaining film for low-budget classic sci-fi and humor fans
    10/10 rating

    Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is a remarkable little film that recreates the look and feel of old low-budget black and white sci fi films, but it has a refreshing spirit all its own that is smart and silly at the same time. You've never seen a film like this before. It's the best new film I've seen in years.

    Lost Skeleton is fun in its own right because it takes the archetypes of sci fi and its cliché's and mixes them together to make something that is more entertaining than straight parody.

    Those who look at Lost Skeleton as only parody or a recreation of old movies are missing Blamire's unique accomplishment. It's a mixture of late 50's pompousness and innocence with modern perspective and grace.

    Done in good taste that reflects the boy-scout best of the 50's genre, the movie is unlike anything else that Hollywood or indies are putting out. It's refreshing, inviting, friendly, goofy, and true to a singular vision.

    I've seen it now with four different small audiences, and for the most part everyone has enjoyed it immensely. You need to view this film with a group to get the most out of it--it's easily the most quotable movie I've ever seen. Blamire's sense of those delightfully absurd pitfalls many sci-fi writers have fallen into time and again is uncanny. Halfway between Shakespeare and Ed Wood, almost every line of dialogue is a wooden comic gem laced with a sense of sweetness rather than mean-spiritedness. It's hard to tell where the parody ends and the celebration of these loftily ambitious lines begins.

    This makes the film a joy to watch again and again. Blamire is hitting something deeper than a stiff sci-fi parody, and his touch makes this a much greater film than on the surface it has any right to be.

    I predict that Lost Skeleton will go the way of Young Frankenstein and establish itself as a comedy classic over the next couple of decades. It's just that good. Perhaps indescribably good, but I did my best.
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    • Release date
      • September 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Потерянный скелет Кадавры
    • Filming locations
      • Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fragmighty
      • Transom Films
      • Valenti Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $143,121
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,425
      • Feb 8, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $143,121
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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