The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra 2001

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: It's not really cheese, it's Velveeta. As many who have tried have learned, midnight movies can not be manufactured, they must be discovered. Read more

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: The makers of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra can't quite live up to the 1950s-era B-movies that they parody. Read more

Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times: OK, so they made a movie bad enough to be on Mystery Science Theater 3000. But MST3K was watchable despite its bad films, not because of them. Read more

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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: While the film gets by on its inoffensive glibness, it's weighed down by the very elements that make even the kitschiest B-movie classics seem draggy. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: May not be for everyone, but for those who appreciate spot-on spoofs of the cheesiest of '50s sci-fi monster movies may find it an inspired delight. Read more

Michael Booth, Denver Post: It's all great fun, and Blamire has at least as promising a future as all this dot.com nonsense. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A little too true to it sources and ends up reminding you just how boring inept acting, editing and story-telling can be. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: Since there's no shortage of enjoyably bad movies out there, why settle for processed cheese when there's real cheddar to be devoured? Read more

Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly: The score, costumes, sets and intentionally bad, exposition-heavy dialogue (delivered in either cool deadpan or borderline-hysterical readings) are a deft mix of campy spoof and finely shaded replication. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: How can one begin to compete with the organic awfulness of Plan 9 From Outer Space, with its kitchen-cabinet spaceships and gratuitous Bela Lugosi cameos? The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra tries, and to a disconcerting extent, succeeds. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A straight-faced parody of every bad movie Edward D. Wood never made. Read more

Dave Kehr, New York Times: A gray, unfunny parody of 1950's science fiction films. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Has been made by people who are trying to be bad, which by definition reveals that they are playing beneath their ability. Read more

Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: Armed with enough cliches to make Ed Wood proud. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Blamire has managed to make an inventive and entertaining movie out of stock heroes and villains, vacuous plotting and community-theater-quality special effects. Read more

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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: Stands out for its convincingly spellbound, Wood-like hermeticism: It feels like the very first '50s sci-fi parody ever made. Read more

Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: May be 100 percent cult-in-a-can, but aficionados should feel sated. Read more