Teenagers From Outer Space / Teenage Zombies (Double Feature) (Digitally Remastered)

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TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE: In this sci-fi tale an alien space ship lands on earth with three teenagers and alien animals called gorgons aboard....TEENAGE ZOMBIES: When a group of kids decide to go for an adventure to a remote island and they don't return, their friends become suspicious - They are being held by a mad scientist for his experiment.

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DESERVES AN 18TH ANNIVERSARY DVD SPECIAL EDITITON
FUNNY AS HELL!
HALARIOUS! ONE OF MY NEW HORROR FAVES!!!
Funny spoof of zombie movies ruined by poor video quality
I was a teenager impressed

I Was a Teenage Zombie
Starring: Michael Rubin , Ignacio F. Iquino , George Seminara , Robert C. Sabin , and Peter Bush
Director: John Elias Michalakis
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: 630577238X
Release Date: 2000-03-14

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A killer party you won't forget! "Night of the Living Dead" meets "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (with a stop-over for "Rock 'n' Roll High School") in this spoof of teenage monster movies, delinquency dramas, sports movies, and a brace of other film genres. When a group of high school underachievers get some bad weed from a dealer named Mussolini (Steve McCoy), the dealer dies and gets dumped in a river contaminated by nuclear waste. Quicker than you can say Three Mile Island, Mussolini is back, green-skinned and super-strong, killing the kids who did him in, ripping them apart one by one. "I Was a Teenage Zombie" is a genre-twister of a movie--one part teen exploitation flick, one part monster movie, and one part lunkhead comedy--the midnight movie to end them all!

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DESERVES AN 18TH ANNIVERSARY DVD SPECIAL EDITITON.......2006-03-25

THE YEAR IS 2006 AND IT'S TURNING 18-OLD-YEARS THIS YEAR SINCE IT WAS MADE IN 1987 AND IT DESERVES TO BE RE-RELEASED ON DVD WITH TONS OF SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDING COMMENTARIES(ESP.A DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY SINCE HE QUIT DIRECTING AND BECAME A MONK AFTERWARDS),DELETED SCENES,INTERVIEWS WITH MAINLY EVERY SINGLE ACTOR THAT APPEARED IN THE MOVIE,TRAILERS,MAKING OF FEATURETTE,AND TONS OF OTHER GREAT STUFF. THE MOVIE IS AN ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC INDIE FLICK THAT WAS VERY FUNNY AND MADE THE WAY IT WANTED IT TO BE MADE,EVEN IF THE BUDGET WAS LOW AND THE ACTING STUNK. PLEASE CRITERION,ANCHOR BAY,OR SYNAPSE RELEASE A GOOD DVD OF THIS CLASSIC MOVIE. ITS ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND I WATCHED AND RECORDED IT EVERYTIME IT WAS ON IFC AND RENTED IT AT SOME VIDEO STORE.

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DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET WAS FOR THIS MOVIE AND WHERE IT WAS FILMED,I THINK IT WAS FILMED IN SAN FRANCISCO OR HOUSTON.

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IS THERE A WAY WE CAN RE-RELEASE THE OLD CD OR CASSETTE OF THE SONGS IN THE MOVIE. I LOVED THE SONGS IN THIS FILM AND IT WOULD BE COOL TO HEAR THEM AGAIN. MY FAVORITE SONG WAS THE ONE SUNG BY THE FLESHTONES THAT WENT "I WAS A TEENAGE ZOMBIE".

FUNNY AS HELL!.......2006-03-13

This movie looks like it was filmed with a camcorder! I didn't realize, when I purchased this DVD, that it was going to be a total amateurish delight! I mean the editing is even horrible, the sound doesn't match up! The acting is atrocious! The storyline is pathetic! I LOVE IT! There's a scene where the Hispanic, zombie, drug-dealer rapes a hapless teenage girl to death! He breaks her body in half and all she says is "You can't do thaaaaaaaaaat!" In another hilarious scene a cop, who is hot on the trial of the zombie drug peddler, gets punched in the forehead and sort of has a 2 second delayed reaction to the pain. Then he falls backward and screams like a dying duck! Oh, I'm telling you buy this movie! If you love watching horrible actors not totally devoted to their parts, this one is for you!

HALARIOUS! ONE OF MY NEW HORROR FAVES!!!.......2005-07-13

I was a teenage zombie...when i purchased this movie i didn't know what to expect...I was EXTREMELY IMPRESSED, the movie is funny and it has mild gore (due to image entertainment's editing crew). I would highly recommend buying this movie if you have some extra cash, if u like movies like Evil Dead 2, Bad Taste, or Evil Ed this is definatly one to put in your collection. Anyways to let you know all horror films i've bought that image entertainment has released has cut out a lot of the gore scenes. I probably would next expect to see this movie re-released by a different company due to lack of popularity and peoples lack of humor.

Funny spoof of zombie movies ruined by poor video quality.......2005-01-18

I Was a Teenage Zombie is a really funny spoof of those 1950s monster films and zombie films. A drug dealer is accidentally killed by teens and then the teens throw him in the river where a nuclear liquid brings him back as a zombie and then he starts revenge. The video release is poor because the movie skips a lot even if you clean the VCR. Please release this one on a new DVD with special features(Commentaries,deleted scenes) because the VHS/DVD versions are horrendous. This one deserves a Special Edition DVD for fans of this spoof.

I was a teenager impressed.......2003-12-28

The minute this movie starts with a long shot of a lake and the hilariously bad rockabilly/swingin' song "I Was a Teenage Zombie" (by the Fleshtones), you know you're in for a treat. There is a Mexican pimp selling some bad weed, and he is just amazing. In one scene, he rips a guy's face off and says, "Yeah, I'm the weedman! I got some WEED!" I was rolling on the floor laughing. One of the characters changes into a baseball uniform JUST to hit another character in the head with a baseball bat and then changes back in the next shot. It's all very humorous. I'm guessing the people who gave this a bad rating were expecting a Fulci classic or something.

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ALPHA DVD VERSION
"Look, what kind of creep joint is this?"
What's That Smell?
Don Sullivan Lives!!
Teens make the best zombie test subjects

Teenage Zombies (B&W)
Starring: Don Sullivan , Katherine Victor , Steve Conte , J.L.D. Morrison , and Brianne Murphy
Director: Jerry Warren
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00007G1TA
Release Date: 2002-11-19

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ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-10-14

ANOTHER GAWD-AWFUL JERRY WARREN MOVIE...DON'T YOU JUST LOVE 'EM!!! THIS GUY RANKS RIGHT UP THERE WITH LARRY BUCHANNAN ( CURSE OF THE SWAMP CREATURE, ZONTAR THE THING FROM VENUS ) PHIL TUCKER ( ROBOT MONSTER, CAPE CANAVERAL MONSTERS ) & AL ADAMSON (BRAIN OF BLOOD, BLOOD OF THE GHASTLY HORROR ) FOR THE ED WOOD JR. LEGION OF MERIT AWARD!...MAKING THE KIND OF MOVIES WE LIKE BEST: SCHLOCKY, NON-EXISTANT LOW BUDGET DREK...
KATHERINE VICTOR ( THE WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN ) AS DR. MYRA MAKES THIS ALL WORTHWHILE STRUTTING HER SLEAZY DEMENTED STUFF TO EVERY TEENAGE BOY'S SECRET DESIRES...FORGET ABOUT THE TEEN BABES!!!
YEAH, YOU GOT ZOMBIES, FOREIGN AGENTS, BRUTE KILLERS, APES, MAD DOCTORS, CROOKED LAW OFFICERS, HOPELESS TEENS, SODA SHOPS, AND LOTS OF MISSING BOATS. AND IN THE END ALL THE TEENS DRIVE OFF IN A CONVERTIBLE WAVING GOODBYE TO THE DRIVE-IN AUDIENCE!!! GREAT STUFF!!!
THE ALPAHA DVD VERSION HAS LOTS OF SCRATCHES ( ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING ) AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF SPLICES AS WELL. HOWEVER, THE IMAGE IS STILL PRETTY CLEAR AND CERTAINLY BETTER THAN MY HORRIBLE VHS MULTIPLE SOURCE COPY. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME & REMEMBER THIS NEO-CLASSIC FROM THE 60'S TV DAYS YOU'LL WANT A COPY NO MATTER HOW SCRATCHY THE PRINT MAY BE. AND WHO KNOWS WHEN THIS BABY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN A RE-MASTERED WIDESCREEN DELUXE VERSION???
THE ALPHA DVD PLAYS WELL... I HAVEN'T HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH THEIR PRODUCT SO FAR, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO TRY ANOTHER SOURCE IN SEARCH OF A BETTER PRINT...I WILL PROBABLY DO LIKEWISE...

"Look, what kind of creep joint is this?".......2006-01-05

I didn't give much thought last night to my choice of films as I picked out Teenage Zombies (1959) off the top of my ever-growing `to be watched' pile of DVDs. Imagine my apprehensiveness as the opening credits indicated this thing had produced, written, directed, and edited by none other than Jerry Warren (he also did the musical scoring)...if you're not familiar with this auteur of cinematic crud, know that he's responsible for some real doozies including The Incredible Petrified World (1957), Curse of the Stone Hand (1964), The Wild World of Batwoman (1966), and Frankenstein Island (1981), to name a few. When not spewing forth his own homegrown celluloid stink bombs (always on the most minimal of budgets), he could be found hacking the holy hell out of imported, low budget, foreign films (usually from Mexico), splicing in his own, ill-fitting footage as he saw fit, often creating a miasma of pain for those unlucky enough to be drawn in by his shlocky and lurid promotional advertising. Appearing in is `feature' is Don 'Banjo Man' Sullivan (The Giant Gila Monster), Warren alumni Katherine Victor (Mesa of Lost Women), Paul 'Dr.' Pepper (Rabbit Test), Brianne Murphy (Man Beast), Mitzie Albertson, Jay Hawk, Nan Green, Mike Concannon (Terror of the Bloodhunters), and Chuck 'I can see for' Niles (Face of the Screaming Werewolf), as Ivan, the mute, hunchback, zombfied lackey.

As the film begins we meet some teenagers (I guess back in the 1950s if you were in your mid 20s, you were still considered a teen) at a local hangout, including Reg (Sullivan), his girlfriend Julie (Albertson), and a nerdlinger named Morrie (Hawk), as they make plans for the day. Seems Reg's got his boat fixed up, and is planning on taking Julie and another couple, Skip (Pepper) and his girlfriend Pam (Murphy), water-skiing, while Morrie and his girlfriend Dotty (Green) are going horseback riding. Morrie splits and here comes Skip, with information about a little known island, which, apparently, is extremely easy to find, he heard about he thinks would be perfect for a picnic. We next see the foursome on a beach, and they decide to explore the island, finding a group of odd-looking men along with a dark haired woman. The two couples split, but find their boat has since disappeared. This brings about a lengthy walking along the shore sequence (one of many), as they look for Reg's boat, to no avail. Eventually the girls get caught, as do the boys, as the dark haired woman, named Dr. Myra (Victor) is some sort of spy (who only dresses in evening gowns...who says you can't combine fashion and evil?), working on a secret formula intended to turn the inhabitants of the United States into mindless zombie workers. When his friends don't show, Morrie contacts the local authorities, fearing something bad may have happened, but the Sheriff (Concannon), doesn't seem all that concerned, which I could understand because Morrie's a really annoying, little weasel type and I wouldn't put it past people to purposely avoid him. Anyway, there's some scenes with Ivan the hunchback lurching around, Reg and Skip escaping (leaving the girls behind), a man in a gorilla suit who goes ape on some of the characters (feel the wrath of Konga!), some guns, another sequence of people walking along the beach (with enough footage of feet to make you think you're watching a Doris Wishman feature), some spies, an extensive discussion about locks, yet another walking along the shore sequence, a shocking betrayal, a couple of ridiculous fight scenes, and so on...

Given the title of this feature, made prior to producer/director Warren's mining cinematic gold from south of the border, one will notice two glaring inconstancies while watching the film...there are no teenagers (the actors depicted as teens are obviously not within the age range), and there really aren't any zombies, at least of the teenage variety...there was a brief scene where we saw some men who were supposed to be zombies, but who could tell? Apparently Ivan the hunchback was supposed to be a zombie, but that seemed sort of overkill...I mean a zombie AND a hunchback? It was difficult to discern where the hunchback part left off and the zombie part began. By the way, stuffing a pillow up under an ill-fitting coat does not a hunchback make, in my book. At one point a couple of the girls were turned, but the effects didn't last. Essentially this thing ends up playing out like one of those old Bowery Boy comedy/mystery films, without any of the actual fun or kooky characters (they were more asinine here than kooky). The acting wasn't as bad as I would have expected, in most respects, as it was obvious the script, written by Warren under the pseudonym Jaques Lecotier, was the real drag. There are any number of scenes where characters go on and on about the most insignificant effluvia, for example when Reg and Skip manage to break free from their chicken wire cage by fiddling with the padlock...they try to free the girls, who are in a separate chicken wire cage, but are unable as the padlock securing their cage is much sturdier. Thus we get a lengthy piece about padlocks indicating perhaps Warren either received some monies for the production of this feature from The National Padlock Association, or was just insane (I'm opting for the latter). As I said, the acting wasn't that bad, given the extremely low budget nature of this feature, with the exception of Jay Hawk, an obvious drop out of the Jerry Lewis School of Comical Performing, who played the character of Morrie. In the annals of annoying characters, Morrie ranks in my top ten. If I could trade my left gonasticle to have the ability to actually enter a film for the sole purpose of throttling a character, I would have gladly done so to give this odious nerdlinger his just deserts. Apparently when Warren instructed him to act all anxious, as his friends went missing, Hawk misinterpreted this as meaning constipated. Take a good look at his character near the end, as when he doesn't have any lines, he can be seen making all kinds of idiotic facial expressions, and generally distracting from the focus of the scene. To top things off, his final line, which is the last line of the film, qualifies him for a beat down of monsterous proportions. Understandably, the locations for shooting were strictly chosen for availability, but what was the deal with the sheriff's office? The desk sergeant was stuck behind a wall, with only a small rectangle hole, surrounded by a picture frame, from which to interact with visitors...so very odd and uncomfortable looking. All in all, this is a generally tedious and muddled feature, with some unintentional wackiness, generally passable performances, an oddball plot, and an irreparably flawed script...and a guy in a cheap gorilla suit.

There are a few DVD releases of this film, but the one I have is the Retro Media version, featuring a kind of cool looking giant eyeball on the DVD cover art. The fullscreen (1.33:1) picture on this version looks decent and is watchable, but it does suffer from lines and various other forms of print damage. The quality of the audio, on the other hand, is very strong, dropping off slightly around the middle. As far as extras, Retro Media includes interviews with both Katherine Victor (6:40), who played Dr. Myra, and Chuck Niles (6:42), who played Ivan, the hunchback, along with a trailer that seems to indicate the film might have been called Teenage Torture at one point. Also, as is the case with a number of Retro Media releases, there's a opening bit with Fred Olin Ray, one that features some nekkidness, and isn't really appropriate for kids.

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What's That Smell?.......2004-06-26

This movie defines the word "malodorous." I award it three stars wholly on the basis of a mathematical average system: if you want to see a genuinely spooky, scary, or entertaining movie, this film would get one star (less would be preferable); if you want a horrible camp classic from the genius responsible for such cinematic mayhem as "The Wild World of Batwoman" and "Frankenstein Island", this is an oft-overlooked five star rarity.

Jerry Warren, my personal touchstone as the worst director in history, is paired up again with star Katherine 'Batwoman' Victor this time in a story of alleged international intrigue. It all involves Victor, a mad scientist, making some mind control capsules on an island which despite being clearly visible from shore, is unknown to everyone but the bad guys. Teenage heroes inadvertently foil the caper and defeat evil in a manner which is comical, yet difficult to comprehend. (When is it a good idea to break INTO jail?) Please also enjoy the ongoing verbal jousting concerning the relative merits of horseback riding versus water skiing! What does this have to do with the plot? Who knows! How prominent is this debate in the film? Very!

The print of the film itself is in fairly awful condition, with many scratches, occasional sound dropouts (not that that really detracts), and many splices. It also has three little transfer marks that dwell perpetually near the top of the frame, yet move around and flicker annoyingly.

If the plot weren't silly enough, the acting and dialogue take this one over the top. The film is very short, and while not as entertaining as some Warren classics, this is an excellent opportunity to see a very bad movie at a very low price.

Don Sullivan Lives!!.......2003-03-27

A group of teenagers happen upon an island inhabited by Katherine Victor as the sociopathic, Vampira-esque mad scientist "Doctor Myrna"; and her zombie horde. The kids have stumbled into a subversive plot to turn the world into a planet of zombie slaves! Evil Dr. Myrna has concocted a gas that turns people into cabbage-heads. The teenagers show up just in time to mess things up royally! Don (Giant Gila Monster) Sullivan is the only teenager with gray matter in his skull. Thank God he doesn't sing or play the "banjo-lele" in this one!! Anyway, together, the dopey teens escape, and with the help of a man in an ultra-cheap gorilla suit, Dr. Myrna is vanquished. A personal favorite...

Teens make the best zombie test subjects.......2003-01-24

I can't help but get a big kick out of movies like this. The 1950s was truly a special decade in terms of moviemaking, as this is just one of many typically inane yet somehow entertaining pseudo-horror movies brought to cinematic life during that golden age. Teenage Zombies is in many ways an awful movie, with cheap sets, inconsistently bad acting, and a zany plot-yet I liked it. I got a special, unexpected treat in the form of a jaunt down memory lane. MST3K fans will recognize two faces in this movie immediately. Katherine Victor, none other than Batwoman herself from The Wild World of Batwoman, is the evil scientist working in cahoots with some foreign (certainly Communist) government to build a biological agent to unleash on the United States. Such an attack would make zombies of American citizens-leaving them healthy enough to work but incapable of resisting the demands of the conquering powers. Two teenaged couples stumble upon the secret lab accidentally and are, of course, immediately captured. One of the guys is that unforgettable (for MSTies, anyway) singing, knee-propping, reptile-fighting star of The Giant Gila Monster (Don Sullivan). He can't sing his way out of trouble this time (and, thankfully, does not even try). The diabolical scientist locks the kids up so that she can use them as test subjects for the new zombifying gas she is perfecting. Their best chance of escape is dependent on their two over-acting friends' persistence back home at convincing the sheriff to search the island for them. There is really only one decent zombie in the whole film, but you do get a bonus in the form of a guy in an ape suit. I have to admit that one major plot point caught me totally unawares, so that earns the movie a little respect in my eyes. This helps make up for the exceedingly boring fight scenes later on, but I fear nothing can undo the damage done by the intense "hamming it up" that accompanies the final scene. Teenage Zombies has almost nothing going for it, in all honesty, yet I found it quite entertaining; fans of MST3K should really get a big kick out of it.

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ALPHA DVD VERSION
"Look, what kind of creep joint is this?"
What's That Smell?
Don Sullivan Lives!!
Teens make the best zombie test subjects

Teenage Zombies
Starring: Don Sullivan , Katherine Victor , Steve Conte , J.L.D. Morrison , and Brianne Murphy
Director: Jerry Warren
Manufacturer: Beverly Wilshire
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ASIN: B00005U13U
Release Date: 2000-11-14

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ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-10-14

"Look, what kind of creep joint is this?".......2006-01-05

What's That Smell?.......2004-06-26

Don Sullivan Lives!!.......2003-03-27

Teens make the best zombie test subjects.......2003-01-24

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ALPHA DVD VERSION
"Look, what kind of creep joint is this?"
What's That Smell?
Don Sullivan Lives!!
Teens make the best zombie test subjects

Teenage Zombies
Starring: Don Sullivan , Katherine Victor , Steve Conte , J.L.D. Morrison , and Brianne Murphy
Director: Jerry Warren
Manufacturer: Retro Media
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ASIN: B00005U8QB
Release Date: 2002-01-22

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ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-10-14

"Look, what kind of creep joint is this?".......2006-01-05

What's That Smell?.......2004-06-26

Don Sullivan Lives!!.......2003-03-27

Teens make the best zombie test subjects.......2003-01-24

16 Movies (Horror Classics) 4 DVD Set: Bowery At Midnight / Teenage Zombies / Tormented / Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla... & Many More

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Cheesy old horror flicks still tickle the funny bone

16 Movies (Horror Classics) 4 DVD Set: Bowery At Midnight / Teenage Zombies / Tormented / Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla... & Many More

Manufacturer: PLATINUM
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ASIN: B0009IBUN4

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16 FULL LENGTH HORROR CLASSIC MOVIES ON 4 DVDS: Bowery At Midnight, Beast From Haunted Cave, Condemned To Live, Creature From The Haunted Sea, The Beast Of Yucca Flats, The Corpse Vanishes, Giant From The Unknown, The Monster Maker, One Body Too Many, The She-Beast, tennage Zombies, Tormented, Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla, Revolt Of The Zombies, The Screaming Skull, Bloody Pit Of Horror

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Cheesy old horror flicks still tickle the funny bone.......2005-12-29

Bela Lugosi and the Bowery Boys cavort on the silver screen along with other z-rated monster (or is it monsterous) classics of horror. You won't want to miss a chance to see these black and white (mostly) classics of diabolical horror and at times unintentional humor. I highly recommend it in the spirit of E.C. comics, big little books and 3-D movies. You won't regret taking this trip down ghoulish memory lane.

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