Watch out for snakes!

Shtemlo.

Apparently (according to an interview w/Arch Hall Snr. in 'The 50 Worst Films of All Time') most of the soundtrack was lost and had to be re-recorded after the film was edited...most of it except the 'snakes' line, i guess.
As another unexpected side, uhm, benefit to the rerecording, that's actually Mr. Hall Snr. (Dr. Miller) providing the Eegah noises on the soundtrack. (That's also him directing, writing, and casting his chiropractor's secretary as Roxie - not to mention inflicting his son on an unsuspecting public.)

My dad needs help. We recently got this one and he thinks that the actual movie is good. Any recommended treatment?

Let me guess . . . the only other movies he's ever seen are "Plan Nine From Outer Space", "Robot Monster", and "Manos - The Hands of Fate".

Nahhh, he's probably seen "Parts: The Clonus Horror".

Of the ones on MST3K, he's seen Cave Dwellers, Pod People, I Accuse My Parents, Mitchell, The Brain That Wouldn't Die, The Wild World of Batwoman, The Atomic Brain, Red Zone Cuba, and This Island Earth.

Maybe he's a big James Bond fan and feels he has to support Richard Kiel wherever he may find him?

Actually, the movie really isn't terminally brain-dead like "Red Zone Cuba" or just plain wack-a-ding-hoy like "Manos: Hands of Fate" or even just insipidly dull like "Gunslinger"--it's just very cheaply made, inanely dialogued, and has dirt-poor performances.

You forgot the spectacle of Arch Hall Junior tromping around the desert in short shorts...interspersed with the spectacle of Arch Hall Jnr 'crooning' like a "Cabbage Patch Elvis" (one of the most dead-on riffs EVER, IMHO)...heck, just the spectacle of Arch Hall Jnr standing there spouting that dialogue is enough to give this show that special MST3K awfulness.

It's been a while since I've seen this one, but I can remember the first time I watched the original unmisticated version of this film, at the end when the giant dies he falls down near the pool. When they cut back to the shot, the giant is lying about ten feet from where he originally was. Also, according to "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time," the verse number of the Biblical reference given by the doctor at the end of the film for "In those days giants walked the earth" is wrong. I also have vivid memories of when Arch Hall Jr. is searching in the desert for Roxy, he manages to yell her name aloud several times even with his mouth tightly closed.

Ah, the early work of Richard "Jaws" Kiel. Notice the really weird scenes with Roxy and her dad, when she's rubbing his legs and stuff? Very strange. For instant torture, listen to Arch Hall Jr.'s crooning: music to suffer to. He does look like a real-life Jonny Quest....

This whole film really blew. Funny part is the buffet when Eegah eats the drumstick. The cook and extras in the scene really give authentic performances. Pure pain.

"Oh look, it's Wilfrid Hyde-White!"

"I'm with All State--who you with?"

(after Eegah smacks Arch Hall, Jr.)
"Yaaaaay! Woo-hoo!"

"Eegah! Eegah! Bonk, bonk on the head!"

"Weeeeeeeeee!"

"Oh look, it's Wilfrid Hyde-White!"

"I'm with All State--who you with?"

(after Eegah smacks Arch Hall, Jr.)
"Yaaaaay! Woo-hoo!"

"Eegah! Eegah! Bonk, bonk on the head!"

"Weeeeeeeeee!"

"Surprise. I am really Jose Greco!"

You left out my personal favorites:

Roxie (meeting Eegah's 'mummies'): Er...how are you?
Crow: I'm really, really dead.

Servo: Stop saying 'Wheeee!'. No-one says 'Wheeeee'! Sheesh.

Servo (opening credits): Hey, we got gargoyles flippin' us off, here! Back atcha, Clyde.

Crow: It's a cave, how hard do you have to look?

Crow: He's been there since the dawn of time and he's only made three drawings?

Tom: Oh hi, Roxie!
Joel: Sorry about my face!

Crow (as Eegah examins Roxie's car): Ugggh...which way to Bly workshop?

Crow (as Eegah gives up the chase): Well...lost the girl, got my eegah crushed...been growing the beard for the last three thousand years, and BOOM! its gone...Eegah have bad day.

I loved the cheapness of this bomb.

My fave line was when the cop comes in the end and Joel said, "The guy looks like a toy!"

Oh, what fun to see sexual chemistry between a dad and his daughter! What's Arch Hall Jr up to these days?

He's really, really dead.
(Sorry - couldn't resist. Actually, it's Arch Hall Senior who's dead...his son is supposedly flying planes for a small California airline.)

Guess he should've watched out for snakes.
And starring in very bad movies.

At least Jonny Quest was never heard from again.

Yeah, the Biblical verse is REALLY wrong. I guess Old Pop was trying to go for the part where they talk about the Nephilim, but I have no idea what kinda translation he's using!

Hmm...what other quotes?

"This movie looks really scary."

"Honk if you love Eegah!"

"Ooh! Snoop Sisters! Me hate 'em! Ooh! Me hate Lonesome George Gobel!"

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?

Arch Hall Sr. died in 1978 after making several more films of dubious quality. Eegah was his sole attempt at directing.

Arch Hall Jr. appeared in several of his father's dubious quality films, as well as playing "The Sadist" in apparently a non-typecasting role. He, as someone reported, is a pilot for Flying Tiger Airlines.

Marilyn Manning apparently disappeared from Earth, but she did reunite with Arch Jr. in "The Sadist."

Richard Kiel achieved fame by playing Jaws in the James Bond series, and basically played roles like that throughout his career. He has recently been seen in "Happy Gilmore" and "Inspector Gadget."

I would NOT trust Arch Hall Jr to deliver my newspaper moreso than flying me on an airplane.

My spine cringes whenever I hear his crooning in the desert scene.

I'd love to have a discussion with Richard Kiel on the relative merits of Arch Hall Jr. vs. Adam Sandler.

This, for me, had the funniest Invention Exchange I’ve yet seen. The porcerina still has me half-hysterical every time I see it!

After watching Cave Dwellers several times, I kept getting the ‘Ator flies’ song stuck in my head, which was no problem at all. Sadly, after watching this movie, I keep finding that wretched ‘If I had a thousand pictures’ song repeating and repeating and (grrrr) repeating!!!

For that matter, why does he keep singing songs about someone called Valerie when his girlfriend’s name is Roxy?!

Great lines:
“Harriet, the cattle are smoking again!”
“Taxi! Oh, I drove.”
“Hey skipper, look at this thing on my leg here.”
“Oh, for a shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft gun.”
“The Old Indiana Jones Chronicles.”
“Oh no, this guy went to the Torgo school of fondling.”
“Would you like to see the titles again?”
“I am William Burroughs.” “I am William Burroughs.” “I am William Burroughs.” “I’m Rose Kennedy.”
“What is this, a prehistoric Endless Love?”
“Honey, why do we have an oven in the living room?”
“Sir, why do you have an oven in the living room?”
“Hey, check it out! There’s an oven in the living room!”
“Hey, how come I don’t get foley?”

Agreed, the invention exchange is a scream. I especially liked Crow's 'loveable' ol' sitcom Grampa: "Boy, it's hot out here...gotta go get the welfare check, but it's too d**n hot...can't move...gettin' old...gonna die soon..."

Arch Hall Jr. may not have been a great singer, but you have to admit he was a great ventriloquist (being able to yell for Roxy with his mouth closed.)

Apparently it runs in the family...but only pops out under great stress - y'know, snakes and suchlike.

"just plain wack-a-ding-hoy like "Manos: Hands of Fate""

This is perhaps the best description of Manos that I have ever read.

THANK YOU!

I know I should really just relax, but boy, Frank's body sure didn't have much blood in it, did it?

Knowing Dr. F, there was perhaps a voodoo project or some medical experiment he siphoned off a bit for.

I personally love Joel and the Bots' instant reaction whenever the movie supplies a closeup of Arch Hall, Jr.

"EEEEWWWW!!"

Eegah somehow manages to track Roxie across hundreds of miles and has no trouble finding her of the largest cities in the world. Impressive.

From another site:

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Mister Fishman, the man who tangles with Eegah and is thrown into the pool, is played by Ray Dennis Steckler, who went on to direct some horrible movies of his own. Mister Fishman’s girlfriend was played by Carolyn Brandt – she was Steckler’s wife and he repeatedly cast her and killed her in his movies. She finally got the message and divorced him in the seventies.

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