Coleen Gray was amazing--she had some badass credits to her name (Kiss of Death, Red River, Nightmare Alley, The Killing.) In the 1990's she attended horror conventions and, in an interview with Tom Weaver, expressed amazement at how people wanted to talk about The Leech Woman. Unlike most jackass movie stars, she wasn't offended at being remembered for a schlock horror film and expressed gratitude for having fans. A class act all the way.
@Robert Sacchi It's that kind of loyalty that keeps shows alive, And Their Stars Gainfully Employed. Many of these actors would be working @ McDonald's, Walmart, or Home Depot if not for fans like us.
Hey TM...only months before Coleen's death, I called her & spoke about The Leech Woman. I told her I felt bad for her fate - rapidly aging and jumping to her death crashing thru a glass table. Coleen was wonderful & she said " oh well,...it was just her time to go" we talked more & the last thing she said to me ...see you later alligator, in a while crocodile.
"... mostly Chicken..." 😆😆😆 I like the flip-top skull potion dispenser on the arm of the throne. I didn't realize that La-Z-Boy delivered that far out.
I saw this on MST3K when I was about 15 and really kind of surprised at how dark the portrayal of Paul and June's marriage was. If I wasn't sick to death of remakes and reboots, I'd think a modern version of this could be interesting
What stereotypical representations there are of the native tribe can easily be re-written. That was an art direction choice and not part of the script. I'd love to see a re-write of this movie.
@@NinjaNezumi its a cheezy b-movie. Leave the wokey 💩 out of it... like the new little mermaid changing the Kiss the girl song to include the word CONSENT 😂😂😂 just leave old movies alone in EVERY country their movies portray foreigners via stereotypes but americans get their knickers in a twist watching old movies and making woke remarks 😂😂😂
I agree with Robin that this film does have a legitimate message about societal views on aging women. Roger Corman also seemed to touch on the same topic with The Wasp Woman.
Something happened to me during this review that rarely happens when I watch this channel: I actually got caught up in the story and wanted to know what was going to happen next.
I always love the stock footage scenes in movies, they somehow traverse half the globe, going from jungles to plains and a random closeup of a tree without having moved an inch :D
@@goddessoftransitory2038 I mean, I'd be guilty of not knowing the difference myself, but I might be able to tell depending on the landscape they are in.
@@cujoedaman You can always tell by the ears--Indian elephants' ears are considerably smaller, and their skulls have a pointier shape in contrast to African elephants.
My favorite "fountain of youth" movie is definitely that old standby, THE WASP WOMAN. It's corny, with a solid nostalgia factor(I first saw it on tv in 1963, when I was seven), and it stars the sumptuous Susan Cabot. I saw THE LEECH WOMAN about ten years later, on the same channel, and found it watchable, but not as much fun as THE WASP WOMAN. Thanks for making Mondays more fun, Robin!
My...here's a neat-o coincidence. I too first saw THE WASP WOMAN on the telly in 1963 when I was a seven year-old sprout. We had a local station that ran mostly Fifties SF & horror on nearly every Saturday afternoon; the framing program was called "Science Fiction Theater". I still remember that THE COSMIC MAN (with good ol' John Carradine) was the very first movie they ran.
This movie had sort of a re-make in the early 1990s as "Rejuvenatrix" (a.k.a. "The Rejuvenator"), a gloriously sleazy, cheap B-movie melodrama I highly recommend.
I appreciate the, well, universal look of quality Universal's B movies had in the 50s. I have a copy of this movie in its MST3k version and in my Universal 50s pack and I prefer it in its original form. What I think ultimately fails the Leech Woman isn't the characters or budget but the idea that June has to kill every single day. Making it last only a day pushes June from Greedy to Evil, past Crazy and settling on Stupid. But that's also part of why I like it, I guess. Once she was under its effect, she stopped thinking and started just moving from one action to the next. This isn't my favorite movie on the concept... the Night Strangler, the Kolchak TV movie after the Night Stalker did it best.... but this one betters its B movie status.
I think it's more a case of diminishing returns--much as an addict needs bigger doses for a smaller high, the effects of the potion wear off faster each time and leave the person older and older. When June and David escape, she says she "sometimes can't sleep at night thinking of the way I was," indicating that it's been at least a couple of days (Mala also says something similar about a "few days" of happiness and love when she's showing them the orchid) but it's supposed to be a one-and-done where you get one last wild party romp, then wither away. Then she apparently manages to get back from Africa to the US (not a brief journey even now) while maintaining her youthful appearance. It's only after she's home and trying to snag Neil that the half-life becomes exponentially worse and briefer each time.
I'm not really sure if this fits the bill as a "search for eternal youth" film, but the 1945 version of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is very well done.
🥟 Years ago I attended a screening of a South Korean Anthology film called 3 Extremes, and one of the stories was called Dumplings. Later that year, the film was extended to a full length feature, but I've never seen it. The secret of eternal youth in Dumplings was what I'd call immensely disturbing. Dumplings is a Horror film!
Sayeth the Jerk: "June. You've got to do this for ME." Priorities. And June made the proper choice (4:24). The movie's not bad - MST did riff it, but it's one of a number of films you can watch on its own and be entertained. Coleen Gray was a good actress and, have to admit, she goes all in for the role. The men are a___holes, which is typical for 50s and early 60s genre films, and ... actually, you're right, Mala IS the only decent character in the movie. She's played by Estelle Hemsley, and for a while I thought she was related to Sherman Hemsley, but Wiki notes no connection in their entries, so I guess I was wrong.
I can still hear Servo’s _“PIN-EEE-ALLLLL!”_ when June takes out Bertram 😆 And always a pleasure to see Gloria Talbott, even in a rather thankless role like Sally 😅
@@Oppeldeldoc1 which in turn reminds me of "Who's Afraid of Gamera Turtle?" Servo: Who was it that said, "Aargh"? Crow (as Richard Burton): I don't know, Martha. Servo: I remember now. It was Gamera. He walked into the room, lit a cigarette, looked around, and said, "Aargh". Crow: If you say so, Martha. (from the episode Gamera vs. Guiron)
I actually think "Bad" is a little bit harsh... although objectively the film has deep flaws, the major one being it's too short to reach the concept's full potential but it was made as a "B" movie, so it was always going to be short, so what it really lacked was discipline. The Africa section takes up too much time & the fertile soil of the Leech Woman gaining fresh victims gets far too little. I suppose I just find it interesting because of it's time capsule nature, how it shows moviemakers in the 1950's actually trying to be honest about some real subjects in a little genre film, even if it can't quite succeed. Robin points out how all the characters in the movie are terrible people... which seems to me to be the point, the film isn't pretending that any of these are good people, that's why almost all of them die, Grant Williams gets spared by chance & considering the psychological damage he might live with, possibly he got the worst the fate. So when a film is showing what actions Bad people make & what Motivations they have, generally that means you the audience are supposed to learn to learn that the right thing to do is the exact opposite. Don't marry someone for money. Don't cheat on your fiancée. Don't murder people to preserve your youth. All of that seems like pretty good advice compared to the final result of the film being of an almost completely dead cast. Thank you for Reading.
"...And, of course, plenty of stock footage to point at." They're standing in the middle of a jungle (which may or may not have been a simple yet clever arrangement of potted plants) pointing at elephant on the savannah... They're standing in the middle of a jungle (which may or may not have been a simple yet DIFFERENT arrangement of the SAME potted plants) pointing at a river that was filmed from a moving camera...
Chicken? Well, I must disagree, Robin. I'm going with it being a batch of Granny's delicious Possum Shanks as served up on _The Beverly Hillbillies._ 1:32
I do love the MST3K riff of this. Have to disagree about Mala being the only good person because she did not need to go to Paul, she got back to the Nando Tribe herself, meaning those deaths are her fault, as well as the secret formula being stolen, resulting in more deaths (only the strangler in the car deserved it). The theme of youth's outer beauty versus age's inner beauty is a topic worth exploring but the film doesn't do a good job of it.
Been a while since i saw this one, but I believe Malla needed money for travel expenses to the Nando village and went to Paul for money in exchange for information about the nipee… so she was _still_ ultimately responsible for all the deaths, but at least there was _some_ reason for it 🤔
Well, she did need Paul's (actually June's) money to get back to her people--that was a helluva lot of cash even for a one way ticket, and an elderly black woman wouldn't have a lot of financial resources for that trip. I see her more as amoral in that she's Nanos Forever and her goal is simply to die where she was born and stolen away from. She isn't exactly spoiled for choice in getting the money to go--Paul is the only guy who would buy what she's selling.
@@goddessoftransitory2038 -- Fair points. Even for a film of its time and type (and even though I do enjoy films of this time and type), I found her getting the funds to be, I don't know, somehow unenjoyable. I think it felt a little too cliched for her to have any powder to offer, especially having been abducted as a child well over a century ago and with how it is shown to work later in the film; and from that how she was able to convince Paul to help her fund her return home. It probably would have been better for her to have no powder, make a case of age-regressing powder in her old tribe's grip, and be brought along with the expedition. But I fear I'm on the verge of ranting and I'll stop and thank you for making a solid argument for the plot point.
You may--or not--want to read my previous & lengthier comment that touches upon the very issue you've mentioned. It might give you a laugh--or not. Or at the very least a mirthful chuckle---but then again, perhaps not.
Yeah me too. The whole decade really, but a lot of my favorites seem to be around 1958, a real cheesey and fun year for schlock cinema amidst a whole Era of genuine sci-fi horror classics.
I need this potion in the mornings when I'm running late for work since it works so well on the hair and make up. I have to say my favorite fountain of youth movie has to be 1981's Tuck Everlasting. With 1985's Cocoon as second.
I recently discovered this channel and what can I say - I love it. Quality stuff. I wonder, have you ever watched Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural? A very peculiar, low-budget mix of "Carmilla" and "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders". I think it might be good material for a review.
We have to do a better job than this one did with our own film "Curse of The Screaming Grannies". Right now it doesn't have enough of the grannies cursing and screaming.
UPDATE: I've recently wrapped up putting the finishing touches on my own original screenplay which is titled "The Night of the Man-Eating Vagina." ( Should the producers balk, I have on hand an alternate title: "Vagina Dentata". It's a real term too; go look it up.) While the title is perfectly descriptive of the content, I also fully intend it as a kind of "thinking person's" horror picture. Of course it's going to have the requisite gut-munching, bone-crunching, arterial spraying, brain-sucking, eyeball-squeezing, and what else have you, to attract the gorehound crowd. At the same time it's going to serve up a heapload of implicit cultural commentary on issues like contemporary male-female relations, gender identity, toxic masculinity, role stereotyping, sexual exploitation for profit---you get the picture. All that sort of jive liberal "Woke" stuff that a lot of folks seem to be into these days. The planned CGI is going to cost more than a pretty penny, but I have to figure the expense will be well worth it. And I don't have the least doubt my movie will get slapped with an obligatory NC-17 rating; but what the hey, that's every bit as good a selling point as sticking one of those "Parental Advisory" labels on a controversial CD or video game. Now as for financing....
@Ashley S If you really think that being woke is jive and you're not just joking then I feel bad for you. Because it would make a good film. Pretty sure it's already been done but when has that stopped us? Universal made The Invisible Man but that didn't stop us from trying to crank out The Guy Nobody Could See Anymore.
Another amusing review of an MST3K classic. 👍 Also, I've got to ask...where did you get the "London After Midnight" t-shirt? That is an awesome design.
Paul not anticipating the vengeance of his emotionally abused wife is the most plausible aspect of the entire film. Dude was WAY too blinded by greed and WAY too far up his own arse to see it coming. The conservation between the two at the film's start is jaw-dropping in its hostility, and I'm glad the MST3K guys picked up on that. I love Gloria Talbott, so despite Sally's preposterous hairdo (and idiot character) I genuinely felt sorry for her, but everyone else (except perhaps for Mala) is a loathsome creep who got what was coming to them. _The Leech Woman_ is basically _The Wasp Woman_ done somewhat better.
If I can reach the age of 152 and have the apparent vim and vigor of Marla, sign me up RIGHT NOW. Damn the wrinkles; quality of life is what's important as you age.
The 1966 Hammer film, The Witches, aka The Devil's Own, staring Joan Fontaine as she discovers a witch extending her life through ritual sacrifice. It fits the bill and it's a good watch, particularly if you enjoy the charm of a mid 60s Hammer horror film.
That's very likely. Or it could've been on AMC back when they used to play old cheesy horror, often late at night, or especially the Halloween season (MonsterFest).
They don't. This is a one-and-done for the elderly women of Nandos--they get to pick one guy to provide them with a last burst of beauty, youth, and hot banging before they wither away. It's not supposed to be a continual thing. June perverts it to her own ends.
Ok the script was written on the back of a cigarette packet, and it’s terribly dated, in certain ways. But it’s a lot better than some, of the awful crap I have sat and paid good money to watch. A very entertaining and funny video, that does what it says on the tin.
@@DarkCornersReviews thank you for your reply. But I really don't want to you to subject yourself to that much torture, so do take your time 😉 And thank you so much for the many hours of wonderful entertainment you have given us.
First off let me just say STOP IT. Women marry men for their money all the time and people don't call them jack asses for it. No, Paul is NOT a Jackass, and he does not deserve what happens to him in this film. I do love the Rifftrax/MST3K version of this film--especially the opening where Paul is talking to his wife about her drinking. The riffs from the crew are some of their best. Neil's attraction to Terry is so smooth that you have to admire him.
All I can think of is Tom Servo yelling "JED!"
Coleen Gray was amazing--she had some badass credits to her name (Kiss of Death, Red River, Nightmare Alley, The Killing.) In the 1990's she attended horror conventions and, in an interview with Tom Weaver, expressed amazement at how people wanted to talk about The Leech Woman. Unlike most jackass movie stars, she wasn't offended at being remembered for a schlock horror film and expressed gratitude for having fans. A class act all the way.
SciFi/Horror/Fantasy fans tend to be loyal. Plan 9 From Outer Space is better remembered than a lot of superior 1959 vintage films.
@Robert Sacchi It's that kind of
loyalty that keeps shows alive,
And Their Stars Gainfully Employed.
Many of these actors would be
working @ McDonald's, Walmart,
or Home Depot if not for
fans like us.
Hey TM...only months before Coleen's death, I called her & spoke about The Leech Woman. I told her I felt bad for her fate - rapidly aging and jumping to her death crashing thru a glass table. Coleen was wonderful & she said " oh well,...it was just her time to go" we talked more & the last thing she said to me ...see you later alligator, in a while crocodile.
"... mostly Chicken..." 😆😆😆
I like the flip-top skull potion dispenser on the arm of the throne. I didn't realize that La-Z-Boy delivered that far out.
A Wolf, A Raven & A Black Cat walk into a Bar. & the Bartender says, "Is Roger Corman making another Movie???".
I saw this on MST3K when I was about 15 and really kind of surprised at how dark the portrayal of Paul and June's marriage was. If I wasn't sick to death of remakes and reboots, I'd think a modern version of this could be interesting
I also loved the callback in the Incredibly Strange Things episode of MST3K: "Leech Woman: the Musical!"
@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 same the riffing was great in that episode 😅
Gonna have to check it out, it looks decent even without the riff.
What stereotypical representations there are of the native tribe can easily be re-written. That was an art direction choice and not part of the script. I'd love to see a re-write of this movie.
@@NinjaNezumi its a cheezy b-movie. Leave the wokey 💩 out of it... like the new little mermaid changing the Kiss the girl song to include the word CONSENT 😂😂😂 just leave old movies alone in EVERY country their movies portray foreigners via stereotypes but americans get their knickers in a twist watching old movies and making woke remarks 😂😂😂
Despite the negative review, always thought that this was a very entertaining and fun movie. Worth watching.
I'm with you on that.
I personally love the MST3K commentary of this film.
Hey I've always said "All that matters is if you like it." Sure it may be crap but sometimes we love our crap.
“ It’s mostly chicken “ I spit out my coffee!
The search for eternal youth prize has got to Dr. Phibes Rises Again! Excellent movie.
One that we will be visiting later this year...
I agree with Robin that this film does have a legitimate message about societal views on aging women. Roger Corman also seemed to touch on the same topic with The Wasp Woman.
I love the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode riffing The Leech Woman, which I'm a fan of.
me,too..one of my favorites
JEEEEDDDDD!!
😂😂😂😂 yes i agree, i sculpt for a living and i literally have 1 or 2 episodes of MST3K & or Rifftrax playing while i work every day.
The start reminds me of The Wasp Woman. Love this! Beware Men!!! Muhahahah! 💀💀💀😈😈😈
"Hair and makeup again - that potion is amazing!" 😂 So is that Lon Chaney-London After Midnight tee!
Something happened to me during this review that rarely happens when I watch this channel: I actually got caught up in the story and wanted to know what was going to happen next.
If nothing else, you have to credit the makers of this flick for finding the actress who played old Marla.
I always love the stock footage scenes in movies, they somehow traverse half the globe, going from jungles to plains and a random closeup of a tree without having moved an inch :D
At least some of the elephants were actually African rather than Indian.
@@goddessoftransitory2038 I mean, I'd be guilty of not knowing the difference myself, but I might be able to tell depending on the landscape they are in.
@@cujoedaman You can always tell by the ears--Indian elephants' ears are considerably smaller, and their skulls have a pointier shape in contrast to African elephants.
My favorite "fountain of youth" movie is definitely that old standby, THE WASP WOMAN. It's corny, with a solid nostalgia factor(I first saw it on tv in 1963, when I was seven), and it stars the sumptuous Susan Cabot.
I saw THE LEECH WOMAN about ten years later, on the same channel, and found it watchable, but not as much fun as THE WASP WOMAN.
Thanks for making Mondays more fun, Robin!
My...here's a neat-o coincidence. I too first saw THE WASP WOMAN on the telly in 1963 when I was a seven year-old sprout. We had a local station that ran mostly Fifties SF & horror on nearly every Saturday afternoon; the framing program was called "Science Fiction Theater". I still remember that THE COSMIC MAN (with good ol' John Carradine) was the very first movie they ran.
@@ashleys9397 I saw both those movies on "Shock Theater", hosted by a really cool guy named Ghoulardi.
@-Alan Hopewell and Ghoulardi is apparently related to film maker Paul Thomas Anderson.
"You are the face in my dreams of blood."
"Oh, she says that to everyone."
I could probably think of some better ones if I gave it more time... but Death Becomes Her is one that I'll always enjoy.
This movie had sort of a re-make in the early 1990s as "Rejuvenatrix" (a.k.a. "The Rejuvenator"), a gloriously sleazy, cheap B-movie melodrama I highly recommend.
I appreciate the, well, universal look of quality Universal's B movies had in the 50s. I have a copy of this movie in its MST3k version and in my Universal 50s pack and I prefer it in its original form. What I think ultimately fails the Leech Woman isn't the characters or budget but the idea that June has to kill every single day. Making it last only a day pushes June from Greedy to Evil, past Crazy and settling on Stupid. But that's also part of why I like it, I guess. Once she was under its effect, she stopped thinking and started just moving from one action to the next.
This isn't my favorite movie on the concept... the Night Strangler, the Kolchak TV movie after the Night Stalker did it best.... but this one betters its B movie status.
I think it's more a case of diminishing returns--much as an addict needs bigger doses for a smaller high, the effects of the potion wear off faster each time and leave the person older and older. When June and David escape, she says she "sometimes can't sleep at night thinking of the way I was," indicating that it's been at least a couple of days (Mala also says something similar about a "few days" of happiness and love when she's showing them the orchid) but it's supposed to be a one-and-done where you get one last wild party romp, then wither away.
Then she apparently manages to get back from Africa to the US (not a brief journey even now) while maintaining her youthful appearance. It's only after she's home and trying to snag Neil that the half-life becomes exponentially worse and briefer each time.
Always makes me laugh when I hear now everyday brand names used as mystical names.
Argos from Clash of the Titans always tickles me a little.
I'm not really sure if this fits the bill as a "search for eternal youth" film, but the 1945 version of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is very well done.
Great story, excellent film, and anything with George Sanders is definitely worth watching!
🥟 Years ago I attended a screening of a South Korean Anthology film called 3 Extremes, and one of the stories was called Dumplings. Later that year, the film was extended to a full length feature, but I've never seen it. The secret of eternal youth in Dumplings was what I'd call immensely disturbing. Dumplings is a Horror film!
Dr. Paul Talbot - "He's got built in smug". MST3K
I own an autographed photo of Colleen Gray!!
Sayeth the Jerk: "June. You've got to do this for ME."
Priorities. And June made the proper choice (4:24).
The movie's not bad - MST did riff it, but it's one of a number of films you can watch on its own and be entertained. Coleen Gray was a good actress and, have to admit, she goes all in for the role. The men are a___holes, which is typical for 50s and early 60s genre films, and ... actually, you're right, Mala IS the only decent character in the movie. She's played by Estelle Hemsley, and for a while I thought she was related to Sherman Hemsley, but Wiki notes no connection in their entries, so I guess I was wrong.
Good research. You might be more solidly researched than IMDb.
I can still hear Servo’s _“PIN-EEE-ALLLLL!”_ when June takes out Bertram 😆
And always a pleasure to see Gloria Talbott, even in a rather thankless role like Sally 😅
One of the great lines in the MST3K version is the "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" reference. That comparison is just right.
@@Oppeldeldoc1 which in turn reminds me of "Who's Afraid of Gamera Turtle?"
Servo: Who was it that said, "Aargh"?
Crow (as Richard Burton): I don't know, Martha.
Servo: I remember now. It was Gamera. He walked into the room, lit a cigarette, looked around, and said, "Aargh".
Crow: If you say so, Martha.
(from the episode Gamera vs. Guiron)
Gloria Talbott, star of the excellent (despite its schlocky title) I married A Munster From Outer Space. Underrated film that actually is a classic.
Monster not Munster!
@@larrydart7124 Definitely a hidden gem, that one… though now i kinda do wanna see a Munsters version 😆
Many wars have been fought to decide who is the most cheeky: the High Priest of Nandos or the High Priest of Vimto.
The Fountain was an incredible fountain of youth flick!
God bless 50s and 60s AIP films !
I like those handy hinged-skull storage units.
I actually think "Bad" is a little bit harsh... although objectively the film has deep flaws, the major one being it's too short to reach the concept's full potential but it was made as a "B" movie, so it was always going to be short, so what it really lacked was discipline. The Africa section takes up too much time & the fertile soil of the Leech Woman gaining fresh victims gets far too little.
I suppose I just find it interesting because of it's time capsule nature, how it shows moviemakers in the 1950's actually trying to be honest about some real subjects in a little genre film, even if it can't quite succeed.
Robin points out how all the characters in the movie are terrible people... which seems to me to be the point, the film isn't pretending that any of these are good people, that's why almost all of them die, Grant Williams gets spared by chance & considering the psychological damage he might live with, possibly he got the worst the fate. So when a film is showing what actions Bad people make & what Motivations they have, generally that means you the audience are supposed to learn to learn that the right thing to do is the exact opposite.
Don't marry someone for money.
Don't cheat on your fiancée.
Don't murder people to preserve your youth.
All of that seems like pretty good advice compared to the final result of the film being of an almost completely dead cast.
Thank you for Reading.
There is Countess Dracula. I think you may have already reviewed Wasp Woman.
"...And, of course, plenty of stock footage to point at."
They're standing in the middle of a jungle (which may or may not have been a simple yet clever arrangement of potted plants) pointing at elephant on the savannah...
They're standing in the middle of a jungle (which may or may not have been a simple yet DIFFERENT arrangement of the SAME potted plants) pointing at a river that was filmed from a moving camera...
To quote MST3K, "Forget stock footage. It's stock milage at this point."
Chicken? Well, I must disagree, Robin. I'm going with it being a batch of Granny's delicious Possum Shanks as served up on _The Beverly Hillbillies._ 1:32
Stabbing a guy in the neck gets nowhere near the cerebellum.
African stock footage checks:
- African elephant: Check
- Asian water buffalo: Wut
- New World boa constrictor: Bruh
I do love the MST3K riff of this. Have to disagree about Mala being the only good person because she did not need to go to Paul, she got back to the Nando Tribe herself, meaning those deaths are her fault, as well as the secret formula being stolen, resulting in more deaths (only the strangler in the car deserved it). The theme of youth's outer beauty versus age's inner beauty is a topic worth exploring but the film doesn't do a good job of it.
Been a while since i saw this one, but I believe Malla needed money for travel expenses to the Nando village and went to Paul for money in exchange for information about the nipee… so she was _still_ ultimately responsible for all the deaths, but at least there was _some_ reason for it 🤔
@@Gappasaurus -- Ah, thanks for clarifying.
@@reignfire85 😁👍
Well, she did need Paul's (actually June's) money to get back to her people--that was a helluva lot of cash even for a one way ticket, and an elderly black woman wouldn't have a lot of financial resources for that trip. I see her more as amoral in that she's Nanos Forever and her goal is simply to die where she was born and stolen away from. She isn't exactly spoiled for choice in getting the money to go--Paul is the only guy who would buy what she's selling.
@@goddessoftransitory2038 -- Fair points. Even for a film of its time and type (and even though I do enjoy films of this time and type), I found her getting the funds to be, I don't know, somehow unenjoyable. I think it felt a little too cliched for her to have any powder to offer, especially having been abducted as a child well over a century ago and with how it is shown to work later in the film; and from that how she was able to convince Paul to help her fund her return home. It probably would have been better for her to have no powder, make a case of age-regressing powder in her old tribe's grip, and be brought along with the expedition. But I fear I'm on the verge of ranting and I'll stop and thank you for making a solid argument for the plot point.
In general, solving any problem with Nandos is likely to lead to regret later.
Respect for keeping it down to one chicken joke. Admirable restraint ;-)
two. There was a peri peri pun in there to. But i was expecting a lot more :D
The sponsorship deal fell through, so we cut them all.
I got captured by the nandos once. Couldn't cross my legs for a week.
I feel terrible for laughing at this!
..."It's mostly chicken." 😅
I almost spewed my coffee on that one.
Is this what my girlfriend means when she tells me she's "Grabbing a cheeky Nando's"? Eeep!
You might want to check the rings in her jewelry box
@@woodencoyote4372 lol, definitely sleeping on my back in future
That's one way to describe your ex
You may--or not--want to read my previous & lengthier comment that touches upon the very issue you've mentioned. It might give you a laugh--or not. Or at the very least a mirthful chuckle---but then again, perhaps not.
I’ve actually seen this movie before, I’m a real SUCKER for 1950’s science horror movies
Yeah me too. The whole decade really, but a lot of my favorites seem to be around 1958, a real cheesey and fun year for schlock cinema amidst a whole Era of genuine sci-fi horror classics.
I need this potion in the mornings when I'm running late for work since it works so well on the hair and make up.
I have to say my favorite fountain of youth movie has to be 1981's Tuck Everlasting. With 1985's Cocoon as second.
Lon Chaney on the shirt. At first, I thought it was Svengoolie.
She is the best search for eternal youth movie hands down.
I recently discovered this channel and what can I say - I love it. Quality stuff.
I wonder, have you ever watched Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural? A very peculiar, low-budget mix of "Carmilla" and "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders". I think it might be good material for a review.
I've seen this one several time since I was a child.
The dance number alone. Is worth the price of admission
We have to do a better job than this one did with our own film "Curse of The Screaming Grannies". Right now it doesn't have enough of the grannies cursing and screaming.
UPDATE: I've recently wrapped up putting the finishing touches on my own original screenplay which is titled "The Night of the Man-Eating Vagina." ( Should the producers balk, I have on hand an alternate title: "Vagina Dentata". It's a real term too; go look it up.) While the title is perfectly descriptive of the content, I also fully intend it as a kind of "thinking person's" horror picture. Of course it's going to have the requisite gut-munching, bone-crunching, arterial spraying, brain-sucking, eyeball-squeezing, and what else have you, to attract the gorehound crowd. At the same time it's going to serve up a heapload of implicit cultural commentary on issues like contemporary male-female relations, gender identity, toxic masculinity, role stereotyping, sexual exploitation for profit---you get the picture. All that sort of jive liberal "Woke" stuff that a lot of folks seem to be into these days. The planned CGI is going to cost more than a pretty penny, but I have to figure the expense will be well worth it. And I don't have the least doubt my movie will get slapped with an obligatory NC-17 rating; but what the hey, that's every bit as good a selling point as sticking one of those "Parental Advisory" labels on a controversial CD or video game.
Now as for financing....
@Ashley S If you really think that being woke is jive and you're not just joking then I feel bad for you. Because it would make a good film. Pretty sure it's already been done but when has that stopped us? Universal made The Invisible Man but that didn't stop us from trying to crank out The Guy Nobody Could See Anymore.
Ooo...another one for my MST3K playlist!
Another amusing review of an MST3K classic. 👍 Also, I've got to ask...where did you get the "London After Midnight" t-shirt? That is an awesome design.
My favorite "eternal youth" movie is still "SHE" (the Merian C. Cooper one).
Agreed! All day every day
Yes, a very good one.
How about the Hammer version?
Well, I like it, but I also just really like the charm of a Hammer film.
Paul not anticipating the vengeance of his emotionally abused wife is the most plausible aspect of the entire film. Dude was WAY too blinded by greed and WAY too far up his own arse to see it coming. The conservation between the two at the film's start is jaw-dropping in its hostility, and I'm glad the MST3K guys picked up on that.
I love Gloria Talbott, so despite Sally's preposterous hairdo (and idiot character) I genuinely felt sorry for her, but everyone else (except perhaps for Mala) is a loathsome creep who got what was coming to them. _The Leech Woman_ is basically _The Wasp Woman_ done somewhat better.
Hah. Funnily enough, Nando's is a South African chain, so this checks out.
i never understood why exactly Mala brought them all to the ritual in the first place
Tbh, Marla is how I imagined the Sayyadina Romallo or rogue Reverend Mother from DUNE looking.
I actually prefer The Wasp Woman to The Leech Woman.
gonna watch this one for sure.
I remember this movie when I was 16 on creature feature and I love then and love it now at 67.
8:25
it's regrettable that (author of "The Mephisto Waltz")
Fred Mustard Stewart's masterful "The Methuselah Enzyme" has never been filmed.
I've seen this on Svengoolie at least once.
A film that interestingly works both with and without the MST3K commentary. Your comments are quite funny as well! Good work!
I remember there was a character in The He-Man Masters of the Universe universe called Leech.
If I can reach the age of 152 and have the apparent vim and vigor of Marla, sign me up RIGHT NOW. Damn the wrinkles; quality of life is what's important as you age.
This is brilliant on every level!
The 1966 Hammer film, The Witches, aka The Devil's Own, staring Joan Fontaine as she discovers a witch extending her life through ritual sacrifice. It fits the bill and it's a good watch, particularly if you enjoy the charm of a mid 60s Hammer horror film.
For some reason, I have a need to go to a Nando's restaurant
Of course a search for an elixir required them bringing along FIFTY POUNDS of dynamite.
Not only a great video, but a fun drinking game as well! Take a shot every time you here the word “but” and see if you can make it to the end 😊
Another great review and you showed great restraint when handed the gift that was... Nandos 👍
Talbot you say? What a cursed last name 😬
Probably Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
How is Marla the only decent one? How many tribesmen have died so she could be young temporarily?
Maybe those were shitty husbands too.
Exactly!
By comparison, she's decent. This is a cultural thing for her people.
@@julietfischer5056 albeit stereotypically
@@sammyvictors2603- Yep.
7:16 "Jed!!"
It's odd. Somehow I've seen this. I don't think it was a MST3K thing, like I saw it on Turner Classic movies or something.
That's very likely. Or it could've been on AMC back when they used to play old cheesy horror, often late at night, or especially the Halloween season (MonsterFest).
The actor playing the husband is clearly a decade (or two) older than the actress playing the wife...
Thirteen years, actually!
Note that the basic story is awfully similar to THE WASP WOMAN.
I've never seen this. Think I'll have to track down the MST3K episode.
JEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!
Snake on a branch establishing shot
All those people having a “Cheeky Nando’s,” for lunch knew the secret all along: Chicken wings, unlimited cola and eternal life. All for £9.99!
How was she able to dispose all those corpses? And how was the tribe able to provide a man a day for every woman?
They don't. This is a one-and-done for the elderly women of Nandos--they get to pick one guy to provide them with a last burst of beauty, youth, and hot banging before they wither away. It's not supposed to be a continual thing. June perverts it to her own ends.
This and The Wasp Woman have very similar themes.
That snake is a boa constricor from South and Central America, nit Africa,
The land of nandos. Where the smell if bbq grilled marinated chicken is ever present
The movie that dwells on eternal youth that comes to mind is cocoon. Think it starred Tom hanks.
Steve Guttenberg. Also Brian Dennehy and Don Ameche.
Oh! And Wilford Brimley. 😁
Do you think this movie inspired the eponymous character of Puppet master franchise?
aaaah good old Dottie Wrinkle :)
I thought this was about gold diggers?
Here I was thinking that it might be about a totally rapacious divorcee.
Ok the script was written on the back of a cigarette packet, and it’s terribly dated, in certain ways. But it’s a lot better than some, of the awful crap I have sat and paid good money to watch. A very entertaining and funny video, that does what it says on the tin.
Really feels like someone should've been guarding this, or him, or both....
Truly so Cheeky Nandos! I'll see myself out.
The day time ended. Have you done that one?
Loved the video, but it seems you gave up on Deathstalker 3 --- and I won't blame you, hahaha.
We'll get there. We're just taking a break
@@DarkCornersReviews thank you for your reply. But I really don't want to you to subject yourself to that much torture, so do take your time 😉 And thank you so much for the many hours of wonderful entertainment you have given us.
An old school "Creature Feature" that's oddly watchable...kind of, sort of.? More soap opera than horror.
The Mst3k episode so great
First off let me just say STOP IT. Women marry men for their money all the time and people don't call them jack asses for it. No, Paul is NOT a Jackass, and he does not deserve what happens to him in this film. I do love the Rifftrax/MST3K version of this film--especially the opening where Paul is talking to his wife about her drinking. The riffs from the crew are some of their best. Neil's attraction to Terry is so smooth that you have to admire him.