Jack Perez’s Monster Island is ninety minutes of parody. The old monster movies are given a royal treatment in a story set in the MTV venue.
Carmen Electra plays herself as the hapless heroine kidnapped by the Queen Ant for nefarious purposes. In other words, you have to keep your native slaves happy to maintain the hive at optimal health.
You have your assortment of high schoolers. The talented Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays the usual object of affection by two seniors. However, when she picks up an amulet and becomes the island goddess of the enslaved natives in the bee hive, she takes on the persona of Xena: Warrior Princess.
Adam West, 60′s TV’s Batman, plays Dr. Ray Harryhausen, the last survivor of a doomed group of scientists playing God with radioactive experiments on animal life. For the younger generation, the real Ray Harryhausen was a writer, director, special effects wizard and producer for some of the great sci-fi movies of the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s.
There is a plus to this film. The island scenery was actually filmed in British Columbia.
If you want to have a laugh, grab a bowl of buttery cheese popcorn and relive some bad special effects with a story about as bad. Hey! This is one way to get away from your troubles for ninety minutes.
Was not a great monster film. But it was never meant to be taken seriously. It’s a good campy throwback to monster movies of the 50′s and 60′s. This is this first movie I ever saw Mary Elizabeth Winstead in and one of the main reasons I bought this DVD. Adam West has a turn as a “mad scientist”. He does a good job of it.
Rating: 3 / 5
Jack Perez’s Monster Island is ninety minutes of parody. The old monster movies are given a royal treatment in a story set in the MTV venue.
Carmen Electra plays herself as the hapless heroine kidnapped by the Queen Ant for nefarious purposes. In other words, you have to keep your native slaves happy to maintain the hive at optimal health.
You have your assortment of high schoolers. The talented Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays the usual object of affection by two seniors. However, when she picks up an amulet and becomes the island goddess of the enslaved natives in the bee hive, she takes on the persona of Xena: Warrior Princess.
Adam West, 60′s TV’s Batman, plays Dr. Ray Harryhausen, the last survivor of a doomed group of scientists playing God with radioactive experiments on animal life. For the younger generation, the real Ray Harryhausen was a writer, director, special effects wizard and producer for some of the great sci-fi movies of the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s.
There is a plus to this film. The island scenery was actually filmed in British Columbia.
If you want to have a laugh, grab a bowl of buttery cheese popcorn and relive some bad special effects with a story about as bad. Hey! This is one way to get away from your troubles for ninety minutes.
Rating: 3 / 5
Was not a great monster film. But it was never meant to be taken seriously. It’s a good campy throwback to monster movies of the 50′s and 60′s. This is this first movie I ever saw Mary Elizabeth Winstead in and one of the main reasons I bought this DVD. Adam West has a turn as a “mad scientist”. He does a good job of it.
Rating: 3 / 5