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From: boyajian%akov68.DEC@decwrl.ARPA  (Jerry Boyajian)

I'm not sure that I can decide what is *the* worst sf film
ever made --- there are so many of them after all. However
a list of nominees from me would include:

all of the NEUTRON or AZTEC MUMMY films
ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS
ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE
CREATURE OF DESTRUCTION 
FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE SPACE MONSTER
HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP
MARS NEEDS WOMEN
MISSION STARDUST 
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS
ZONTAR, THE THING FROM VENUS 


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)

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Lest we forget...

	"Canadian Mounties versus Atomic Monsters"
	"The Brain Eaters"

...should also be on this list.

B.K.Cobb
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You forgot:

IT CONQUERED THE WORLD
THE FLESH EATERS
DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
ETC....ETC...

ps: I thought CRAB MONSTERS was very "gripping"(Martha...help me...meet me by 
the pit...snip snip..)

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In article <470@topaz.ARPA> boyajian%akov68.DEC@decwrl.ARPA  
(Jerry Boyajian) writes:
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>I'm not sure that I can decide what is *the* worst sf film
>ever made --- there are so many of them after all. However
>a list of nominees from me would include:
>


How about TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE, and their wonderful 'pets' the
Gargons?  Really, now, 200 foot long crayfish???

-- 
Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900

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How can you call Day of the Triffids a bad Sci-fi movie? I thought it was quite
good and it is certainly far above the likes of Mars needs women, etc.
M. McCann

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    There are at least three versions of Day of the Triffids that I have
heard of.  Two are relatively recent - late 70's - and the other is much
older.  I saw the original one, and I thought it stunk.  The acting was 
terrible, the plot was abominable, and the 'special' effects were
unmentionable.  I haven't seen the newer releases, but with that plot,
there's only so far they can go.

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Reply-To: walker@unc.UUCP (Douglas Walker)

 >There are at least three versions of Day of the Triffids
 >that I have heard of.  Two are relatively recent - late 70's
 >- and the other is much older.  I saw the original one, and
 >I thought it stunk.  The acting was  terrible, the plot was
 >abominable, and the 'special' effects were unmentionable.  I
 >haven't seen the newer releases, but with that plot, there's
 >only so far they can go.

The 1981 BBC adaptation shows up on the Arts and Entertainment cable
channel.  It follows the novel page for page.  It is intelligent and
well made.  Since the novel is not really about monsters but about how
societies function, it is well worth seeing.  A friend who is a
post-holocaust story enthusiast says that it is the best post-holocaust
dramatic presentation he has ever seen.

				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!ahuta!leeper