The Rare Blue Apes Of Cannibal Isle 1975 Written by Donn Greer and Peter Scriven, directed by Donn Greer. It's part of the new 10 film box set Lost Picture Show from Vinegar Syndrome. Donn Greer was better known for some of his exploitation films. This was his 11th film. I've only seen one of his other works, the 1969 film Alice In Acidland.
A movie that seems heavily inspired by Sid and Marty Kroff's puppet shows. A kid chases after his duck and the kid's boat washes up on Cannibal Isle. The place is home to two types of creatures, a race of alligator pirates and a race of blue apes. The boy get caught by the pirates and escapes with their blue ape captive. They get chased to the ape half the island.
It's also a musical and they are some of the worst songs I've heard. They're rather lack luster and hardly anyone can sing. The boy has his adventure, the boss pirate gets blown up a bit, eventually the boy returns home with his duck. The boy's sister proceeds to step on the poor duck during the welcome home, the duck runs off, stage left.
They tout the film up on the VS promo material but its just a mild diversion that I might not ever watch again. I'm not that likely to order the set. I was the first person to vote for the movie on the IMDb. I gave it a 5 for sheer ludicrousness. It's not that good.
Bikini Drive-In 1995 Written and directed by Fred Olen Ray.
A young woman inherits a drive-in movie theater from her late uncle. Her boyfriend won't help her fix it up so she dumps him. Her best gal pal lends a hand and ropes in her boyfriend. The crew at the drive-in pitch in too. Joining that lot is the son of a local developer who's not that happy with his father. His old man, David F Friedman, wants to turn the drive-in into a big mall and apartment complex.
It's pretty dumb and not every well written. There's plenty of boobs to see but most of them are silicon. Everything works out well enough for the young woman, she even hooks up with the developer's son.
Like some of Fred's movies there's a stack of old stars on offer: Ross Hagen, Peter Spellos, David F Friedman, Conrad Brooks, Gordon Mitchell and Hoke Howell.
Another one that I wouldn't need to pick up.
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