Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Revenge Of Dr. X aka Venus Flytrap


Dr. X aka Dr. Non Sequitur aka Dr. Scenery Chewer aka Dr. Cranky Screaming Brylcremed Lunatic takes a vacation from his NASA job where he yells at people and travels to Japan to experiment on a venus flytrap he dug up at a gas station in North Carolina for some reason in this film written by Ed Wood. Let's break it down. Like I said, Dr. X drives to North Carolina to take a plane to Japan which seems to make sense and his car unconvincingly breaks down. He stops at a desolate Petticoat Junction-esque gas station because that seems like the thing to do, and the creepy gas station owner holds up a rubber snake and says "I'll take a look at your car if you take a look at my snakes.", and that seems fine. Then Dr. X is seen holding a box with a venus flytrap in it aboard a Pan-Am flight, and I guess you could take just about anything on a plane in 1970.

Then Dr. X unconvincingly arrives in Japan, and he drives a convertible to the top of a non-dangerous active volcano where an abandoned hotel complete with pipe organ is located and that also seems fine and doesn't contain any foreshadowing at all. You'll need a Dramamine during this part, because the camera jumps up an down wildly to simulate a dramatic ride to the top of a non-dangerous active volcano where unconvincing landslides occur. They arrive at the top of the mountain, and nothing happens for a long time except terrible dialogue and stock lightning footage. Suddenly, there's topless Japanese chicks on the beach and no one seems to notice.

A few more months of movie happens, and Dr. X finally finishes his creation which looks a little like a guy in a rubber Cthulhu carrot suit, and you realize this movie is a Frankenstein/Little Shop Of Horrors rip-off complete with irate Japanese villagers wielding flaming torches and a box of puppies being used as plant food. There's indescribably bad acting, an incoherent plot, cracky editing, stock NASA footage, roller rink organ music, and lots of yelling. It's recommended if you like stuff that sucks. I watched The Revenge Of Dr. X on Youtube, and there was no revenge of any variety. Here's a clip featuring a Japanese hunchback henchman, which seems fine.


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