Monday, December 26, 2005

Movie review - Corman #21 - "Teenage Caveman" (1958) **

Surprisingly solid caveman flick with Robert Vaughan as a questioning teenager in the stone age who can't understand why his parents generation won't let him cross the river. So he rebels and finds out the Truth. Right on! (Although the title was originally Prehistoric World, Teenage Caveman is actually for more appropriate.)
Vaughan is good and Sarah Marshall is a pretty cavewoman. Some of their fellow tribespeople are played by actors familiar with other Roger Corman films, such as Jonathan Haze and Ed Nelson. Some of them don't look terribly convincing (a lot are out of shape) - neither do the fights with dinosaurs. Still, a decent story, with a surprise (and quite moving) ending.

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