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This laughably-bad mess stars ubiquitous "Z"-movie journeyman John Carradine as Dr. DeMarco, a loony scientist whose original concept to build a humanoid robot for space missions is fouled somewhat by... read more read more... his choice of a psycho-killer's brain for his first subject. Instead of doing the sensible thing and retiring from the mad-doc profession, DeMarco chooses instead to build another robot to hunt down the last one. His efforts are only slightly hindered by a moronic CIA investigation (led by a hung-over Wendell Corey, in his final screen role) and the meddling of a cabal of communist spies under the direction of slinky dragon-lady Tura Satana (of Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), apparently for the purpose of exploiting the solar-powered astro-man for military reasons. When the doc's lovely former lab assistant (she's since been replaced by a leering hunchback) is attacked by the first robot, he loses his solar cell and narrowly escapes destruction (by holding a flashlight to his head!), but in his hurried exit he leads the CIA right back to DeMarco's lab, where most of the surviving cast members bump each other off. Taking into account the obvious goofy editing (characters are seen standing around waiting for the shot to end) and abominable performances all around, director Ted V. Mikels (of the "Point-N-Shoot" school of filmmaking) would later achieve such cinematic heights as The Corpse Grinders and Blood Orgy of the She-Devils. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: Ted V. Mikels

Release Date: May 1, 1968

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  • webalina
    May 14, 2010
    webalina
    This is such a quality motion picture that it took me three viewings before I got all the way through it without falling asleep. Bad acting, abysmal special effects and a ridiculous monster -- the scene of him running through the streets holding a flashlight to his forehead to re... read morecharge his power cell is priceless. John Carradine's scenes seem to have been filmed completely separate from anyone else's in that he never appears with any of the other actors, but rather spends all his time in his laboratory. A load of crap that really needs weird friends and alcohol to be properly appreciated.
  • TransmissionsFromNostromo
    February 27, 2011
    TransmissionsFromNostromo
    I'm not saying I have a medical degree or anything, but SOLAR-POWERED HEARTS??? I can see a few problems with this.

    Note to all aspiring filmmakers: hire an editor! You don't have to use every single second of footage you record in your actual movie. It's bad enough watching a m... read morean collect "blood" in a plastic container, but we don't need to watch John Carradine watching him!
  • Pinion327
    July 28, 2007
    Pinion327
    The pacing is slow, the story is lame, and the title is very misleading. The "zombie" is actually a frankencyborg-type thing anyway. What this film does have going for it is an early appearence of Tura Satana of "Faster Pussycat" fame, as well as MST3K style humor.

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Rob Gonsalves
July 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

Commits the cardinal sin of being slow and boring on top of being heedlessly bad. Full Review

David Cornelius
May 27, 2007
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

The worst movie ever made? I just might say yes. Yes it is. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
April 3, 2005
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

There's bad, there's very bad, and there's Astro-Zombie bad.

Jonathan Rosenbaum
December 16, 2001
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Emanuel Levy
October 2, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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