The Astro-Zombies

1968 "Dismembered Bodies, Transplanted Organs, Are Used To Create The..."
3.1| 1h31m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 19 May 1968 Released
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For devilishly mad "astro-scientist" Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine), a typical day involves run-ins with reanimated corpses, bloodthirsty solar-powered killer robot zombies, Chinese communist spies and vicious Mexican secret agents. But when a bloody trail of young female murder victims leads an intrepid CIA agent to his door, things get really interesting. Ted V. Mikels directs this unique B horror-thriller.

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ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
order-27 Am writing this review many years after seeing this film. I'm a pretty avid film-goer, and I've only wanted to walk out of a movie two or three times over many, many years, but I absolutely could not sit through this and left maybe halfway through.The acting was bad, the plot, what there was of it, was bad, the editing was bad, the pacing was terrible... I don't remember all the details, but I remember the increasing pressure in my brain telling me to get out before I exploded.This is not in the same class as Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, which was a deliberately done bad movie which means that there was a lot of good stuff to laugh at, and not even in the same class as Plan 9 From Outer Space, whose badness at least made me laugh.
inhopewell Back in the late Seventies, all-night TV programming was just beginning in my home (Cleveland)market, and it was a boon to pub crawlin' rock music / potheads like me; coming in at two or three in the morning, generally higher than Japanese beef prices, we'd turn to "8 All Nite" or "Movie 5" for stimulation, aka trip. "The Astro-Zombies" was an "8 All-Nite" staple, showing a half-dozen times between 1977 and 1980. And why not? This movie was made for late night consumption, particularly when garnished with cold pizza, warm Colt 45, and some funny cigarettes.John Carradine is at it again, bellowing like an elephant seal whilst doing mad scientist stuff in a Kiwanis haunted house-type laboratory.His assistant, Fanchot, has a thing for girl's feet, and possibly grew up to be Quentin Tarantino.Da Good Docta is trying to produce the perfect astronaut, using the tried and NASA-approved method of stitching dead body parts together; this never goes well, but you can't tell this guy anything. The fruits of his labor look like day players in cheap suits, with skull masks over their faces-they are Astro-Men, or (hence the title)Astro-Zombies.Unbeknownst to this dime-store Einstein, one of his creatures has been sneaking out at night, and (gasp!)killing beautiful young women. (You'd think....every once in a while....that a rampaging monster could bump off a couple of those mummified aunts, you know the ones with the mink stoles with the heads still on them, and the lipstick? The kissy ones?)But I digress.... Wendell Corey, as an FBI man, prints his performance in fat pencil on grade-school lined paper, and mails it in-he almost puts himself to sleep. This is counterbalanced by the man- eating zeal of Tura Satana, as the head bad person, blood-stopping in tight Chinese dresses, stiletto pumps, and an entire can of Clabber Girl Baking Powder on her face. (Query....why would a Red Chinese agent have Raphael Campos as a lieutenant?)Never mind.... Ms. Satana is nearly orgasmic in her performance, clearly enjoying herself as she dumps an entire clip into one of her victims, as he floats in a swimming pool, and torturing another with a lit cigarette.This film is replete with cheap chills, unintentional laughs, and enough cheese to top Northern Italy. Buy it, rent it, stay up and watch it; you'll thank me.
oscar-35 This is a terrible video that is not really watchable. It can't really be reviewed because it doesn't really exists for real film buffs. It is not 'empty calories', which implies some pleasure, but is simply empty and boring. It's a dramatic void where a story, plot, pacing, and performance ought to be. It's a collection of promotable empty elements strung together until it's time for the next film. The "Astro Zombies" is vapid even by the standards of other 'D' films/videos. Also this 'Zombies' is limp and is an insult to the venerable horror films and their exploits that it's based on. With no plot, characters or 'lines' worth experiencing, let alone remember, this video merely occupies space and hopes for the best.
bensonmum2 The plot of The Astro-Zombies is so convoluted that I'm not sure I can sum it up in just a few short sentences - but I'll give it a try. It seems that a series of gristly murders is being blamed on a Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine). Until recently, Dr. DeMarco worked for the government on a top secret project where he was attempting to develop a synthetic man. The synthetic or astro-man was thought to be ideal for long range space flight. The CIA theorizes that Dr. DeMarco has succeeded in creating an astro-man and that it may be responsible for the murders. In addition, a group of spies, headed by a woman named Satana (Tura Satana), is also looking for Dr. DeMarco. They represent a foreign party interested in Dr. DeMarco's discoveries.You know, I could sit here and go through a litany of weaknesses found in The Astro-Zombies. But I'll be honest, that's too easy and, ultimately, too time consuming. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. So I'll stick to the biggest problem I had with The Astro-Zombies and that's how deadly dull much of the movie is. There are great big chunks of the movie where nothing happens. I don't mean it's just slow - I mean there's absolutely nothing going on. For example, there are a series of scenes with Dr. DeMarco preparing his lab for an experiment that seem to go on FOREVER! Vials are filled, switches are thrown, microscopes are peered through, and on and on it goes. No dialogue – just mundane, routine scenes of people trying to look busy. I swear that at one point it looked like Carradine was working on a thermostat. And who wouldn't want to see John Carradine do a little home repair project? But as bad as The Astro-Zombies is, the movie's not a total loss. There's enough bizarreness here that someone with a little talent might have gotten something interesting out of it. I'll go so far to argue that a good editor might be able to shave a half-hour off the thing and come up with an interesting, surreal movie. The ingredients are here – CIA operatives, John Carradine, mutant creatures, a secret lab, Tura Satana (who's pretty surreal in her own right), a hunchbacked lab assistant, violent attack scenes, an unknown woman in a bikini strapped to a table, and enough scientific hokum for two movies. But until someone takes the time to put this movie together, the best I can give The Astro-Zombies is a 3/10.