# "I sleep now." Lost Skeleton of Cadavra available on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997 "2004-07-01T03:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/21 "2004-10-01T16:58:24Z")
My kids love it on a whole different level. They just liked the Skeleton saying " I sleep Now" which they use on me when they want to try and end a conversation. I must pick this one up too. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/22 "2004-10-01T22:21:03Z")
I haven’t seen \*Skeleton \* yet, but the descriptions remind me of _Destination Mars_, which came out a couple of years ago. If you find the DVD, make sure to watch the “making of” documentary FIRST. They went to a lot of trouble to invent a backstory for this “lost” sci-fi film from the '50s, allegedly the only film ever confiscated by the government during the McCarthy era. The movie’s a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/23 "2004-10-02T02:35:33Z")
“Tip tip tip tip tip tip tip tip” I just saw this last night and laughed my ass off. I am going to watch it again tonight and laugh more of my ass off. “BRING THE METEOR TO THE SKELETON!” “Give the atmospherium to Kro-bar and Lattis!” “BRING THE METEOR TO THE SKELETON!” “Give the atmospherium to Kro-bar and Lattis!” “BRING THE METEOR TO THE SKELETON!” “Give the atmospherium to Kro-bar and Lattis!” “BRING THE METEOR TO THE SKELETON!” “Give the atmospherium to Kro-bar and Lattis!” My favorite gag was when the scientists wife said “Look - they have the right idea!” followed by completely pointless stock footage of squirrels scampering about. “Climb down these rocks, as I do!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/24 "2004-10-02T13:37:50Z")
**Manduck** : Did you watch the film after seeing this thread, thinking “Hm. I should check this out!”? Or did you watch the film and then find the thread? I’d like to think this forum is useful for “getting the word out” on somewhat obscure films. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/25 "2004-10-02T22:29:32Z")
I saw the thread first, but actually I read a review of the movie when it came out. I wanted to see it, but forgot about it until this thread jogged my memory. So I put it on my ziplist (Netflix-like service in Canada), but when they shipped it to me it took _22 days_ to reach me in the mail! It just arrived a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/26 "2004-10-22T21:28:24Z")
Johnny L.A. - I’m not sure if they set out to make a mock-up of B movies. In one of the DVD extras, the director (and main character) says that “A lot of people say we tried to lampoon B-movies. I think we just made a B-movie.” Also, Fay Masterson played Betty, not Lattis (Susan McConnell). And I’ve had running crush on Fay Masterson since “The Power of One”. This movie does nothing but reinforce that infatuation. “It appears to be a series of small buildings ascending to the top of this larger building.” “We take our horrible mutilations serious around here.” And one of my favorite sight gags was Kro-Bar and Lattic, after changing themselves into Earth clothes, hide the stick they used to prop up the mutator (or whatever it was) in the woods, but leave the mutator in plain sight in the middle of the path! ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/27 "2004-10-23T02:31:48Z")
I just rented this movie last week, and now I’m really annoyed that I never went to see it while it was in the theater last week. This movie was _great!_ I do agree that the guy playing Dr. Fleming didn’t really seem to mesh with the rest of the acting, which was just spot-on. Kro-bar and Lattis learning how to act human is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/28 "2004-10-23T02:47:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Johnny L.A. - I’m not sure if they set out to make a mock-up of B movies. In one of the DVD extras, the director (and main character) says that “A lot of people say we tried to lampoon B-movies. I think we just made a B-movie.” Okay. So it was an _homage_. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/29 "2004-10-25T18:22:30Z")
Wow, now I’ve been listening to the commentary tracks, which just make this movie better and better. It’s fantastic how lightheartedly all the actors take this film, and how much fun they all had making it. The director/writer/Dr. Armstrong are hilarious - each time something “bad” is pointed out (like the chemistry set that reappears in the possession of both Armstrong and Fleming, or the radio that is both upstairs and downstairs), he plays dumb and says something like, “Man, I really wish you hadn’t pointed that out.” My only regret is they didn’t seem to manage to get a boom mic into any of the scenes. That’s my favorite aspect of bad movies! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/30 "2004-10-25T19:33:07Z")
I saw the trailer maybe a year ago and finally saw the movie this weekend on DVD. I know it was stupid and I’m ashamed for laughing, but it was quite funny. “Skeletons have always hated me”. “Noises? Noises in the woods? These things don’t happen” “Gee, maybe I shouldn’t be walking around in the woods alone at night while there are horrible mutitlations going on”. And the whole “Amish Terrerium” bit. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/31 "2004-10-25T22:44:43Z")
Great movie, hit all it’s marks spot on, however there were a couple of places i couldn’t help MST’ing it… while Ranger Brad was getting horribly mutilated and screaming, Betty asks “what was that” \ sounds like Ranger Brad getting horribly mutilated \ of course, Animala/Pammy stole whatever scenes she was in, rowr, always agree, must find Amish Terrarium… ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/32 "2004-10-25T22:49:50Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I watched it last week. Oh, _man_, was it a hoot! > > I think the “Evil Doctor”, Dr. Roger Fleming, (Brian Howe) didn’t quite get it right. He said in the documentary that he was going for an over-the-top performance – intentionally acting poorly – but he didn’t quite get the “certain something” that would have made it a good approximation of 1950s B-movie performance. I thought that “Ranger Brad” (Dan Conroy) also didn’t get his performance quite right. He seemed to be a better actor than he was supposed to be, trying to be a bad actor. > 🙂 in either the actor commentary, or the “making of” video, the director said that each actor was playing _two_ characters, they’re playing a good actor trying to be a bad actor that thinks they’re a good actor, and that in their mind, this film is the best acting opportunity they’ve had yet ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/33 "2004-10-25T22:53:06Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > in either the actor commentary, or the “making of” video, the director said that each actor was playing _two_ characters, they’re playing a good actor trying to be a bad actor that thinks they’re a good actor, and that in their mind, this film is the best acting opportunity they’ve had yet Heh! That was the actor’s commentary - they said they were playing both the character, and the actor playing that character. Kro-Barr’s actor said it was that actor’s best job he’d ever gotten. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997/34 "2004-10-26T02:02:40Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > My only regret is they didn’t seem to manage to get a boom mic into any of the scenes. That’s my favorite aspect of bad movies! I thought that was one of the most interesting little details of the crew commentary, where they point out a scene outside the cabin where there\* was\* an accidental ‘boom shot,’ and the director felt it was necessary to go back and remove it digitally in post production…because the boom mic in question was a modern one, and so the shot wouldn’t be truly authentic to the period they were trying to evoke. That’s the sort of attention to detail that almost no big-budget studio films exhibit these days. Hollywood desperately needs to copy a few pages out of Larry Blamire’s playbook. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-now-lost-skeleton-of-cadavra-available-on-dvd/252997.md?page=1)