Mesa of Lost Women / (B&w)

Starring: Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis, et al.

Product Description

Jackie Coogan, Mary Hill. A mad scientist develops giant spiders, deadly dwarves and killer superwomen. 1952/b&w/69 min/NR. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: March 2002
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Directors: Herbert Tevos, Ron Ormond
• Starring: Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis, Lyle Talbot, Paula Hill, Robert Knapp, Tandra Quinn, Chris-Pin Martin, Harmon Stevens, Nico Lek
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Black & White; NTSC
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

A Rodger Corman wanna-be.

Two people are found wandering in the desert. They are brought back to a local clinic, where, upon recovering from sunstroke, the man wants to immediately burn "it." "Burn what?" you say. Well, He slows down to tell the tale of a Doctor on a remote mesa that is a little ahead of his time, working with you guessed it, Lost Women and things best left to nature. We are now in for a 70-minute flashback. With great actors as Jackie Coogan (you can tell he must be the bad guy with a huge mole on his face), Allan Nixon, Tandra Quinn, and Delores Fuller, you know it cannot go wrong. Yeah, sure. The dialogue gets a little boring, and some of the screenplay (by Herbert Tevos) is a little disoriented. I suspect that much was cut out for brevity, so we must make great leaps and assume we just missed something. There is a great dance scene by Tarantella (Tandra Quinn) that would have subdued Captain Kirk had he been there. Don't worry, though, we have wonderful background music by Hoyt Curtin that features an off-key flamingo guitar and a spinet that won't spin. I think they are trying to sound Spanish. You hear it during the opening credits. You also hear it during the narration (by Lyle Talbot). It's present every time a suspenseful scene appears and every time one does not. Even when the DVD is safely packed away, you still hear it.