Don't know any of the actors. The plot was centered around a girl, and her archeologist father, who comes across a giant caveman. He takes her back to his cave, and she kind-of falls in love with him, but then her dad and her boyfriend (with a serious "flock of seagulls" haircut) save her. The caveman chases them through what looks like the California suburbs, and finally dies when her boyfriend shoves him in a pool. I know that the female character's name was Roxy. (My favorite line from the movie was said by her boyfriend"Gee, Roxy! You look swell!")
It was definitely a "B movie" and we caught it in the middle of the show, so I have absolutely no idea what the name of it is, and can't seem to find a plot description that matches it anywhere.
HELP!
2007-12-21 06:19:33 · 7 answers · asked by Mrs.10/18/08 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I know exactly what you're talking about. It's called "Eegah."
I saw it one night along with "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians."
It's Ed Wood type material.
2007-12-21 06:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs. Bass 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Title: "EEGAH!"
Unrated
Copyright 1962 Fairway International.
Reviewed by Andrew Borntreger on 'a long time ago'
The Characters:
Green Dot Eegah - Richard Kiel! Ancient caveman, the only water available to him was full of sulfur and it evidently prolonged his life. Needed to grow a bulletproof vest and gills to survive this movie.
Green Dot Roxy - It's the old "woman in her thirties trying to pass for a teenager" gag! I love that one!
Green Dot Tom - Fugly guy (verified through several female sources) who is Roxy's boyfriend. With his singing voice you have to wonder if he cracks more mirrors or glasses each day. I'm taking bets.
Green Dot Mr. Miller - Roxy's wealthy father. Not great at photography, not great at writing, not so good at walking either.
Green Dot Boredom - As much a star of this film as the four jokers listed above.
Buy It!
The Plot:
Eegah? More like YEE GODS! Repeated over and over in mockery of that female parrot in your high school play. Good Lord what did the human race do to deserve this movie?
Few things make me shudder like a really horrid song, call it the artist in me screaming for a true and final death, but guitars should require a background check and waiting period. For some strange reason you will look forward to Tom flaying the musical beast, they tend to be the few times you are not bored to tears. Okay, enough advertising masochism for now, the next sentence (or paragraph, depends how creative I can get) will describe the plot.
It turns out a towering caveman (read: unwashed Richard Kiel wearing an animal carcass) has been dwelling in the desert near Palm Springs since the dawn of time. By a freak accident (read: the plot) Roxy is the first modern human to encounter him, although "almost running him down because the stupid Neanderthal is standing in the middle of the road" is more accurate. Mr. Miller decides to go looking for the living fossil and does indeed meet Eegah. Unfortunately he trips during the encounter and manages to inflict the same amount damage on himself that you would expect when jumping off a two story building onto concrete. When dad fails to show up the two lovers go looking for him in the dune buggy.
Of course Eegah grabs Roxy when her hideous boyfriend isn't looking and carries the girl back to his cave. There she finds dad, looking like he went three rounds with Mike Tyson, and a number of mummified cavemen! It's only a matter of time before the hulking brute grows tired of introducing Roxy to his dead ancestors and making her drink sulfur water. He realizes that this is a woman and he should do, um, something with her. Everyone knows that after being sexually inactive for several hundred years it takes some time to get back in a groove, but right after he decides ripping her clothes off is a good start Tom shows up. Talk about a mood breaker!
Despite a knuckle biting chase with everyone in the dune buggy and the caveman on foot the movie doesn't stop there, it just keeps on giving. You still get to watch what happens when Eegah follows the trio into Palm Springs.
2007-12-21 06:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by Aculeus 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sounds like : Quatermass & The Pit : Made 1967 Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at first believed to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quartermass. When the interior of the "missile" is exposed, a dead locust-like creature that resembles the devil is found. It is determined by Quartermass that these "locusts" are evil Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quartermass's suspicion that the missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all hell breaks loose.
2016-05-25 08:01:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eegah. The caveman was Jaws from the James Bond movies.
2007-12-21 06:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Tough Guy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you can't find the actual "Eegah!" movie (and even if you can), Mystery Science Theater 3000 did an episode with it, that I have seen in video stores. It's one of the funniest MST3K's.
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2007-12-21 06:33:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eegah
2007-12-21 06:31:55 · answer #6 · answered by The man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eegah (1962)
2007-12-21 06:28:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋