FORMAT: DVD
Two planets fuse together and hurtle across the galaxy on a collision course with Earth. A team is assembled to go into space to intercept the planets in a rocket ship. They land on one of the planets and learn it is ruled by… oh just read the title. The astronauts must then rescue the teenage cavewomen from their evil rivals before Earth’s missiles destroy the planets for good.
Considering the fact that the budget was pretty much nonexistent, the filmmakers do a good job of spoofing the old B films while still making the movie feel like a modern updating of one. It has an amusing opening (similar to The Mole People) where a scientist explains how this all could actually happen. Also, much of the music is lifted from old Sci-Fi flicks (most notably This Island Earth) and it uses a lot of the same stock footage you would see from an old space picture from the ‘50s. Heck, there’s even some footage taken from films like Phantom Planet in lieu of actual effects. I also liked how the cavewomen were badly dubbed on purpose. (Not to mention the fact that all the so-called “teenage” cavewomen looked much older.)
Voyage to the Planet of Teenage Cavewomen is only thirty-five minutes long, which is about the expiration date for a spoof such as this. It might’ve been better if there was some actual T & A to speak of. The cavewoman catfights that we do get aren’t bad though. I did like the giant spider monster which was a nice homage to Cat-Women of the Moon. (The less said about the monster that’s essentially a guy wearing a green tarp, the better.) And the final nod to Teenagers from Outer Space was well done too.
All this looks like it was filmed in someone’s basement and/or backyard. That’s kind of the charm though. The aluminum foil budget for the interior of the spaceship alone must’ve set the filmmakers back a pretty penny. I can’t say Voyage to the Planet of Teenage Cavewomen is great or anything, but I challenge anyone to do better using the same limited means.
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