The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)

Original title

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

Directed by

Ray Dennis Steckler

Genre

horror film, musical film, zombie film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

2.7 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three friends go to a carnival and encounter a group of occultists and monsters. The movie mixes horror with musical numbers performed in a nightclub.

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What happens

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (sometimes "!!?" is appended to the title and shortened to The Incredibly Strange Creatures) is a 1964 American monster movie produced and directed by Ray Dennis Steckler. Steckler also starred in the film, credited under the pseudonym "Cash Flagg". In the film, three friends visit a carnival and stumble onto a group of occultists and disfigured monsters. Produced on a $38,000 budget, much of it takes place at The Pike amusement park in Long Beach, California, which resembles Brooklyn's Coney Island. The film was billed as the first "monster musical," beating out The Horror of Party Beach by a mere month in release date. Interspersed throughout the film are several song-and-dance performances in the carnival's nightclub, with songs such as "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" and "Shook Out of Shape". Upon release, the film received negative reviews and is regarded by some critics as being one of the worst movies ever made. The film was lampooned in a 1997 episode of the cult sci-fi TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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