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A psychic researcher attempts to solve a murder by using a radio that enables him to speak with the dead.
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The Dead Talk Back
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31 Dec 1957
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MST3K Episode 603
Episode: The host segments are all really good with two standouts: A Greatful Dead jam that leaves Crow (as J. Garcia) doing a neverending guitar solo, and talking to dead presidents, like Lincoln, who only want to know about the Buffalo Bill's Super Bowl prospects. There's a short about grocery store refrigerators sponsored by Anheuser-Busch that's pretty mid as well.
Movie: A very oddly structured movie wherein some chunks are direct to camera plot dumps with spiritualism gobbledygook mixed in and the rest plays out in both past and present tense with voice over by the lead Detective. The writing, acting, and direction is all pretty poor but I do find some of it oddly compelling. Even…
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[MST3K Version] When the riffs are off, those minutes really drag. This is bad in a boring way, rarely delivering anything above a groan. The scientist character is hamming the shit out of his performance though, so props there.
Also, interesting to see a movie from the 50’s where there’s a Christian fanatic. It isn’t often you see religion portrayed in a negative light in these days.
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Watched via MST3k.
I'm pretty confident this would be funny without the accompaniment. The actors can't really portray emotion or act naturally, but they give it their all, anyway. Particular highlights are the detectives trying to be hard-boiled noir stars and the religious man's absolutely hysterical yelling about The Devil every time he's on screen. Most of the plot here is kind of just a time waster and I can't in any way figure out how the opening murder is meant to relate to the rest of the film, but if you have fun with bad movies, this is the fun bad sort.
I'm disappointed they didn't actually manage to talk to the dead through a razor blade in a cup, but what truly matters is that they tried it.
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That's what happens when you listen to Jazz!
Four stars for the MST3K.
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The scientist guy sounded like Dr. Evil
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THE DEAD SPEAK!
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Spirit: aAaAh, WhY HaVe yOu sUmMoNeD Me hErE? iS My tOrMeNt iNsUfFiCeNt? MuSt i bE ReMiNdEd oF ThE WaRm wOrLd oF ThE LiViNg?
Cop: M’am, we’re going to need you to calm down and answer a few questions and you can return to your eternal reward.
Spirit: tHeRe iS No hEaVeN! oNlY WoRmS AwAiT Us!
Cop: M’am, all we want to know is whether you saw this man pay for a candy bar at the Stop ‘n Save last Thursday.
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The bones of it all are really interesting. The story is clever and, if it were heavily re-tooled, might work today. It’s the acting and the execution that kill it. The main scientist feels like a Sacha Baron Cohen character.
via MST3k.
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I used to say that only boring people get bored. Well I guess I’m boring because this bored the absolute hell out of me.
The humorous robot commentary could not even save this travesty.
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I wish they didn't.
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Just like everyone else I only watched the MST3K version
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