A Cat In The Brain (1990)
I primarily checked out The Astro-Zombies because of The
Misfits track which shares the same (or very similar) title. This film
is, in a word, terrible. The pacing is excruciating, and when anything
does happen, it is so badly acted out that it is just laughable, and not
in a good way. The plot is paper thin, and the "Astro-Zombie" scenes are
incredibly hammy. The titular "Zombie" is just some dude in a plastic
mask. This is a B-Movie I know; a world where villains are often just
dudes in plastic masks, but it is so casually obvious, with no apparent
care or attempt to make it seem less obvious.
For the first half of the film I was completely lost in regards to the
plot. The mad scientist and his cliche hunchback assistant are
nauseatingly boring to watch, but the strangely beautiful Tura Satana
keeps things mildly interesting as the enigmatic villain, even though
she can't seem to fire a gun without posing like a complete buffoon.
Appalling, but a small part of me wants to see the sequel, for reasons
that I cannot even explain to myself... - 07/10/2017