{"id":3629,"date":"2007-07-12T14:18:42","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2020-12-29T11:37:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T18:37:27","slug":"incredibly-strange-creatures-who-stopped-living-and-became-mixed-up-zombies-teenage-psycho-meets-bloody-mary-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3629","title":{"rendered":"Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, The \/ Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You dirty, filthy pig! So, I belong with the freaks, huh? I&#8217;ll fix you so even the freaks won&#8217;t look at you!&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Creatures-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Creatures-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Creatures-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Creatures-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Creatures-Poster-668x1024.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA carnival gypsy (Brett O&#8217;Hara) hypnotizes a teenager (Cash Flagg) and turns him into a killer zombie. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Angela (Sharon Walsh) and friend Harold (Atlas King) try to find out why Flagg is acting so strangely.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carnivals and Circuses<\/li>\n<li>Hypnosis and Mind Control<\/li>\n<li>Zombies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis wackily-titled exploitation flick by low-budget director <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Dennis_Steckler\">Ray Dennis Steckler (a.k.a. &#8220;Cash Flagg&#8221;)<\/a> is one truly awful film: it&#8217;s got terrible acting, laughable costumes, a nonsensical storyline, and insufferable musical &#8220;interludes&#8221; which have nothing to do with the main plot. With that said, <em>TISCWSLABMUZ\/TSMBM<\/em> (yes, that&#8217;s the title&#8217;s acronym!) is ripe for satire; if you do decide to check it out, rent the inspired MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000) version to make your viewing experience at least tolerable. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The preposterously amateurish performance sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Incredibly-Strange-Still-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of unintentional opportunities for relentless spoofing <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though film fanatics may be curious to see one film by notorious cult director Steckler, and (if so) this one should probably be it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0057181\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/incredibly-strange-creatures-who-stopped-living-and-became-mixed-up-zombies-1964.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You dirty, filthy pig! So, I belong with the freaks, huh? I&#8217;ll fix you so even the freaks won&#8217;t look at you!&#8221; Synopsis: A carnival gypsy (Brett O&#8217;Hara) hypnotizes a teenager (Cash Flagg) and turns him into a killer zombie. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Angela (Sharon Walsh) and friend Harold (Atlas King) try to find out why Flagg is acting so strangely. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Carnivals and Circuses Hypnosis and Mind Control Zombies Review: This wackily-titled exploitation flick by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3629\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3629"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60364,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629\/revisions\/60364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}