Truly Dreadful Film

Lack of good storyline.

hyped garbage

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

"Eegah" is probably one of those movies that had a few gems under piles of rubble. The overall story of Eegah sounds like that of Nephilim and I instantly loved it because of that. However, a great story hook (at least for me) can't just dangle in the background which is pretty much what happened here. With all the really terrible scenes of random dune buggy'ing, ugh music, uncomfortable exchanges between the "father and daughter"... Far too much clutter, basically. I'm not going to lie, I'm a bias Richard Kiel fan and I had such a huge crush on him ever since I first watched this movie (I was about 13-14) and Jaws?! He's just too amazing. Which I think was the only redeeming quality of this stinker. Despite my complaining, I think leaving Eegah's background (well, all information really) a mystery was a pretty decent way to go. Though there were many, many....many! parts of the movie that were just unwatchable, the underlying main plot and Kiel struck my heart. (Reasoning for really generous rating.)

I was bored with this film right from the start. I hit the fast-forward button then back to normal speed for the ending. I realize this film is something of a cult classic but right now I'm not "feeling it". I might try watching this film again in the future - maybe if I'm in one of my really dorky moods and want something stupid to watch but that might be a very long time from now.I bet Eegah is where Encino Man (1992) lifted it's idea from. A caveman in the current modern times. I got a few giggles out of Encino Man, but I didn't crack a tiny smile nor giggle to myself at Eegah. Eegah bored me and had me rolling my eyes at it.1/10

It took three attempts to get through this one. That's not a good sign. First time round I thought 'this looks like a slow one' and set it aside to watch during the day. Then I get round to watching it during the day and fall asleep after half an hour! Arch Hall Jnr and his girlfriend Becky (I think), are to meet up somewhere or other so that Becky can show off her new bikini. Arch works at a petrol station and feels the need to gibber on to customers about this, while spilling gasoline everywhere. Then he apologises about that and starts rabbiting on again. The customer in this scene also appears to be drinking a beer. By-gone days indeed.Becky's driving along and manages to knock down a massive caveman played by Richard Kiel (we've all got to start somewhere I guess). She freaks out and the caveman runs off. Arch and her dad don't believe a word of it, but then decide to go out to shadow mountain to track down the caveman.This is where we run into Beast of Yucca Flats territory and the film becomes boring to the point of pain. Dad gets captured by Eegah. The kids run around looking for him. Becky gets kidnapped by Eegah. The viewer gets bored. Arch runs around looking for him. Becky and Dad try and communicate with Eegah. The viewer falls asleep. Becky teaches Eegah how to shave (no, really!). Eegah draws a picture of her. The viewer slips dangerously into a coma.If you're reading this at all then you've heard this film is one of them 'so bad it's good' bad movies. It's not. Robo Vampire is a so bad it's good film. Eegah is just boring. Even the chase through the desert is boring. It only picks up in the last ten minutes when Eegah arrives in town looking for Becky. Arch Hall Jnr gets some musical numbers in which isn't too bad.The worst thing about this is that it was made by the same folks that made The Sadist! Now that's a good film! See that one instead and avoid this one.

While driving through the desert, a teenage girl is frightened by a seven-foot giant which appears in her path. After escaping, she returns to the site with her boyfriend and her father in an attempt to find the giant. The father leaves without provisions, including no water in the desert for what he says will be a 2 day trip --by helicopter! Include some time to hear Alan sing his latest hits and his kissing cousin time to pose in her bikini.Then the kids take a dune buggy and get to the caveman quicker than the helicopter! The giant caveman who somehow is now normal sized, proceeds to terrorize them and the rest of Palm Springs, California.OMG this is really a bad movie. But somehow, it's watchable. In a few years the guy who played the monster was the villain Jaws in a Bond flick with Roger Moore.