The acting is intentionally hammy (which wears off its cuteness in, oh, about 3 minutes) and the monster design is intentionally silly. They end up running into several teens camping in the area. are fun.

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This is an independent movie filmed in Minnesota.

Paul area. It might have worked better as a 10 minute short. Enjoy! This is their take on 1950s radioactive monster/lake monster movies and it is a whole lot of fun. I love the inside jokes and the loose connections between all his movies, it makes me feel like part of the whole Mihmverse.

My reviews will not contain full synopses or spoilers. The Monster of Phantom Lake NR, 1hr 37min Comedy , Horror , Science Fiction & Fantasy

The rest is a middling mess of annoyingly campy acting and dialogue which the writer thinks is far funnier than it actually is. "...If you know what this is...you are in for a ton of fun! The acting and dialogue are suitably clunky, and the characters- scientists, highly suspect "teens", the canoe patrol, etc.

"Hey!

The locals have no idea that horror beyond description awaits!

The bucket-headed monster is as absurd as it's supposed to be, paying homage to actual schlock gems like HORROR OF PARTY BEACH. Mihm created an absolutely great creature for his initial outing.great movie for fans of 50s sci fi monster movies,Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2020,This is a great movie and if you listen closely there is lots of one liner comedy bits in it like when the professor tells his assistant that he will get the stuff from the back seat and she can "get it from the rear",Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2018.Just $10G to make this brilliant, minimalist flick: thank goodness for the streaming revolution, or else I would have missed seeing this beastly gem.

Oh yeah!...Back in 2006 Christopher R. Mihm decided he wanted to start making a bunch of movies that celebrated the 50's and 60's sci-fi genre. The creators have cast themselves in most of the roles, most of them playing teenagers with varying degrees of success---and that will give you a clue about their acting skills. Captures all the iconic greatness of 1950's "horror movies" including stilted acting, men in charge while women are perceived as hysterical, tacky costumes, leafy monster & scary location.

!Created not to be taken seriously. Far more. Add the first question. Like a lot of movies of the time it's paying tribute to, it's perhaps a bit over-long with a few lags in pacing, but it's still pretty enjoyable. ",Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2019.That line was stated as they dumped radioactive waste into the lake. A team of specialists ...A double bill of 1950s-style B-movie shorts from writer/director Christopher R. Mihm, the king of "new old, good bad" movies.In a post-Apocalyptic world after an atomic war seven disparate people find themselves in a protected valley in the home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter.Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. In his first several films he worked a lot with actor/producer Josh Craig. The 'professor' is the hardest to take; his hammy dialogue and monotonous delivery are meant to be a parody, but you kind of get the feeling his thespian talents really ARE that bad. Great scientific advances have allowed mankind to achieve that which previously only existed in speculative fiction -- space travel. Just by looking at the monster; this movie becomes hilarious. Predictably, some highly implausible biological responses result.

Review by Matt Constantine ★★★ This borderline homage/parody of 1950s teen horror movies is enjoyable.