It would be hard to imagine this film being anything more than a parody of the sci-fi, horror and mystery genres. It's got a government secret agent more inept than Maxwell Smart keeping tabs on mobster Renzo Capetto (Antony Carbone) who's a Humphrey Bogart wanna-be, and a crew member who can mimic any animal he's ever heard perfectly. This he does rather often, though no purpose is served other than to provide comic relief in a film that relies heavily on it. Throw in attractive Betsy Jones-Moreland as a love interest for both Agent XK 150 (Robert Towne) and Renzo, and you've got the makings for about as much nonsense as can be packed into a seventy minute film, if you can stand it for that long.
As Renzo places his services at the hands of Cuban refugees and a strongbox filled with gold, he intends to kill off members of the exiled group while filling their heads with tales of a mythic sea monster. This story of robbery, double cross and murder is interrupted by the appearance of a real creature, looking very much like Cookie Monster on steroids. Meanwhile agent XK occasionally reports in to Washington with his observations, usually stating that the case is about to break wide open.
Roger Corman whipped this gem out on the shoestring that followed "The Last Woman on Earth", filmed in the same location and with the key players appearing in both films (Towne, Carbone and Moreland). One can only imagine the state of mind of the actors coming out of these two rather inane offerings. Roger Corman has certainly done better, and these two could have been phoned in more effectively. As another reviewer pointed out, these pictures would best be viewed in the company of some wacky friends with just enough attention span to pan the living daylights out of them.
As Renzo places his services at the hands of Cuban refugees and a strongbox filled with gold, he intends to kill off members of the exiled group while filling their heads with tales of a mythic sea monster. This story of robbery, double cross and murder is interrupted by the appearance of a real creature, looking very much like Cookie Monster on steroids. Meanwhile agent XK occasionally reports in to Washington with his observations, usually stating that the case is about to break wide open.
Roger Corman whipped this gem out on the shoestring that followed "The Last Woman on Earth", filmed in the same location and with the key players appearing in both films (Towne, Carbone and Moreland). One can only imagine the state of mind of the actors coming out of these two rather inane offerings. Roger Corman has certainly done better, and these two could have been phoned in more effectively. As another reviewer pointed out, these pictures would best be viewed in the company of some wacky friends with just enough attention span to pan the living daylights out of them.