The Fantastic Four (1994)

Director:

Oley Sassone

Writers:

Craig J. Nevius (screenplay) and
Kevin Rock (screenplay)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Fantasy

Tagline:

Part Elastic, Part Invisible, Part Fire, Part Stone

Plot:

In this Marvel Comic adaption, four astronauts get bombarded with cosmic rays when an accident occurs...

Plot Keywords:

Unreleased Film | Superhuman Strength | Space | Superheroine | Super Powers

Cast

Alex Hyde-White	...	Mr. Fantastic / Prof. Reed Richards
Jay Underwood	...	Human Torch / Jonathan 'Johnny' Storm
Rebecca Staab	...	Invisible Girl / Susan 'Sue' Storm
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Ben Grimm
Ian Trigger	...	The Jeweler
Joseph Culp	...	Dr. Doom / Victor von Doom
George Gaynes	...	The Professor
Kat Green	...	Alicia Masters
Carl Ciarfalio	...	The Thing
Chuck Butto	...	The Weasel (as Charles Butto)
Annie Gagen	...	Mrs. Storm
Howard Shangraw	...	Kragstadt
David Keith Miller	...	Trigorin
Robert Alan Beuth	...	Dr. Hauptman (as Robert Beuth)
Patrick Richwood	...	Messenger

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG

Company:

New Horizons

Trivia:

In an interview with filmmaker Kevin Smith, Fantastic Four creator Stan Lee said that, unbeknown to the cast and crew, this movie was never intended to be released, and was made only because the studio who owned the rights to make a Fantastic Four movie would have lost the rights if they did not begin production by a certain date.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Laser beams continue moving in the direction they are aimed. Dr Doom's laser cannon was aimed at an upward angle, and would simply continue into space, not descending on New York, as shown in the film.

Quotes:

The Thing: It's clobberin' time!

Movie Connections:

References "Batman" (1966)

Worlds Greatest Bad Movie!

I must say, this is the worlds worst movie. I'm talking worst, bottom of the barrel, the absolute pits. Which is why I absolutely love it! Confused? I have been a comic book fan for so many years that I believe I was born in the Negitive zone. This movie, as bad as it is, is something I both have to love out of respect to the characters, and on the simple fact that taken as a corny movie, its amazing! Roger Corman... you da man.

If you really want to know the purpose behind this, get the bonus DVD that came with the original Spider-man gift set, featuring Kevin Smith. Durring one interview with Stan Lee, Kevin asks about this movie. Stan explains that the studio was about to loose its rights to make the movie, so they quickly threw something together with a minuscule budge simply to retain the rights for a bigger movie (Out on July 8th of this year YAY).

Even though we can only view this movie with its poor bootleg quality, I must give it thumbs up. Given the budget the actors, and the fact that it was never intended to be released. I'm sure the new movie will score at least a 44 out of 10 in my book.