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Watch out for snakes!
After watching such Mystery Science Theater 3000 classics such as Cave Dwellers and The Wild (Wild?) World of Batwoman, I thought that the horror/science fiction genre had reached an all-time low. This was before however, I had seen the phenomenon known as Eegah!
The by-far worst teen acting ever, opening credits that make you dizzy, and some completely random scenes featuring musical numbers, ancient Egyptian hyroglyphics, and some iguana on iguana action are all contributors to the mayhem (in the heaviest sense of the word) of the film. It is because of this, and the hilarious antics of the Satellite of Love crew members, that make the film worth any price.
Favorite lines include, "Will the gentlemen by the side of the pool please discontinue the song... and watch out for snakes", "I'm not saying he was a monster. He was a giant... a caveman.", and "Wow-Dee Wow WOW!!!"
Enjoy also the MST3K group's mishaps as they try to manipulate Joel's face to resemble Arch Hall Jr.'s, as well as reach absolute zero.
A classic!

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We've got DVD sign...for *two* versions of "Eegah!"
[This is a review of the DVD version] If you love old bad SF movies but haven't ever seen them given the Mystery Science Theater treatment, you owe it to yourself to pick up this DVD! Joel Robinson and his robot pals Crow and Tom Servo watch this relentlessly silly turkey of a movie (a caveman stuck in modern times stalks a teenage girl and her puffy boyfriend--an actor so bad we wonder how he got that job: he's the son of the director, folks)--and throughout the entire film, Joel and the 'bots mercilessly riff on the film with funny comments and jokes that'll have you rolling in your seats. Long a staple of Comedy Central and the Sci-Fi Channel, this is one of the first DVDs of this classic comedy series (many others are available on VHS). In addition to the pristine and clear picture you get with DVD, Rhino has also included the full *original* version of "Eegah" so you can see it without Joel and the 'bots (to riff on your own, perhaps?) A "Crow icon" pops up while watching the MSTed version to let you instantly switch (hit your "enter" button) to sections from the original movie that have been cut from the MST3K version. The DVD menus are innovative and worth checking out just for the clever swish-pan of the bridge of the Satellite of Love (Crown ,Servo, and Gypsy flash past us). If I had any quibble at all it's a couple minor ones...can someone *please* proofread the punctuation of the jokes on the front cover, and why is the DVD chapter that begins the film entitled "It's Movie Time!" when every MSTie knows it should be "We've got Movie Sign!"? But I'll put up with minor problems like that as long as Rhino continues to give us these great reissues of classic MST3K episodes. Now if they'd only release "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and "Outlaw"... (Also recommended in this series: the DVD version of "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brain That Wouldn't Die.")

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Eeyuck
EEGAH is a wretchedly amateurish retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story. Written, directed and starring the notorious Arch Hall, Jr. it features wooden acting (mainly by Hall), a preposterous script and a smattering of terrible songs (totally Hall.) EEGAH stars Richard ("Jaws") Kiel in the title role, clad in a side split single strap skirt and hidden behind a ZZ Top beard.
EEGAH is just awful, and I wouldn't give it any stars if not for the dead-canary-in-the-coal-mine comments on the dvd jacket. The publicists call EEGAH one of those "rare existential movies" that is "really an avant-garde classic."
Some bored French intellectual is going to watch this discount dvd and cry 'eureka.' They'll write an article in a publication you can't afford shoveling praise as high as an elephant's rump on a movie you haven't seen. The earth will stand still for a moment, Arch Hall, Jr. will become yet another secular saint and you'll be behind the curve yet again.
EEGAH can be had today for less than the price of a cup of iced latte. After he's 'discovered' the only edition will be a $50 Criterion Collection edition with commentary tracks by Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorcese. Do you really want that to happen?