Customer Reviews
A perfect MST3K vehicle 
2007-09-24
Very funny, and a good place to start for a new Mystery Science Theater viewer.
This was a schlocky 60's teen film where caveman Eegah(a desert sulfur spring serving as his fountain of youth) falls head over heels for Roxie, the teen heroine. (Personally, I thought Roxie was rather skankish, probably pushing 30, and I thought one of the Bots made a good remark about her being "shaped funny" during her bikini scene).
Teen hero played by dorky Arch Hall Jr. is lampooned mercilessily and justifiably by the MST3K crew. Speaking of dork -- Roxie's dad is played by real life father Arch Hall Sr. The apple didn't fall far from the tree in that family.
Lots of delightfully wierd stuff . . . the caveman has his mummified dead family propped up in the cave . . . Dad basically hands his daughter over to the pawing, hormone gushing neanderthal . . . and how about the uncomfortably inappropriate scene where Roxie sings to her Dad while shaving him! YIKES!! I found myself trying to see what he was doing with his hands!
The Bots were also on their game during the commercial breaks. They set up a machine to transform Joel's face to look like Arch Hall Jr. And Tom Servo freezes Crow down to absolute zero . . . and he disintegrates.
SO Funny! 2007-07-24
This is one of the best MST3K episodes with Joel in my opinion. I usually like the later episodes the best, but this particular episode just never has dull points. How could a movie with a cabbage patch Elvis be unfunny? Highly reccomend Eegah!
'Watch out for snakes' 2007-06-08
Nuff said really! Love this film
As Egah rips out and holds aloft swimming pool steps: 'That's a strange thing to weild.'
A must have for all MST3K fans. 2007-03-10
Joel and the 'bots at their best.
Oh this movie deserved this kind of riffing.
Two Clubs Up For Eegah 2007-02-09
"Eegah" is a deliciously contrived, pointlessly filmed movie about a caveman run amok in downtown Palm Springs. Roxy Miller (a girl who is all thorax) runs into the neanderthal one night with her car. She seeks solace from her oily father, Robert Miller (played by Arch Hall, Sr., the man who also wrote and directed this festering blister of a film), and her equally oily boyfriend (Arch Hall, Jr., proving that creepiness may actually be hereditary), who agree to help her find this mysterious mammoth-man, played by Richard Kiel (better known as Jaws from "The Spy Who Loved Me"). What ensues are a variety of hi-jinks (or low-jinks, as the case may be), more than a few whiny musical numbers, and an ending that is lackluster, shoddy, and pretentious.
Perfect! Joel and the bots have struck comedic gold with this gargantuan bit of cinematic gristle. The riffs and jokes rarely let up, and swing around the typically-diverse mistie range. There are avant-garde quips, kooky observations, obscure cultural references, witty inside jokes, and, of course, running gags ("Watch out for snakes!"). In between enduring horrific clips of this nauseating foolishness, the Joel and the bots wax philosophic about evil's more insidious forms, the plight of early sitcom single parents, and how the incidental music was made for such shows as "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction" (hint: it involves unprocessed bacon).
The movie is just bad enough to be fertile ground for funnies, but there are also almost unendurably disgusting moments, including the icky relationship between Roxy and her father, Arch Hall, Jr.'s face (he has the skin texture of a grapefruit, the complexion of magma, the facial features of a ferret, and hair like a bleached oil slick), and a seriously sick scene involving shaving foam (I was eating nachos at the time and, no fooling, I almost had to excuse myself). In between this are lackluster beach part musical numbers, girls screaming, and Joel getting jiggy to a dune buggy overdub.
Buy it, watch it, love it. Laugh. And, as has been said many times before, watch out for snakes.
Eegah indeed 
2006-06-25
A classic episode of the cult television series (in which an amiable space janitor and his metallic pals are forced to watch and deliver a sardonic running commentary on terrible movies), "Eegah" stars the gargantuan Richard Kiel (who would later become known for his sensitive portrayal of Jaws in a couple of the Bond films) in the title role as a still-kickin' Neanderthal looking for a little love in swinging 1960s California. One of the worst (or best, depending on your point of view) films ever to be featured on the show, this excruciating waste of celluloid provides ample fuel for Joel and the 'bots to deliver a wildly diverse, sustained barrage of hilarity (including an in-depth discussion of the widowed dad dichotomy of '60s sitcoms) at the source material's full expense. Enjoy, and remember to "watch out for snakes." (You'll understand after viewing.)
--Andrew Wright
"There were giants...the Bible says so!" 
2006-06-17
Well, the Bible says a lot of things. Doesn't mean we should make movies about them. From the opening shots of the actors names painted on the cheap haunted house decorations that pass for Eegah's family, you just know this is going to be that special kind of schlock, like "Teenagers From Outer Space", that will win an eternal place in your heart. Arch Hall jr. gives David Love a serious run for his money as the lead, a goofy haired valley boy with a dune buggy that looks as if it's falling apart and a pack of overdubbed songs. His girlfriend hits a giant caveman, played gallantly by Richard Kiel, with her car. Her pops (played by Arch Hall Sr.) sets off onto a desert mountain to find Eegah, with the two kids in hot pursuit. The mysterious "Watch out for snakes!" that seems to come out of nowhere earns frequent mention, but Eegah! is full of great corny dialogue. "Now, my credit cards are in the desk drawer. You make sure you leave them there!" "Large man or giant creating disturbance". Feast for the ears of the comically inclinded. Get the Sci-Fi Classics 50 movie pack, which also includes classic schlock like TFOS, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Mesa of Lost Women and the Horrors of Spider Island.
Delightfully Awful 
2006-06-01
Classic MST3K! The plot: A young California girl drives through the mountains and spies a caveman. Then her friends laugh at her. She does manage to convince her father and her boyfriend, and before you know it, she and dad are in the caveman's cave. Oh, my it's creepy, especially with pops trying to calm the girl as Eegah tries to seduce her with his paleolithic wiles. Eegah? More like Eeeurgh! Back to town for the last stand at the pool party, and that's it in a nutshell.
All that, and you get Joel and the bots in the front row, commentating. Sure it's probably not the best episode, but it's definitely good for a few laughs. If you like the rest of MST3K, you'll like this episode just fine, too.
Run for your life! It's Arch Hall Jr. 2006-03-23
This episode is absolutely a great place to start if you're new to the MST3K concept.The movie itself is comical all in itself trying to be serious. It has it all. Extremely awkward daughter-father relationships, an aptly named "Cabbage Patch Elvis", and snake warnings! The crew does an A-grade job in tearing the movie apart, espescially in pointing out that it seemed that CP Elvis brought along the Isley Brothers on the dessert trip. Overall, this is a classic, solid episode that every new and old fan will love.
Embarrassing 2006-03-19
I have to believe that Richard Kiel, who played "Jaws" in two James Bond movies, is embarrassed by his role in this movie that is about as cheesy as a movie in this genre, whatever genre that may be, can be. The plot has more holes than anything I can think of. The acting is awful. And those features are the best parts of this movie.
As the movie begins, we meet young and beautiful Roxy Miller (Marilyn Manning). Soon Roxy is driving to the beach and runs smack into a giant caveman. The caveman appears to be carrying a deer and a club. The caveman, who we later learn is called Eegah (Kiel), is immediately smitten by Roxy. Fortunately for Roxy, another car drives up. It turns out that Roxy's boyfriend Tom Nelson (Arch Hall, Jr.) is driving the car. Had Tom arrived any later, Roxy might have been making out with a caveman in the desert.
At some point Tom utters a classic line. "I swear on my Elvis Presley LP." Dialogue just hardly gets any better than this. I also enjoy it when Tom sings a song early in this movie about some babe named Vicky when Roxy is his girlfriend.
Tom and Robert Miller (Arch Hall, Sr.), Roxy's father, go with Roxy to the location where she saw the giant. Mr. Miller decides to go off into the desert of southern California to look for the giant after the trio finds a giant footprint. When the helicopter is unable to retrieve Mr. Miller, Tom hops into his dune buggy with Roxy to go find him. Tom is soon destroying desert habitat, including rare desert plants, just so he can prove to Roxy how macho he is. The next thing you know, Roxy and Tom are getting ready to spend the night in the desert, and Tom whips out his...guitar! The next thing you know, backing vocals kick in, whistling starts, electric guitars join in, and suddenly Tom sounds like he is in a studio somewhere. This time Tom sings about Valerie. Roxy kind of gets her revenge for Tom's singing about other women later.
Tom's singing is really nothing to write home about, but it turns out that, like the Pied Piper, his singing attracts creatures. In this case the creature is Eegah. Eegah is frightened away by Tom's transistor radio, but the next day Tom leaves Roxy at the dune buggy to search for her father and Eegah takes the opportunity to kidnap Roxy. Eegah soon sets up house (cave, actually) with Roxy, except Eegah decides he wants more than a shave and a meal. Tom shows up in the nick of time to save Roxy's honor, but Roxy looks wistful as she sees Eegah on the hilltop as they leave the desert. After all, if Tom can sing about other women, Roxy can dream about a caveman as a boyfriend.
Later, Eegah decides he is unable to live without Roxy, so he goes to great lengths to track her down. Unfortunately, few people are able to tolerate a caveman wandering about, so they have to take action. Poor defenseless Eegah just did not know what he was up against. I suspect that Roxy broke up with Tom soon after. After all, there was no way that Tom could compete with Eegah.
The transfer for this movie is reasonable. The picture was generally clear and the sound was okay. I do have to wonder why I am concerned about the quality of the DVD. This movie is awful. The plot is silly. How could a caveman exist in southern California with no one knowing? How was Eegah able to find Roxy? I know she had perfume, but Roxy rode in a vehicle for quite a distance, leaving no trail. I know the movie went to great lengths to explain that Eegah was friendly, but Eegah was a caveman, and a seven foot tall caveman should have been more forceful than he was. Regardless of what the opening credits show, Eegah does not kill anyone, other than the audience, who die from boredom.
Instead of watching this turkey, find the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version instead. Trust me; you will be glad you did.
