Fortunately for the people of Earth, another big brain arrives from planet Arous.
Seizing a conveniently located axe, he hacks the evil cerebrum into oblivion.
In spite of its superior intelligence, the evil brain loses.
You women and your imaginations, he says.
When they begin digging anyway, she screams, Youre all horrible!
I hope you all die!
I hope a tree falls on you!
Remarkably, a tree does fall on someone straight afterwards.
Unperturbed, the group carries on digging, and eventually unearths an iron coffer dating from the 15th century.
Within, they find the disembodied, yet still sentient head of a sorcerer.
Thatll keep those pesky aliens from commencing their invasion at a heavily armed Air Force base.
All these references are quite flattering when you take into account just how laughably bad the original was.
Zardoz (1974)
John Boormans freaky sci-fi fantasy,Zardoz, will probably be memorable for two things.
Ive seenZardoztwo or three times now, and I still couldnt tell you exactly what its about.
(The gun is good.
If all this sounds weird, this only covers what happens in the first few minutes.
The best bits, though, are the ones with the big floating heads, who shout, Zardoz!
An unforgettably weird film.
An apparently normal dog can suddenly grow gigantic tentacles.
A friendly colleague can suddenly sprout snapping jaws.
In the films most frequently mentioned scene, the body of one character undergoes an explosive transformation.
Youve got to be fucking kidding, one character gasps as he spots the entity lurking in a doorway.
Re-Animators low-budget status means its special effects arent exactly seamless.
Then the mask malfunctions at precisely the wrong moment and goes completely nuts.
