Synopsis
Prehistoric Lovers Against Primitive Beasts!
Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared "forbidden zone."
Directed by Roger Corman
Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared "forbidden zone."
Out of the Darkness, I Was a Teenage Caveman, Teenage Caveman, Prehistoric World, Adolescente delle caverne, Yo fui un cavernícola adolescente, Молодой снежный человек
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In my opinion, thus far, Corman's films set in either the prehistoric or the preceding millennium eras just haven't been among my all-time favorites.
The most serious flaw in this film, in my opinion, is a plot that is plain boring. The concept of looking at these prehistoric guys and how they try to progress but are stymied by superstitions and a backward culture that resists change is intriguing. The thought of these men being afraid to venture outside the confines apparently established by "God" reminded me a little of "The Village," and it was one of the aspects of the film that I enjoyed the best. Furthermore, the dreadful…
attend to the cavern of symbols, beyond the black river, drink deep that primordial soup of dreams. the cyclical wheel of human development turns back on itself via enantiodromia, nietzschean recurrence keeps the caveman at the behest of beasts slumbering in both the swamps of his land and the recesses of his mind. we see the expansion of the 50s teen rebellion genre as a revolt not merely opposed to the hypocrisies of adulthood, but further against the word & authority of god the father, who in this tale becomes nothing less than a lawmaker fearful of the notion of progress itself, an arch-reactionary at the barbaric gates. boorman's zardoz is clearly a post-60s remake of this film, but corman remains america's preeminent gnostic filmmaker, merrily recontextualizing his other monster pictures as forewarnings of a newly passionate prehistory, the cinema of flickers illuminating ashes of atomic fire.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Version:
"I'm just guessing guys, but since this is a Corman film, we might want to get used to this scenery." - Joel
After learning of the passing of the B-Movie juggernaut Roger Corman, I decided that I needed to watch one of his films as a tribute! Now there have been times that an actor or director has died and I've watched a bunch of their films as a tribute. Personally I don't think I could do that with Roger Corman movies. You can only take so much in one sitting. His movies were ironically BAD, but in the BEST way. These are the kind of films that made MST3K shine, and gave me lots…
Not as funny as the Roger corman jokes we were making throughout but it did have one of the funniest twist endings I’ve ever seen.
'Teenage Caveman' (or 'Prehistoric World', which is the title Roger Corman shot it under before the producers changed it) is one of Corman's more popular cult movies but also often considered one of his worst - very likely because it's another case of a poster and title that promise a lot more than the film could keep.
While it's definitely not one of his better films (though maybe the second best of the five films he directed in 1958), there are things to admire about it. A handsome young Robert Vaughn as the titular teenage caveman who is also an eloquent philisopher is fun, even though Vaughn himself went on to call this one of the worst films ever made.…
No budget, barely any plot, lizards with paper mache fins on them for dinosaurs, the teenagers are 30 year old men, people wandering around the woods endlessly, nothing happens for most of the film
It rules
Teenage Cave Man aka Teens of the Stone Age
Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only Teenage Cave Man
Still 40 years out from his star-making turn in BASEketball, Robert Vaughn learns to crawl, sporting crows feet as he sinks into the main meat of a young edgelord who grows bored watching stock footage of reptiles pretending to be dinosaurs (relatable) and because he doesn't exactly vibe with his tribe, sets off on his own journey of enlightenment. With no shoes and…
I watched this just for Robert Vaughn not knowing what to expect.
Well, Teenage Caveman definitely took me through an interesting journey.
This film seems like it was ahead of its time. There were a lot of plot points there would later be used in more famous movies.
Now, I don't know if they originated here but still, I find it really interesting.
The production value was also quite high. They really got creative.
My boy Robert Vaughn was simply fantastic. Not only did he look good but he gave such a shaeksperian performance, that elevated the story.
I'd definitely recommend this.
Junesploitation 2024
4 - Free Space!
1 - Roger Corman Tribute!
21 - AIP!
Teenage Brylcream Caveman Robert Vaughn draws the ire of his village by setting out beyond the surrounding uncharted jungles. That's against "The Word" don't you know! Once out there he encounters a strange creature which can kill by touch.
For my "Free Space", I thought I would keep to the theme of Roger Corman.
Quest for Fire this ain't, it's a camp 65 minute long AIP movie from 1958, with a mighty old looking teenage Robert Vaughn, giving a straightfaced performance, spouting amusingly bad dialogue like a bare chested Napoleon Solo. If this had maybe went Flintstones silly it would have been much better, but it…
This Corman cheapie finds young Robert Vaughn trying to venture away from his tribe's turf to where a god "with the touch that kills" roams. We see the god -- a lumpy, hairy mess that fumbles about. It's a curious image. I hear this movie is roundly disliked. I did find it a little boring, but it has some cool locations and a neat ending that is similar to the ending of a later movie that is well-liked. I wonder if any films before this one used that same ending. Probably? Either way, I didn't think this deserves as much hate as it gets. At least it's not Larry Clark's remake.
Robert Vaughn photographed consistently gazing off into the distance probably thinking to himself “what the hell have I got into here?”
For a “caveman” movie the script is dialog heavy and highly repetitive. The actors go around and around and around in circles spouting about laws, forbiddens, symbols and death.
Perhaps the weirdest part of the movie has to do with actor Beach Dickerson. He drowns in a pond of *water* which is substituting for “sinking earth” (quicksand) but then he can be spotted plain as day in several scenes throughout the film.
Change the location, keep the monsters, turn that pan pipe serenade into a ballad, add some dance numbers, and you got yourself a beach party movie.
You know you’ve watched too many Roger Corman movies when…you squeak in delight at an uncredited Barboura Morris appearance. Found myself missing the glorious needle drops of the MST3K version, but it’s pretty funny, if slow, without the riffs. And the ending is weirdly satisfying, wrapping its message of embracing change and other communities within a resolution so ridiculous it flips around and becomes b-movie magnificence.
Play me off, Pete!
🎶Teenage Cavemaaaan/
It's only Teenage Cavemaaaan/
They're all Cavemen!🎶