05/09/06 Frozen Alive

Frozen Alive (1966), directed by Bernard Knowles

watched solo; DVD (personal copy) @ Camp Scoutshire Woods (Citronelle, AL)

This viewing really brought forth the sometimes annoyingly painful rigors of routine for me on the Challenge. What I mean by that is this...when forced to sleep in some dirty cabins in the middle of Alabama, after working long 12 hour days in the sun building houses, only to come back to your cot to sleep on and want to get another movie under your belt for the daily ritual, and people want to use your sleeping quarters as a recreational hall to play cards, ping pong, and the occasional drum circle jam session...it's a bit hard to concentrate through your crappy headphones to listen to what is potentially the worst movie ever just to say that you've seen a movie today to prove a point. It's a little tough is all I'm saying. I wanted to play ping pong damn it! Oh yeah, the film was utter garbage. Straight from the cheapest rip-off of the "Twilight Zone" comes this tale of a scientist (mad perhaps?) who concocts the idea to experiment with cryogenic freezing to prevent disease. You would think that it had something to do with that by the title, but honestly, it was merely the last five minutes of the film that barely broach the subject...as the rest becomes a ridiculous love triangle between the scientist, his wife and his assistant. Then while he makes himself a popsicle, his wife is murdered and he's a prime suspect. Oh good grief. I should have left this movie buried in the campground woods of Alabama...but then again, it could come back to haunt me.

1 out of 5 stars