@diazona honestly, the robot OR the mummy probably could have made a better Robot vs Mummy movie. #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe @yatsu We might have seen that movie, in fact

#Monsterdon #TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy

@yatsu @CactuarJoe lol

Although a potato could make a better movie than the one we just watched

#Monsterdon #TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy

@CactuarJoe that would actually make a much better movie than the one we just watched. #monsterdon

@athena_rising This is pretty much the only worthwhile part out of 64 minutes, apart from the grave keeper. #monsterdon

OMG! this is the follow up with a mention of Dr. Bat. it just has new pachucos.

#Monsterdon #CurseOfTheAztecMummy

I don't think Flora and Maria the housekeeper exchanged lines so no Bechdel for us tonight #monsterdon

okay so we're gonna see a lot of reused footage here that isn't actually reused _here_, it's just that we just saw it because of the _previous_ movie I GUESS

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I'm wearing my #Monsterdon shirt tonight!

https://thediremushrump.threadless.com/designs/monsterdon-doodles-color/mens/t-shirt/extra-soft

@jchaven You are a glutton for punishment

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@whknott "The movie wasn't so hot
It didn't have much of a plot
We fell asleep, our goose is cooked
Our reputation is shot" oh yeah! #Monsterdon #TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy

FINE. YOU THINK YOUR FILTHY CARDBOARD ROBOT CAN BEAT ME?!

#monsterdon #TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy #TheCurseOfTheAztecMummy

it was a good #Monsterdon :muppets_waldorf: :muppets_statler:

@athena_rising You missed literally the only new footage in the movie.

How you feel about that is up to you.

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@hollie but there’s also a screen in the middle of the robot’s torso for someone to view out from. What?!

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Missed tonight’s #monsterdon? Can't get enough of Aztec Mummies?

→ https://monsterdon-replay.gerlach.dev/the-robot-vs-the-aztec-mummy

Hypnosis! Reincarnation! 60% flashbacks and re-used footage from the prequels! And about 3 minutes of glorious mummy vs. robot shoving at the end.

Also, double feature with its prequel. It's not worse! https://monsterdon-replay.gerlach.dev/the-curse-of-the-aztec-mummy

Those are the evil science experiments that we all fear! #monsterdon
@ramsey @rallias @ohiofi @Violinknitter

@moira I kinda feel like I could (gasp) WATCH IT AGAIN with no distractions? Would that HELP? I dunno, cuz I would still drink every time they said "breastplate"

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I'm thinking we should have done The Vampire's Coffin which was the double bill that The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy was shown with when it was released. My bad.

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@moira I'm going to guess that makes little Catholics? #CauseTheyCantUseBirthControl? #monsterdon

@Infoseepage They did it in the first act too, he just kinda shakes it and makes the noise with his lips, it's hysterical

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@paco You started it.

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@hollie I believe it lol

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#monsterdon You know what to do now Lilac? Yeah boss! Smell pretty!

Acid again?!?! #thecurseoftheaztecmummy #monsterdon

Chair-based carnage #Monsterdon

@ramsey
Some of us did. We have a problem.

#Monsterdon Double Feature of Pain
#CurseOfTheAztecMummy

@paco

@ramsey @paco Yeah, it's not "official" though, this one was kind of impromptu organized by the community

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The Angel The Breastplate and the dirty slippers
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#TheCurseOfTheAztecMummy

@moira @paco Doh! How did I miss that? #Monsterdon

@Violinknitter Heeeyyy that's not nice

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Why did he not just shoot the Angel dude right there. And why did the Angel just stand around waiting to get captured for the next scene. #monsterdon

No... guys.... you gotta aim for the HEAD...

oh, wait, sorry, wrong movie

#monsterdon

Rock-searching montage?

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this has some surprisingly strong "return to the poseidon adventure" vibes

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Doing a wrapup post while still catching up on the other comments- a #monsterdon tradition! Thanks @Taweret as always for hosting, @JoeWynne for an _excellent_ cocktail reccomendation (highly recommended), @cheribaker for the bingo card and everyone else for making this one somewhat bearable. We saw:
- A gigantic metal ass. Robot sold separately
- Seriously, imagine being film's first "robocop" cyborg, and you find out that not only are you not scary, because you look like a small child's toy you're that twee, but you don't even get a butt.
- A film that did not make Collider.com's "10 Movies With the Best Flashbacks, According to Reddit"
- A Caped, masked villain who stole exactly one(1) scene and was never seen again
- An adaptation of an ancient tragic love story comparable to The West Side Story. Wait, no I take that back. We didn't see that.
- Some incredible scenery chewing, headwear, trumpet work, and that cemetery borracho. The mummy was okay too, when he actually did anything.

Heeee wants to swing from the chandelier...the chandelieeeeeer

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That was a pretty good tense scene.

#Monsterdon #TheCurseOfTheAztecMummy #DoubleFeature

Okay, so they're smarter than Skyrim guards. That's something.

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"Must've been my imagination"

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@diazona RIGHT?! 😂 He has nothing to fear, if he falls he has the escape hatch

#Monsterdon

"HARDER! HARDER!"

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It's like we have another movie with a mime in it. #monsterdon #CurseOfTheAztecMummy

@crazypedia@officemarx.party I think I'll do a rewatch on my lunch break tomorrow at https://monsterdon-replay.gerlach.dev/ :blobpopcorn:

#Monsterdon #MonsterdonReplay

doctor

doctor

doctor

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@paco I mean I was gonna say....

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Yes, doctor, that is precisely why we beat you when you're tied up, because it's easy

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The way these Mummy movies occasionally use Frère Jacques but in minor! 😂 #Monsterdon

The actors are also being put to sleep by this movie

#Monsterdon Double Feature of Pain
#CurseOfTheAztecMummy

"Look, pal, I've been in this bed for at least three movies. What's your rush?" -Laura, probably

#monsterdon

Well, I'm getting tired of Dr. Krupp

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@hollie it's https://xkcd.com/149/

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@crazypedia@officemarx.party arrgh! There's a #mst3k version I could have watched , I didn't even realize
#Monsterdon #mysterysciencetheater3000
https://youtu.be/Bhg2ofmCSaY?si=OJUjtYcWlifBiqvi

Do you forget I know this thing?

No, but you forgot that I knew this other thing.

Right, but YOU forgot that I knew the other other thing.
#monsterdon

@jchaven ahh thanks

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@paco It would be a shocking indictment of Kung Fu Saturday if it didn't

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"NURSE! NURSE!" - this guy, probably

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@Zerofactorial aha, so it's not me that's getting blurry? good, good.

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Wait I missed how this guy (The Bat/Krupp) made it out of police custody

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My other weekend watch party is Kung Fu Saturday and, well, it wins this week in terms of fight scenes. :) #monsterdon

I don't forget you know either oh wait

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that's nice of them to put his glasses on after una paliza

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@hollie Again with the Aztec Mummy: Electric Boogaloo #monsterdon

poor jerry lewis, he didn't deserve that

#monsterdon #TheCurseOfTheAztecMummy

@CactuarJoe @moira As I understand the Aztec Mummy Cinematic Universe:

1. The Aztec Mummy (1957)
2. The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957) - with flashbacks to 1. Currently watching.
3. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy (1957) - with flashbacks to 1. and 2. Watched today.
4. The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964) - Did that one have flashbacks? Watched on Nov 17 on #monsterdon

That means, instead of a proper spider movie we have to watch The Aztec Mummy next week to get the whole story.

they didn't even give them LA accents to these cops. that sucks.

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@jsadow @Mikal @lytta I like that, makes it sound like an art film #monsterdon

okay we're out of flashbacks for now

stay at your stations everyone, you never know when another wave will hit

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@nev i'm just going to watch these poor fools suffer through it while not watching the second movie 👍

#monsterdon

Wait so the god is actually there at their ritual inside the pyramid?

Can we get the god some screen time?

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She was a maiden serving the God Stick Hockey Polka. Did I get that right? #monsterdon

oh my god there's ANOTHER #Monsterdon? Nope nope I'm too tired, gonna listen to my "British man having a bad day" horror story and call ita night

@jchaven @lytta

I mean, the booze required to make this movie hilarious hasn't worn off yet, so maybe I should watch it. Something tells me I could start now and not miss anything, since I've already seen most of it in flashbacks, apparently.
#monsterdon

@moira Oh, I was thrown off by the lack of Versus. Ah well. #Monsterdon

"I'm twenty years old, and I'm questioning my career choices..."

#Monsterdon

@paco I'm at 14min into it. #Monsterdon

@diazona Okay I'm following you so maybe I'll catch more...

#Monsterdon

@paco He's a very well-spoken curse

#Monsterdon #TheCurseOfTheAztecMummy

If Truman Capote had watched this film: "That's not a movie. That's just exposed film."
#monsterdon

Well that was short, bad, and a real delight! Thanks @Taweret and fellow monster movie nerds. #Monsterdon

@hollie About 12 minutes in now - we started at 15 minutes past the hour (well I started a little late)

This one was actually announced slightly in advance of when the first movie started but it was easy to miss. (I tried to boost the announcement as much as possible)

#Monsterdon #TheCurseOfTheAztecMummy

This one has a wrestler at least

#monsterdon
#CurseOfTheAztecMummy

I only just got *Curse of the Aztec Mummy* playing. Had problems with plex. I've jumped to about the right time, but there's a dude in his underwear and a cape. Is that the Curse? #monsterdon

oh, nice fake machine acting there, pal

#monsterdon

Oh my god is this the mummy from the first movie when he was still alive?

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@hollie About 12min into it. #Monsterdon

the classic melodrama music actually works here

and actually improves this movie

#monsterdon #TheCurseOfTheAztecMummy

@moira the original plot armor

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@hollie Yes. Curse of the Aztec Mummy
https://archive.org/details/CurseOfTheAztecMummylaMaldicionDeLaMomiaAzteca1957-English #Monsterdon

@moira It was the only way they could think of to get the word "breast" past the censors?

#Monsterdon

@diazona truly I didn't realize we DIDN'T know the identity of the bat at any point

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Hey, the guy in the suit and hat shooting a gun is the Cemetary keeper from the last movie.

#Monsterdon Double Feature
#CurseOfTheAztecMummy

Is this film actually The Fugitive? Prisoner escape on a bus?

#monsterdon

EL SANTO!!!!!!

#Monsterdon #CurseOfTheAztecMummy

Aw yeah! I’ll just shake my Tommy gun and say ratatatatata! #thecurseoftheaztecmummy #monsterdon

@jsadow @Mikal @lytta But the patriarchy stuff and the fake romance did stink up the story, imo. This film just didn't have anything, Flora was trying her best to do something with her part but it just wasn't working #monsterdon

Wait are we on a second movie?

#Monsterdon

If the footage didn't wind up on the cutting room floor, which it probably did, given the cuts the director left, some pensive thought by the actors just before they were asked to "go on" would have helped sell the story a bit. If this cut into the time budget, they could have deleted a bunch of standing around scenes, and/or walked faster.

Overall, given the era, it was certainly worth the Young America Horror Club seal of approval. I look forward to seeing more of their picks.

#Monsterdon

it will probably be entertaining to watch the commentary on the optional second mummy movie which i am not myself watching... is this one from earlier in the series? later? weirdly unrelated?

#monsterdon

@combatwombat @athena_rising Movie runtime: 63 minutes. Watchable footage: 3 minutes.

Great job, crew. Let's pack this one in. #Monsterdon