Thursday, June 19, 2014

Nude on the Moon (1961)

How bad is it? It's remarkably awful.
Should you see it? Only if you wonder what nudist colonies looked like in the '60's.


I saw this more than 25 years ago, when it was released on video as part of Joe Bob Brigg's "Sleaziest Movies Ever Made" compilation. It was made by Doris Wishman (who gets my vote as worst director of all time) in that brief period when films made in nudist colonies could be considered "educational" and therefore had relaxed standards for nudity. My main memory of it is of one actor whose silver hair has a white patch and is all slicked back, making it distractingly look like he has bird droppings on his head. The plot has astronauts in the cheapest possible costumes and conveyances landing on the moon, which they discover has breathable air - by just removing their helmets (excepting convenience, why does this always happen?) and then they discover a civilization that involves a lot of topless women (enough that finding a suitable photo to include here was hard). It's dreary and dull as only Wishman can make exploitation.

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