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Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell, A
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So, given the title "A Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell", what'd you guess the movie's about? Probably the adventures of...a nymphoid barbarian in...dinosaur hell, right? Originally titled "Dark Fortress", "A Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell", despite its great title, doesn't have a nymphoid barbarian, and there are no dinosaurs, let alone a dinosaur hell.
Let's see...plot...plot...if you ignore the added introduction that's completely inconsistent with the rest of the film, the last woman on an alien planet fends off lizard men, a giant with poor dental hygiene, and a series of large styrofoam monsters and (swoon!) has a romantic interest too. Sure, what passes for a plot plods along excruciatingly slowly, and its microbudget origins (it was shot for $40,000, not the five grand listed on the IMDB) are unavoidable...but get a bunch of people together for some homegrown MSTie shenanigans, and good times will be had by all.
Video: The video is full-frame, grainy, and poorly authored, with nasty artifacts throughout. The print used is awful, even warranting a complaint in the commentary, and it looks about the same as the version I saw on the USA Network around '92.
Audio: Typical Troma mono here. The movie was shot silent, and all the effects were added in post...and they come through pretty flat and dull. The dialogue (all twenty lines of it) are really low too. Actually, the inconsistency in the audio throughout the disc bugged me. The music playing over the menus was fairly loud, but the interview segments were almost silent by comparison. Passable.
Supplements: The trailers this time around are for "A Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell" (which makes mention of "cult sensation" Linda Corwin, although as far as I can tell, this was her only film role), "Cry Uncle", "Rabid Grannies", and "Combat Shock", all of which are currently available on DVD through Troma. Personally, I prefer it when Troma includes trailers for movies that aren't on DVD so I can wonder why better movies stay unreleased while dreck like "Girl School Screamers" finds its way to the market. Another preview, "Terror Firmer", can be found in the "Tempting Tromabilia" section, along with Lloyd Kaufman's interview with Dario Argento (count the number of times Lloyd mispronounces the name of the movie), a PSA starring Sgt. Kabukiman, a hotel room fraud PSA starring an extremely unattractive woman, a montage of Troma clips, a bizarre dance number called the Radiation March that looks like it was shot in 1985, and plugs for the Troma website, Lloyd's autobiography, and Troma comics. The tour of Troma that's on every Troma release is included yet again, along with the second Troma Intelligence Test, where correct answers are greeted with (mostly) brief nude scenes.
Extras that are (gasp!) actually related to the movies include three interviews by Lloyd Kaufman with co-director Brett Piper, co-director/virtually-everything Alex Pirnie with Brett Piper, and star Paul Guzzi with Alex Pirnie and Brett Piper. Why didn't they just have one interview? Beats me. There's also the usual still gallery. There's also the primary reason you see "Highly Recommended", the commentary track with Brett Piper. This is the best audio commentary ever recorded. Brett is extremely laid back and provides a seemingly endless barrage of interesting stories and production notes. He also hates Troma and really dislikes the movie, and hearing him bash everything associated with the film is extremely entertaining.
Conclusion: Although "A Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell" isn't really a Troma movie in the usual sense and the movie itself is so boring that it borders on unwatchable, the commentary really is worth paying full retail for. I've probably sat through a hundred commentaries, and if there were one I could pick out to use to show someone what a commentary is supposed to be like, this'd be the first disc I'd pull out. This is the type of movie where you get a bunch of friends together, order a pizza, and laugh hysterically. Very highly recommended.
Let's see...plot...plot...if you ignore the added introduction that's completely inconsistent with the rest of the film, the last woman on an alien planet fends off lizard men, a giant with poor dental hygiene, and a series of large styrofoam monsters and (swoon!) has a romantic interest too. Sure, what passes for a plot plods along excruciatingly slowly, and its microbudget origins (it was shot for $40,000, not the five grand listed on the IMDB) are unavoidable...but get a bunch of people together for some homegrown MSTie shenanigans, and good times will be had by all.
Video: The video is full-frame, grainy, and poorly authored, with nasty artifacts throughout. The print used is awful, even warranting a complaint in the commentary, and it looks about the same as the version I saw on the USA Network around '92.
Audio: Typical Troma mono here. The movie was shot silent, and all the effects were added in post...and they come through pretty flat and dull. The dialogue (all twenty lines of it) are really low too. Actually, the inconsistency in the audio throughout the disc bugged me. The music playing over the menus was fairly loud, but the interview segments were almost silent by comparison. Passable.
Supplements: The trailers this time around are for "A Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell" (which makes mention of "cult sensation" Linda Corwin, although as far as I can tell, this was her only film role), "Cry Uncle", "Rabid Grannies", and "Combat Shock", all of which are currently available on DVD through Troma. Personally, I prefer it when Troma includes trailers for movies that aren't on DVD so I can wonder why better movies stay unreleased while dreck like "Girl School Screamers" finds its way to the market. Another preview, "Terror Firmer", can be found in the "Tempting Tromabilia" section, along with Lloyd Kaufman's interview with Dario Argento (count the number of times Lloyd mispronounces the name of the movie), a PSA starring Sgt. Kabukiman, a hotel room fraud PSA starring an extremely unattractive woman, a montage of Troma clips, a bizarre dance number called the Radiation March that looks like it was shot in 1985, and plugs for the Troma website, Lloyd's autobiography, and Troma comics. The tour of Troma that's on every Troma release is included yet again, along with the second Troma Intelligence Test, where correct answers are greeted with (mostly) brief nude scenes.
Extras that are (gasp!) actually related to the movies include three interviews by Lloyd Kaufman with co-director Brett Piper, co-director/virtually-everything Alex Pirnie with Brett Piper, and star Paul Guzzi with Alex Pirnie and Brett Piper. Why didn't they just have one interview? Beats me. There's also the usual still gallery. There's also the primary reason you see "Highly Recommended", the commentary track with Brett Piper. This is the best audio commentary ever recorded. Brett is extremely laid back and provides a seemingly endless barrage of interesting stories and production notes. He also hates Troma and really dislikes the movie, and hearing him bash everything associated with the film is extremely entertaining.
Conclusion: Although "A Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell" isn't really a Troma movie in the usual sense and the movie itself is so boring that it borders on unwatchable, the commentary really is worth paying full retail for. I've probably sat through a hundred commentaries, and if there were one I could pick out to use to show someone what a commentary is supposed to be like, this'd be the first disc I'd pull out. This is the type of movie where you get a bunch of friends together, order a pizza, and laugh hysterically. Very highly recommended.
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