June 2025's Monster Bash convention (at Pittsburgh's Marriott) was another macabre smash, and its fun and creepy ingredients were captured by director Aaron M. Lane for Mr. Lobo's special, Cinema Insomnia commemoration, which can be viewed this Saturday night, July 19 (with a preshow commencing at 10 pm) on Twitch, OSI74 Roku and Amazon Fire.
The convention footage wraps around Robert Gaffney's 1965, black-and-white, crossover classic, Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.
The movie uses an idea found in both Devil Girl from Mars and Mars Needs Women, in this case with the Martians seeking bikini girls for procreation. A valiant, android astronaut (i.e. a neo Frankenstein Monster) attempts to stop the abductions and in the end, battles a hairy, bug-eyed beast.
The cast is a wonderful who's-who, with Playmate, Marilyn (The Brain That Wouldn't Die) Hanold as the evil Martian Princess Marcuzan; Lou (Pee-wee's Big Adventure) Cutell as her eager henchman, Nadir; Jim (Poltergeist 1982/Return of the Living Dead) Karen as the supportive Dr. Adam Steele; Bruce (Diamonds Are Forever) Glover (Crispin's dad) as a Martian crew member and Mull the Space Monster; and Robert (Lilith) Reilly as the man-made protagonist, Colonel Frank Saunders.
As for the convention segments, they're bound to please, as Mr. Lobo makes the rounds, rubbing elbows with horror veteran Daniel (The Munsters 2022) Roebuck; Land of the Lost icons Kathy Coleman and Wesley Eure; Darkride Dracula Scooter gal Amy Vampi; Kevin Scarpino, aka Son of the Ghoul; horror host Doc Dread; off-the-cuff filmmaker David "Rock" Nelson; organizer Ron Adams; staff/vendor Dan Weber; Phyllis Floyd of Monster Fest and Creatures of the Naro; rubber-alligator curators, the Frick Brothers; Rabbi Joe and Father Mike; Bill Diamond of Bill Diamond Productions; Ghouldari connoisseur Gary Smith; and Cedric the Musical Butler of Terror Night Theater.
This may be Cinema Insomnia's best, on-site offering to date, so tune in to absorb all the "misunderstood" frivolity.
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