The Super Inframan: (Chinese Superman) Kaijin Movie Review

[@roddmatsui3554]

One of the funnier moments involves a monster henchman briefly breaking character and helping the doctor off the boat, then going back to his “monster” pose. 😆

[@only257]

agreed

[@ScreamingScallop]

The most awkward boat ride ever. But I like that Princess Dragon Mom commissioned a thematic speedboat for her hench-monsters and hostages. Quite thoughtful of her.

[@buncombeshinola2257]

as a child i was dropped off solo (70s!) to the theater to catch this first run having absolutely no idea what it was whatsoever- positively one of the greatest times i have ever had at the cinema.

[@shannondore]

That's a great memory.

[@princeblackelf4265]

One of my favorite things about this movie is that the basic plot is the same as Devilman,at least so far as what the villains whole deal is. I also loved how ultra violent it is

[@Alexander_Stern1]

I am so glad that we got a few seconds of the “Jet Jaguar” theme song!

[@jasonstarks3796]

Yes, Jet Jagaah's theme song is always appreciated.

[@thrashpondopons8348]

Horseshoe-crab Man! & his sidekick Skate! He would have an oversized Mechanical Claw on his left hand that would have all kinds of nifty devices! (Sorta a Sonic Screwdriver... which could also cut through Tungsten!)

[@carlwilkerson9722]

Roger Ebert said that when they stopped making movies like this one, a light would go out of the world forever. BTW, I guessed it was a calculator. But I'm only a Math Advisor, not a Science Advisor.

[@AmityvilleFan]

1:00 - you don't fool me. She's Rita Repulsa! 3:40 - she can brainwash me any time.

[@jamescampbell39]

I liked the part where Inframan steps on the bug monster a squishes him. Also, the actor who would later go on to become a Bruce Lee clone was part of the science team.

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

Yup! Bruce…Le! 😹

[@johnrussellpelt9091]

6:45 -- Hey, weren't these two guys in Captain Eo?

[@katmartindale8049]

Movies like this were the best thing to watch on cold winter days as a kid.

[@glenmcculla6843]

At school I came up with a character called Magma Man who I thought was the coolest thing ever invented, but my teacher advised me of the impracticality of a hero made of molten rock and made me write a different story. Thanks for stifling my youthful creativity Mrs Purvis!

[@joshuawestfall9982]

Can we get a compilation video of the breakout characters?

[@SGTDave]

One of my favorite childhood movies. It appeared about every other year on the local UHF channel. It answers the question: "What if the Shaw Brothers made Power Rangers?"

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

Want a double-feature? This movie and 1966’s _Ôgon batto!_ It’s _The Golden Bat_ for those of us who speak English better than we speak Japanese! If you’re lucky, you can find it subtitled. Kinda similar, kinda different…and wonderfully crazy! And if it matters, a young Sonny Chiba has a featured role!

[@davidchurch5932]

Dr. Chan, thier scientific advisor is wearing a silver suit jacket... cbut without a small slit to hold a button hole flower. Now that is futuristic.

[@Fanney47]

I was worried for the Science advisor there for a moment. 🙈

[@joelfaulder8985]

I absolutely love this movie. Tremendous Tokusatsu-style fun.

[@Flood520]

Robin: "Today we're taking a look at Super Inframan." Me: "I can have such a thing?!" If you've seen it, you know.

[@varanid9]

Good to see that your science advisor has a protege' (obviously just started training)!

[@tommydarbe1524]

This was a wacked out flick but plenty of fun. With a villain like Dragon Mom, how can you go wrong.😅

[@skatemonk]

At a young age I was bitten by radioactive popcorn, so now as the Invisible Eye I sneak into the movies and see all the bad films I want to!

[@VonWenk]

I actually saw this at the Windsor Film Theatre.

[@mjchmb]

Holy moly

[@josephmagil1149]

The Greatest Film Of All Time!🙌

[@natturnertv]

If you want Ultraman and Kamen Rider in a movie (they did one later) Inframan is your film!! Great fun from beginning to end.

[@williammartinez6381]

OMG!!! This was my favorite movie growing up. I even read at one point that it was the worst movie ever made. It still the best movie. 😍

[@user-rc3cm1zv4j]

Couldn't agree more. Also, I would like to thank AVGN for introducing me to this film

[@DarkCornersReviews]

Our pleasure!

[@darkman3645]

Man I remember having a bootleg VHS of this back in the day. Such a fun and well stupid movie

[@euansmith3699]

I really want to know what that device is on the science-dining-table at Dark Corners' semi-detached-science-HQ. Is it some sort of comptometer? Edit: cool! I was on the right track! My Dad used to work for Sumlock Comptometer.

[@abbagodz]

I saw this in a movie theater back in 1977 on a double feature with a kung fu movie. This one was better...goofy fun! I was 12. lol

[@Ken_Brooks]

This film is so great that the NF MST3K reboot used the henchmen as the boneheads. Cheers.

[@earlleeruhf3130]

Was that Reta Repulsa? The Skeleton gang looked familar too.

[@johnrussellpelt9091]

While impressed he could create an all in one Iron Man, 6 Million Dollar Man, and Superman in a snazzy sentai suit, when it comes to scientific advisor-ing, this Prof. Chang is no Dr. Who. Or Prof. Quartermass. Or Q (not even the Craig era version). 😢

[@colleencrouch4346]

Princess Dragon Mum???

[@fredblonder7850]

This looks like something from “Banana Splits”.

[@brianlindstrand934]

YES!! Awesome movie! As Roger Ebert said in 1976: "When they stop making movies like Infra-Man, a little light will go out of the world."

[@zandorvorkov986]

I remember when Siskel and Ebert had a show in which they talked about some of their "guilty pleasures". Infra-Man was one of Roger's favorites. I always loved this movie as well.

[@brianlindstrand934]

Yes! Ebert pointed out that so many movies promise things, but never deliver. But INFRA-MAN delivered!

[@archstanton4365]

As it did, indeed.

[@jackwells8107]

I saw this at a dollar theater in 1977. My best friend and I were 12. It was the greatest movie we'd ever seen.

[@kali3665]

5:18 Wow! I didn't know Sarah Jane Smith appeared on Power Rangers! 5:48 I really love your "Science Advisor," Robin! The look on her face at the end of the video is precious.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

At least it’s a Sarah Jane Smith lookalike, but not the actual actress who played Sarah Jane Smith.

[@kali3665]

@@SlapstickGenius23 Sure does look like her, doesn't it?

[@calvinfranklyn5499]

The Sarah Jane resemblance is bananas. Feels very in-keeping with this movie.

[@kali3665]

@@calvinfranklyn5499 Especially the clothes she was wearing. They were exactly what Elisabeth Sladen often wore on Doctor Who (the one I remember most was magenta, which fit in well with the Doctor's costume).

[@calvinfranklyn5499]

@@kali3665 honestly. It really did feel like a veritable Sarah Jane outfit.

[@Curtiz2008]

I love a science advisor who comes armed with a hammer.

[@GrandOldMovies]

Gotta love those Dr. Who convention films! Not to mention TWO science advisors on hand!

[@KarlBunker]

Siscel and Ebert both gave this thing rave reviews just for being so balls-to-the-wall nutso and fun.

[@grapeshot]

I guess Rita Repulsa had to start out somewhere😂

[@only257]

not a fan of power rangers no idea who you are talking about

[@grapeshot]

@@only257 Ok🤷🏿‍♂️

[@grapeshot]

@@only257 well you mentioned power rangers so apparently you know something about it

[@bostonrailfan2427]

nah, that was her sister 😉

[@edwardburek1717]

I WANT TO WATCH THE ENTIRETY OF THIS FILM AT ONCE!!! And is it me, or are Dark Corners' Science Advisers getting younger by the day?

[@FuglyStick]

15 seconds into the video and I want to watch the movie

[@HEDGE1011]

6 seconds for me!

[@fletchkeilman2205]

It's fekkin' rad as hell!

[@dbsommers1]

It is great stuff.

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@HEDGE1011agreed and saw this movie on a bootlegged website in 2012 with English subtitles 😊

[@joelfaulder8985]

You won't regret it!

[@Gappasaurus]

A visit from The Science Advisor(s) _AND_ Princess Dragon Mom in one go?! This is indeed a glorious day 😁 One of my favorite “guilty pleasure” movies, and totally psyched to see it appear on my favorite movie review channel 🥰

[@reignfire85]

Now that the Science Advisor has shown an old-fashioned calculator, we need him to show a genuine abacus.

[@pjd4268]

Love the Science Advisor. Related to my mom..."..what do you think about.." "No". LOL.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Excellent idea.

[@daviddennis3528]

The newer MST3K's Skeleton Crew looks a lot like the henchmen

[@TeatroGrotesco]

I played bass in Thunderball Fist for a brief period in the early 90's.

[@stephen70edwards]

You could have such a thing?

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

I love your profile name.

[@TeatroGrotesco]

@@BarryHart-xo1oy 👍

[@Outlier777]

And yet I'd still rather watch this than any Marvel movie. Go figure.

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

Yeah, Inframan is _entertaining!_

[@buzzawuzza3743]

My friends and I are getting ready to make our first film and we think it should be a superhero movie. We want to have his main weaponry be plastic spoons and forks from fast food restaurants. His name will be Single Use Plastic Man.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

Some might say it's too spoon after the Blue Raja used cutlery in Mystery Men. Personally, I say what the fork - go for it!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Sporkman is much more elegant, though.

[@TeatroGrotesco]

Read the culture, Single Use Plastic Man would be a villain.

[@varanid9]

@@JohnDrummondPhoto "The Spork!"

[@buzzawuzza3743]

@@TeatroGrotesco Who can tell anymore?

[@RedDragonM1]

"Everything in this movie EXPLODES! BOOOM! Inframan shoots lasers, BOOOM! Alien monster throws spaceman, BOOOM! Inframan throws dynamite, BOOM! Inframan smashes control panel, BOOOM! BOOOM!!! BOOOOM!! BOOOOOOM!!!!"-James Rolfe.

[@christinaflibotte6446]

I KNEW I recognized this movie!

[@simonwoodthrillerwriter]

Isn't liquid ice called water?? :-/

[@KirkWilliamsIsBroken]

Hell Yeah! I love this film...it's like Ultraman on Crack! The Stunt Work is Amazing & Everything Explodes!

[@kpaulblume47]

Paid to see this, at a cinema, upon release. Actual money, well...spent.

[@mmattson8947]

I saw this at the cinema, too. Was at the age where having an incoherent story and poor dubbing didn't matter, because... explosions and superhero fights!

[@20th_century_Ghost]

P.S. Have you guys ever reviewed any of the old Japanese Starman films? That would be awesome!

[@chuckmesser2202]

Roger Ebert listed this among his guilty pleasures.

[@VgnRaj]

Team Science Advisors? Best addition, ever!

[@patriciadilday447]

The new Science Adviser is adorable! Glad to see the Dark Corners science team has expanded.

[@thesausagecontinuim1971]

this HAS to be an inspiration for the mighty morphin power rangers??

[@lisakozlowski4057]

I like how the space alien demons use a bomb from 1865 to blow up science headquarters.

[@ashleys9397]

Hey Robin Bailes: That was a pretty cool reference to PAN'S LABYRINTH you managed to throw in there. I'm wondering if anyone else caught it.

[@stephen70edwards]

It caught my, er, eyes, too

[@bostonrailfan2427]

i couldn’t remember the movie but got the reference

[@workingstiffdiogenes2195]

For sheer oddball lunacy, you can't beat the scene with the professor sitting between two monsters on a speedboat, and then emerging into...what is that supposed to be, Hell? It looks like a He-Man-themed playground.

[@misterx8325]

I wanna say it plays different in the original Mandarin, but no, it's a kid's movie through & through. Time has just added layers of camp.

[@DaleRibbons]

Dragon Mom's goons, the guys with the devil horns on their helmets, remind me of the Boneheads from seasons 11-12 of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

NAME indifference man POWERS who cares.

[@Gojira_San]

Godzilla Man. With the powers and appearance of Godzilla.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

I saw this in the theater, when I was about 11 years old with my long suffering father, who just Sat there quietly, and successfully managed to will himself to go to sleep. I have no idea what I was expecting, I really do not remember, but I do strongly remember that whatever it was, I did not get it. I do remember them saying that he would be able to shoot a knife blade out of his hand, and I kept waiting for that, because it sounded really cool, but all we ever saw with those lame little semi circular, animated rays. I mentioned that to my dad and he said I am pretty sure those were supposed to be the knife blades I remember, trying to explain the movie to my friends the next Monday at school more than actually seeing the movie itself. For some reason I was trying to make it sound good because it was only like the fourth movie ever actually seen the theater.

[@NGMonocrom]

I think China could have done a lot better than reverse engineering only one Power Ranger. Just sayin.' Also, Thunderball fist the LIKE button? Okay. But I think my comment is getting de-monitized. 😅 (Once again, Thumbs-up for your dad.)

[@TeatroGrotesco]

Science Headquarters, We focus on the science, not witty names.

[@paultapner2769]

My superhero would be the Science Advisor. Who can solve science problems by dispelling nonsense. Oh. Yeah. Right.

[@TeatroGrotesco]

Your evil nemesis would be the: Loudest Yelling Everyone

[@rotterdammer5243]

That Jet Jaguar song is fukin` hilarious! I`m smiling while I type this. Robin, Ya did it again!

[@peterbailey6930]

I did notice the Teletype in the secret Science HQ in China was printing in English. Hmmmmmmmmm I'm going to have to watch this movie.

[@mikehunt4986]

Ultraman + Godzilla vs. Megalon + LSD = Inframan!

[@mtechcom4863]

Next: Riki Oh - The Story of Ricky!

[@lokizmom9843]

The new Science Advisor has my full support!

[@williamcrowe2576]

If I recall, this was once featured on Nickelodeon Special Delivery, albeit edited for television.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

"And this... is a calculator" Idk why thats so funny in context

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

My hero, Futureman, has the ability to phase himself one second into the future. Unfortunately, that makes him out of phase with current reality, in which he doesn't exist at all.

[@20th_century_Ghost]

Wow! I just mentioned your guys' channel in a comment to Chris Stuckman's new video. He's making a new segment on his channel in which he will be reacting to older films; which is similar to what you guys do. Although... no one can duplicate Dark Corners Reviews. 🖖🏼

[@DarkCornersReviews]

Thanks!

[@RussLudwig]

1:13 Princess Dragon Mom? I need to see this movie! Thanks Dark Corners 👍

[@1kylecurry]

I love this flick. It's crazy & all over the place. A lot of fun to watch.😂

[@moose6509]

Madonna´s far scarier than Dragomon lately......

[@ashleys9397]

Madonna's gotten even more frightening than Angelina Jolie.

[@tomjohnson4922]

If I could get an autograph from the Science Advisor I would gladly support you on Patreon...

[@DarkCornersReviews]

I'm sure we could organise something

[@lewisdoherty7621]

I love that mechanical calculator. Nice touch as a tie into what was cutting edge at the time, the Hollerith Cards "Key Punch Cards" in the 1975 movie.

[@ashleys9397]

Well, seeing how you've posed the question...yes, I have indeed come up with my own live action superhero. He draws his amazing strength from the power of giant Japanese crustaceans. He's ROBSTER CRAW! Robster Craw to the Lescue! "O Save Me, Robster Craw! Save Me! Preeeessssee...!"

[@thribs]

This is more Power Rangers than Doctor Who

[@marcbergeron1750]

OH MY GOD! YOU WENT THERE. (The spring monster duo was my personal favorite)

[@kevinclark8356]

It's more inspired by Kamen Rider than Ultraman. There's a bunch of episodes of the many Kamen Rider shows up with subtitles. They're good fun.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Wait a second, _Inframan!?!_ Did- did I click on DarkCorners Reviews or Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews? 🤔 Seriously though, it's great to see Robyn here tackle schlock like this occasionally. Dark Corners' reviews are so tight with the jokes, and its inherently funny watching someone so well-versed in _actual cinema_ make sense of fun nonsense like this 😄

[@RavenHouseMystery]

I think the only way to describe this film is pure insanity. First off, there must have been heavy laughter from the UN delegates once they saw Princess Dragonman's outfit. As for my own superhero, I once accepted a friendly challenge to come up with a superhero character decades ago. I came up with Ryan Drake, Witchfinder. Basically, a sorcerer who also knows martial arts. Spike from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer was a big inspiration at the time.

[@ianmcnulty799]

My Super hero would be The Stage manager: The power to organize everything and control narcissists!

[@tikidino]

I saw this in the theatre sometime in the 1970’s. I thought it was the greatest movie I’d ever seen. Now remember this pre-dated the TV version of the MCU, Superman and Star Wars…….it was a bleak, bleak time.

[@maplebob23]

My superhero would be Science Man and science would both be his strength and weakness and his greatest nemesis would be himself.

[@BurnRoddy]

Princess Dragon Mom is the name of the Mother Law I wanted to have when I grew up. Unfortunately there's not many volcanic activity where I live. :-(

[@kcuhc84]

If you had decided to only review good movies, instead of bad ones, this channel would have folded years ago. "That's movies Greavsy" "Yeah it's a funny old game"

[@JohnSmith-x8s5g]

Science Headquarters. Nanny State Railings. It's Hammer Time !

[@stillhuntre55]

Laughed out loud, TEAM Science Advisor, this vid is TOP FORM!

[@calvinfranklyn5499]

"Inframan" makes it sound like he'll be as far removed from being as effectual as Ultraman as possible.

[@jankarieben1071]

This was one of the first kaiju movies I ever say as a kid, inframan and Gamera before Godzilla or Ultraman, but in my opinion, no less awesome!

[@scantrahan]

I love the old rotary calculators