EEGAH!

"Eegah need friends."

Richard “Jaws” Kiel plays Eegah, a lovesick caveman who just wants to fit in with the local teenagers. Unfortunately, he looks like Richard Kiel. Tough luck, Eegah!

Marilyn Manning plays Roxy, the object of Eegah’s primitive lust. She has the misfortune of discovering Eegah in a cave. Feeling sorry for him, she befriends the big dope and shaves his beard. As with every other “I discovered a caveman” movie, she should’ve left him alone.

Directed by Nicholas Merriwether (aka Arch Hall, Sr.) and co-starring William Watters (aka Arch Hall, Sr.) and Arch Hall, Jr. (aka son of Arch Hall, Sr.), this z-grade drive-in classic was one of several z-grade attempts by Senior to make Junior into a teen-idol. It didn’t work.

Eegah, like many other no-budget films, was shot without sound to save money, so Senior dubbed in all the male voices (except for Junior’s) himself. Another psychotronic pioneer, Ray Dennis Steckler in a cameo, gets thrown into a pool by Eegah. Is it any wonder Eegah can’t make any friends?