
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam
Dr. Otto grows a hand out of the top of his head and tries to destroy the world.
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"This is officially the first film in the long running Ernest series. It was based on a series of commercials. Ernest himself actually only has two minutes of screen time in the entire movie. He turns into this supervillain named Dr. Otto. At least I think that's him or does he turn into Ernest? He tries to take over the world by destroying the economy. A lot of this seems to be filmed in the dark, but it also surprisingly has a lot of color. My favorite part is when there's a newspaper that says "Francs Collapse", only for a guy named Frank to literally collapse. I thought..."
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At one point, the producers were contemplating making a sequel called "Dr Otto and the Song of the Tarantula Women", which would've featured an exploitation director who was attempting to make his latest film in a small town which would've had the mentioned females, who were scantily dressed women with a spider motif to their costumes. Dr. Otto also would've been involved somehow, as would an overweight biker gang that sang gospel music.
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Dr. Otto grows a hand out of the top of his head and tries to destroy the world.





