It Came from Hollywood


It Came from Hollywood is a 1982 American comedy documentary film compiling clips from various B movies. Written by Dana Olsen and directed by Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt, the film features wraparound segments and narration by several famous comedians, including Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner, and Cheech and Chong. Sections of It Came from Hollywood focus on gorilla pictures, anti-marijuana films and the works of Ed Wood.

Cast

The character of the col. Dan Diamond is a reference to the Motor Sergeant Frank Tree from the film 1941, also starring Aykroyd, while the character of the young girl by Gilda is a reference to the most know Judy Miller character of her SNL sketches.
Dan Aykroyd in this film presents a segment called "Troubled Teens" playing a detective dressed in a trench-coat, with the voice-over intro to this states in true 'Dragnet' style: "From the Official Files of the Californian Department of Education". About five years later Aykroyd starred in the official movie parody of the series.

Segments

  • "Gorillas"
  • "Aliens"
  • "Giants and Tiny People"
  • "A Salute to Edward D. Wood, Jr."
  • "Musical Memories"
  • "Previews of Coming Attractions"
  • "Troubled Teenagers"
  • "Getting High in the Movies"
  • "The Animal Kingdom Goes Berserk"
  • "Technical Triumphs"
  • "The Brain"
  • "Monsters"

List of films

Sunny Side Up Maniac Wonder Bar The Lost City Reefer Madness Marihuana Perils of Nyoka Isle of Forgotten Sins Musical Movieland The Monster and the Ape The White Gorilla Blonde Savage Street Corner Daughter of the Jungle The Flying Saucer The Day the Earth Stood Still Zombies of the Stratosphere Glen or Glenda Robot Monster The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms The War of the Worlds Creature from the Black Lagoon Bride of the Monster The Violent Years Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Fire Maidens from Outer Space Runaway Daughters Shake, Rattle & Rock! Don't Knock the Rock Rock Baby: Rock It The Brain from Planet Arous The Incredible Shrinking Man Dragstrip Girl The Deadly Mantis The Giant Claw Beginning of the End The Cyclops From Hell It Came The Amazing Colossal Man I Was a Teenage Frankenstein Plan 9 from Outer Space Teenage Monster The Bride and the Beast The Cool and the Crazy Attack of the Puppet People Attack of the 50 Foot Woman High School Confidential! High School Hellcats The Space Children Fiend Without a Face The Fly Curse of the Faceless Man The Party Crashers The Blob I Married a Monster from Outer Space Frankenstein's Daughter Monster from Green Hell The Trollenberg Terror Missile to the Moon The Hideous Sun Demon Battle in Outer Space House on Haunted Hill Prince of Space Teenagers from Outer Space The Killer Shrews The Tingler First Man Into Space The Loves of Hercules The Hypnotic Eye Invasion of the Neptune Men Reptilicus Rocket Attack U.S.A. Married Too Young The Brain That Wouldn't Die Matango Slime People Evil Brain from Outer Space The Creeping Terror Atomic Rulers The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies The Horror of Party Beach Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster Bat Men of Africa Mars Needs Women The Weird World of LSD The X from Outer Space Yongary, Monster from the Deep Son of Godzilla Octaman The Thing with Two Heads Black Belt Jones Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell A*P*E The Incredible Melting Man