The Pumaman

[lalalalalalalala]

Anyone ever see this thing on MST3K or otherwise? This..........hideous.......thing gave me nightmares and left me wondering what sort of evil and base individual would make a movie like this. If you have seen it please respond THANX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[peter johnson]

No, but it sounds WONDERFUL!!!

[Squishy]

Must-see MST.

Donald Pleasance, dressed in tight leather/vinyl bondage gear (ack), uses an Aztec mask to rule men's minds. A big "Aztec" oaf convinces a spindly, whiny "man" that he is the descendant of the original "Pumaman," complete with a silly outfit and dumb powers. Amazingly incompetent special effects and acting fill in the rest.

"Infra-Man" would kick "Puma-Man"s ass to shreds in fifteen seconds, but "Pumaman" has the more revolting theme song. Does that constitute a tie?

[Justin Robertson]

Ahh, but you forget....Pumaman had an Aztec Priest and a magic belt.  Also, Donald Pleasance and his papier mache heads were no match for Pumaman's awesome flying abilities and ability to hop around a lot.

[Andrew K]

Director Albert Martino has done some lousy work in the past, but this is a REAL low for him.  I mean,  Holocaust 3000 (that Omen rip-off with a naked Kirk Douglas) and Invasion of the Fish Men (reviewed a few weeks ago on this site) are terrible, but they aren't utterly incomptent and shoddy like this film is. Maybe we should hold a poll: which movie features the worst flying scenes- this one or Supersonic Man?

[Squishy]

Brrr...thanks for the trivia; didn't know "Holocaust 2000," "Screamers," and "Pumaman" were all related. Eyargh.

The villian of "Supersonic Man" (everyone, picture a green-skinned Italian version of Superman, with a moustache) is Cameron Mitchell ("Captain Santa" of "Space Munity" infamy) at his worst; I think he trumps Donald Pleasance a bit. However, Pumaman's hippety-hop and butt-flying are definitely worse than anything I remember from "SSM," though it's been a long time...

[yesfan]

Pumaman's sidekick....I forget his name...ya know the Aztec priest guy...well he makes a brief appearance in Blow w/Johnny Depp. He plays a henchmen for a drug dealer. I also think I saw him briefly in a trailer for The Mexican w/Julia Roberts. At least he's still able to get work(albeit non-speaking roles) despite his association with Pumaman.

Btw I own copies of both Pumaman and Supersonic Man and Pumaman gets my vote for worst flying sequence....chris

[Flangepart]

Oh...Lord...Does this film reek or what? That Nebbish the Aztec guy picked to be pumaman...he should have held a casting call at the nearest computer seminar..."Hey, any you geeks want be pumaman? Help get girls!"...And Donald P. How many cheeseballs has he been in? Has some one got a list of the great(?) B-movie co-stars? He should be a top five contender,surley.

[Amazing Colossal Puma Man]

Um...no... =(

[The Waffle Man]

Well, we have pumaman on tape. My brother decided to do an animation staring Vedhinio (sp?) and Thepumaman. Thepumaman Jumped around a lot and Vedhinio did all the work. Even though he was using a program that only lets you use precreated characters and prescripted actions, and the characters didn't really look like Vedhinio or Thepumaman, the impersonation was right on. It was positivly uncanny. I wish you all could see it.

So, both Thepumaman and the Mutant in this island earth are wear slacks. Are there in other supposedly heroic and/or horrific people in movies who wear slacks?