TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Sam Panico Karen Braden just got out of a mental hospital. Now, her father and sister, Isa, have taken her to a secret government facility in Idaho where they're working on matter transference. However, they've learned how to travel through time instead, which has taught them a sad fact: an ecological event will soon wipe out civilization.Only those twenty and younger can handle time travel, due to the damage it does to the kidneys. The scientists start sending teenagers fifty-six years ahead to rebuild the human race. It turns out that the project was secret and once discovered, the government turns off the machines, trapping everyone in the future, where they are killed when one of them, Leslie, goes nuts. Oh yeah — and everyone is now sterile, despite Karen's assertions that she is pregnant.No one even cares that they are about to die. One of the teens, Ronald says: "I don't think you have to leave anything behind. Just have a beautiful time like all the other junk litter in the universe, then say goodbye. I don't know what else to tell you. Perpetuation and all the crap that goes with it is a big hoax anyway."The last survivor, Karen, tries to change the settings on the machine and go back to prevent everything. But she screws up and goes too far forward. A futuristic car pulls up and a man takes her, placing her in the trunk to be used as fuel. A future girl asks her family what will happen when they run out of fuel and will they have to stop driving cars? The film ends with the words "Esto Perpetua," meaning "It is forever."Other than Keith Carradine, the cast is filled with unknowns. Peter Fonda produced and directed it, but eventually, he let the film disappear into the public domain. I discovered it on a Mill Creek Entertainment 50 pack and it's…weird.It's the only movie I've ever seen where an 8 track player is a time machine and you need to get into your underwear (or nude) and have someone sit behind you to activate it. That seems like some kind of weird pick-up trick, but somehow it works. Except the future is incredibly shitty and you'll be turned to gasoline. So there's that.This seems like the coming down of 60's hope, the understanding that the world would soon end. But then, the 80's would arrive and everyone would start caring about only one thing: themselves. Perhaps the dead world of Idaho Transfer is preferable to selling out and becoming a lie.Read more at http://bit.ly/2Ar9Cyz

SATerp I ran across this version, titled 'Idaho Transfer', in a pack of films titled 'Nightmare Worlds', (mentioned by another commenter), expecting something useful to put me to sleep at night. The movie is indeed spare, low budget and not the best acted I've ever seen, but it is haunting, perhaps because of the many unanswered questions the plot raises and never answers (not necessarily a bad thing), or maybe because of the shocking ending.The female lead is attractive, and it's not a hardship to watch her 'time travel' scenes, but her acting is pretty amateurish, though not out of line with other 70s grade B movie actresses, and perhaps explainable by the considerable shocks she experiences throughout the film, including her sister's death, and a revelation of a physical effect the time travel has had on all the travelers.The concept of a team of naive young researchers trying to save what they can of mankind, and coming to a bad end, kind of makes this movie a 70s cinematic version of the medieval 'Children's Crusades', which had equally poor results for the participants.There DOES seem to be confusion here as to what role, exactly, the female protagonist 'Karen' is to play at the end, though - fossil fuel, or dinner?

wes-connors "A group of research scientists based at an Idaho facility discovers a means to travel forward in time, whilst remaining at the same locale. When one of the group's trips reveals a bleak future for the human race, the government steps in to shut down their research. The researchers decide to travel forward in time to find the cause of the horrible accident that apparently will ruin the ecology and threaten the very existence of man," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.Actually, the research scientists send young people to the future, to study the discovered ecological crisis; and, the young men and women contemplate starting a futuristic civilization there. Watch for the lead actress Kelly Bohanan (as Karen) visit the dentist early in the running time; she emerges as the film's main character. Without her metallic dental braces, Ms. Bohanan is able to join sister Caroline Hildebrand (as Isa) in time traveling exploration.Ms. Hildebrand and sister Bohanan nonchalantly take off their pants for the camera; because, anything with metal (like zippers or buttons) must be put in the "Material Projection Department" for time travel. The women are very attractive, but nothing is gratuitous. The first scene with Hildebrand explains the rules of time travel to Bohanan is where the film first grabs you. It is absolutely ludicrous: two hippie-type women explaining time trip rules, in their underwear; but, it is also absolutely believable."Idaho Transfer" succeeds, at this "guidelines for travel" moment, because you are (or should be) putting your trust in the young travelers. It's obviously going to be a very unusual movie. Most of the characters' dialogue helps explain events; still, it's not always clear what is happening, or where. And, yet, the movie is never dishonest. Director Peter Fonda and writer Thomas Matthiesen create a very captivating, thought-provoking world, with its own rules. Mr. Fonda should consider directing more often; and, with the so often neglected type of performances from this cast. Kevin Hearst (as Ronald) emerges as Bohanan's "leading man"; and, Keith Carradine is most notable among the other players. Although Fonda undoubtedly guided them, it's surprising so few in the cast achieved later fame, especially Bohanan.The character "Karen" is where you will find the real story; it's in her almost constant longing for a child. Bohanan's face, and Fonda's camera, capture the desire frequently. And, of course, it is not an easy prospect. "Ronald" may be homosexual and/or asexual, along with others. Although it is discussed, you won't see sex. The desire for children symbolizes hope for the future, which may not be likely, in this world. Instead, industry eats up, and ruins things, like the derelict car "Karen" and "Ronald" find. And, literally, the train Mr. Hearst discovers has "eaten" its skeletal passengers. The ending is a perfect culmination of events.The ecological and environmental issues addressed in "Idaho Transfer" were certainly ahead of the curve. ********* Idaho Transfer (6/15/73) Peter Fonda ~ Kelly Bohanan, Kevin Hearst, Keith Carradine, Caroline Hildebrand

copper1963 Creepy. Different. And rarely viewed in public. In fact, most Peter Fonda buffs won't even know it exists. I have many books on the genre with no mention of this film anywhere. Mr. Fonda constructs a distinct bird's nest view on the end-of-the-world branch of "hippy" cinema. Don't look for impressive acting work--you will not find it here. Keith Carradine has a small taste of screen time but shows nothing. The unusual setting (Idaho?) fairs better. We are shown jagged terrain, colorful rainbows, barren wastelands and frozen mountains. You half expect the gods to explode a volcano and rain down all types of debris. Otherworldly. This dark zone--from a world of tomorrow--is shifty. And the exact time is never etched in granite. The transfer station is a time portal to the far-off future. Bare bones special effects (the time-travel device looks like a cooling unit flipped over on to its belly) work well in conveying the long trek through time. The ending is so bleak and perverted in its resolution that you may need to rub your eyes and seek out counseling. There is one sequence involving a futuristic teenager that I found shocking. She is planted in the backseat of a modern sedan, parents in front, twirling a screwdriver, unaware of its practical use. It has the name "Great Neck" floating in its gold plastic handle. Her verbal cadence is detached and spooky. You will not be able to erase this image and her words from your mind. I promise.