The Outlaw Avenger vs. Doctor Mummy (1965)

This backyard 8 MM monster show was lensed in a Los Angeles suburb by college students, and it's a bucket of laughs. The Outlaw Avenger is a patriotic professional wrestler who can fly. He has X-ray vision whenever he gets angry, and wears the same mask even when disguised as mild-mannered Jimmy Flame, his beatnik alter-ego. Doctor Mummy comes out of hell (Bronson Canyon) to eat the President's soul and take over as King of America, but the Outlaw Avenger drives across country in a stolen car (even though he can fly) to save the Commander-in-Chief. Like a Shakespeare play, every member of the cast is male, including the sole female character (in a flashback gag about the Outlaw Avenger's ex-wife). Written, directed and photographed by three 20 year old movie fans; John Simpkins, Roy Adler and Brad Rice grew up together in Los Angeles, and the three pals shared a love of the cheap Mexican sci-fi and horror films they thrilled to as children. Students at nearby Oakland Community College, the trio took an entire summer off to make this tribute, and they were thrilled when Pyramid Pictures picked up the film to play drive-ins throughout the southwest. Tragically, Simpkins, Adler and Rice were all drafted into the US Army after college graduation, and each became combat fatalities in Viet Nam.