I am a great fan of Vincent Price, so I thought I would enjoy Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine. I did reasonably, but disappointingly it is a long way from a good movie. The score is great, as are the songs, the opening song is a classic. The locations are also lovely as are the girls/ladies, while Fred Clark does have an amusing running gag and Vincent Price and Frankie Avalon while very hammy seem to be having a ball here. However, I do agree that the mix of locations and projections in the big chase sequences are distracting and jarring. The story is awfully silly with no real surprises and one too many scenes where it becomes very leaden, while the dialogue is so cheesy it makes you roll your eyes and the gags, with a few exceptions, come very fatigued. In conclusion, not terrible but not particularly good either. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Vincent Price is a mad scientist named Dr. Goldfoot (his Ali Baba shoes are gold and his fembots wear gold bikinis!) who uses beautiful female robots to seduce rich bachelors to swindle them! Frankie Avalon is one of the worst secret agents imaginable, only hired at his agency because his long-suffering uncle is over the operations (the government hates them, though!). But Avalon's Craig Gamble (he is so dire at his job, that his code number is a fraction!) stumbles (literally) onto Goldfoot's criminal enterprise when he becomes fixated with one of the fembots, Diane (Susan Hart, stunning, bubbly, and full of energy), ordered by her master to deplete wealthy executive Todd Armstrong (Dobey Gillis himself, Dwayne Hickman). When Gamble and Goldfoot have a tug of war for Diane, her hand comes off (this was the final jolt needed for Craig; earlier in the movie she was "spouting milk" and this failed to convince him that she wasn't quite human!). Will Goldfoot, who has created many fembots in his laboratory, be successful in bilking riches from dopey, lust-struck bachelors or can Gamble clumsily stop him? This is perhaps best viewing for those who love seeing Price poke fun at his villain parts, while slapstick (Avalon tries to mimic Buster Keaton) and sexist humor (…so prevalent during the 60s) are primarily the objects of comedy throughout this entire film. This movie tries damn hard, I'll give it that, and the cast seem to be really enjoying themselves. I guess what you find funny will determine if this succeeds or not. The cast play for as many laughs they can, but seeing Avalon go cross-eyed, fainting at the sight of a robotic hand ripped from his beloved Diane or being trapped in a folding bed in a closet (or being bopped by a filing cabinet drawer that opens with a thrust) is what constitutes as comedy in this film…trying to prepare you, just in case this kind of humor doesn't suit your fancy. One scene has Hickman's convertible backed up a phone poll as he smooches with Diane while a police officer writes him a ticket. Hickman later signs his signatures to stocks merely at the proposal of Diane even after she refused to give him a little somethin'-somethin' on their honeymoon night. Price constantly ridicules his assistant, Igor, a corpse he brought back to life to help him continue his work on fembots—Igor's mistreatment is also played for laughs throughout, such as when he tries to remove an ice cube from a club patron's blouse, instead removing her bra, or when a fembot (with a deep, manly voice) performs martial arts on him due to a disagreement. My favorite part of the film is when Price takes his uninvited guests (now prisoners in his mansion), Hickman and Avalon, on a tour of his medieval dungeon, full of torture contraptions (some amusing cameos appear from those bubble-headed Beach Blanket Bingo movies). There is also a protracted chase through San Francisco, where landmarks like those long, winding roads and hilly streets, as well as the historic trolley cars, are all put to use (a lot is obvious green screen and sets, but locations are still used effectively). Price applies devious eyes and a demented cackle to his mad scientist, even having a Pit and the Pendulum Torturer moment that is inspired with poor Hickman laying under the swinging blade. I think this might be a bit too irresistible to some, in the mood for dumb fun, while I'm certain others will find "Dr. Goldfoot" silly in the extreme to the point of obnoxious. With John Mullaney and Fred Clark co-starring as Igor and Avalon's Uncle respectively.

It is beyond doubt that Nroman Taurog's "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" of 1965 is about as dumb as it gets, but funny dumb that is. The great Vincent Price stars as the eponymous villain in this absurd comedy brought to screen by American International Pictures, a film promising nothing more or less than 88 minutes of wonderfully stupid fun. And it is, of course, none other than Vincent Price, as far as I am considered one of the greatest actors of all-time, who gives this film its cult-status.The mad Dr. Goldfoot (Price) plans to obtain the world's riches with the help of an army of babes in golden bikinis. These sexy women in bikinis, who are actually robots brought to life by Goldfoot and his moronic assistant Igor, are programmed to seduce rich men and hand their stocks over to their master. After they have both fallen for sexy fem-bot Diane (Susan Hart), millionaire Todd Armstrong (Dwayne Hickman) and secret agent Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon) decide to put a stop to Goldfoot's game...Vincent Price is, as always, great in his role, and basically the only good reason to watch this film. Sexy Susan Hart fits well in her role of the seductive robot-girl Diane, and so do the other robot-girls provide more eye-candy. Dwayne Hickman and Frankie Avalon deliver plain dreadful performances, even for a super-silly comedy like this. Then again, they were certainly instructed to act exaggeratedly stupid. The funky theme-song by The Supremes gives the film some more cult-value. The film itself will never make the viewers laugh themselves to death, but it is able to constantly put a smirk on one's face. The producers obviously thought it would be a good idea to spoof brilliant AIP-produced Vincent Price classics, such as "House Of Usher" (1960) and "The Pit And The Pendulum" (1961). For the pendulum sequence towards the end, they actually shamelessly used several sequences from "Pit And The Pendulum". The film keeps getting dumber and dumber, but it always stays fun. Only the overlong chase in the end (about 10 minutes) is almost inendurable. As mentioned above, this is about as dumb as it gets, but it is nevertheless (or should I say therefore) great fun to watch. Vincent Price fans shouldn't miss it.

Vincent Price is an out and out legend, and unsurprisingly, this film is often neglected in discussions about the great actors output and that's a good thing, as it's not among his best work. The film is clearly not meant to be taken seriously and reminded me of Austin Powers, though not in a good way as it fails for all the reasons Austin Powers works. The film appears to be spoofing the likes of James Bond, but the jokes aren't funny and the spoofing is way off-cue. The plot revolves around a mad doctor using robots that look like beautiful girls to enslave powerful men (kind of like the Fembots in Austin Powers). The best thing about the film is, of course, Vincent Price and his hammy acting style is revved up the max for this one and it does actually work quite well. Or at least it would if the jokes were funny. Somehow American International Pictures managed to get The Supremes to sing the title song, and while it fits the camp style of the film; it's a highly irritating piece that is liable to get stuck in your head. It's even worse for me, not being a Supremes fan. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a highly camp film and that may appeal to some people, but as far as I'm concerned; it's is a dire comedy with little to recommend it for. Interestingly, the film received a sequel a year later that bizarrely was directed by the great Mario Bava. I've heard it's even worse than this one...but I know I'll still end up seeing it for the people involved.