limited disaster" although he added that "Tucker seemed to be sincere in his efforts to make it a good low-budget film." Kay Glenn wrote, "Though not as ineptly made as Robot Monster, this is all cut-rate stuff, full of plot holes, bad acting, and a few unintentional laughs thanks to the aliens, who bicker like a married couple." And Bryan Senn dismissed it was "an obscure curio in the '60s horror/cinematic cabinet, neither good enough nor bad enough to really stand out." The film holds a low 3.5/10 on the Internet Movie Database from 248 votes. Several authors have noted that the movie has sexual and gender undertones. Nadja and Hauron "seem to enjoy an active sex life, probably a first for invading aliens." After a hard day's work, "'Let's get some rest,' Hauron suggests, lifting [Nadja's] head with a finger," writes Warren. Bruce Eder says that a greater emphasis on the extraterrestrial's "strange focus on the lusty side of being human" might have "made for a more interesting movie." And the treatment of women in general in Tucker's two sci-fi films has been noted to be sexist by David Elroy Goldweber. "Also like Robot Monster, The Cape Canaveral Monsters verges on the prurient or perverse in its treatment of helpless Earthwomen (in bondage, undressed, and generally useless)." Pop culture Although numerous blogs and websites that deal with movies contain commentary on The Cape Canaveral Monsters, only one reference to it in the traditional mass media has been found. The movie was mentioned in dialogue and a poster of it was shown on the Robot Monster episode of the TV program I Hate Everything: The Search for the Worst in 2015. Ownership Exactly who owns the rights to The Cape Canaveral Monsters is difficult to determine. Two sources agree that the movie, although made in 1960, was not copyrighted until 1988. However, while Turner Classic Movies and Bloomberg say that Paramount Pictures, now part of Viacom Inc. holds the copyright, the American Film Institute says that the copyright is held by Republic Pictures Corp., which at present is a subsidiary of CBS. Yet the film itself shows in the opening credits that it was copyrighted by CCM Productions Inc. in 1960. Several websites that stream the film or sell DVDs of it list it as being in the public domain. References External links 1960 films 1960s science fiction films Films