As per the advice given by another poster here, I did see this movie while under the influence of alcohol some years ago, and it may have seemed slightly funnier, but just barely.
I think the main problem is that it tries so hard to be funny, that it just ends up being embarrassing.The goofiness and outlandish action of Corman's other movies Little Shop of Horrors and Bucket of Blood somehow do work, but this just doesn't.
As odd as this may sound, there are characters you can get involved with and care about in the other two movies, even if they're somewhat cartoonish figures like Mr. Mushnik and Seymour. Maybe the problem is that there is no real plot or point to any of the characters or action in this film. The characters simply aren't interesting or funny, where you actually feel for would-be beat artist Walter Paisley and put-upon errand boy Seymour Krelboind. The worst offender is the dimwitted gangster who makes animal noises. He makes the Three Stooges look like comic geniuses for the ages.
Corman was certainly capable of making interesting movies and even funny ones. I can't help but laugh every time I see Not Of This Earth, with the three intoxicated hobos singing " For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" to their alien host, just before he zaps them with his deadly stare. That brief moment is funnier than anything in the entire dreary hour or more of Creature From the Haunted Sea.
I think the main problem is that it tries so hard to be funny, that it just ends up being embarrassing.The goofiness and outlandish action of Corman's other movies Little Shop of Horrors and Bucket of Blood somehow do work, but this just doesn't.
As odd as this may sound, there are characters you can get involved with and care about in the other two movies, even if they're somewhat cartoonish figures like Mr. Mushnik and Seymour. Maybe the problem is that there is no real plot or point to any of the characters or action in this film. The characters simply aren't interesting or funny, where you actually feel for would-be beat artist Walter Paisley and put-upon errand boy Seymour Krelboind. The worst offender is the dimwitted gangster who makes animal noises. He makes the Three Stooges look like comic geniuses for the ages.
Corman was certainly capable of making interesting movies and even funny ones. I can't help but laugh every time I see Not Of This Earth, with the three intoxicated hobos singing " For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" to their alien host, just before he zaps them with his deadly stare. That brief moment is funnier than anything in the entire dreary hour or more of Creature From the Haunted Sea.