History Film / TheFantasticFour

* TheJailbaitWait: Reed apparently did this for Sue.

* AdaptationalVillainy: This version of Dr Doom are far worse than his canon Comic Book Counterpart.

** The movie is campy and owes a lot to [[{{Series/Batman}} the Adam West version of Batman]], but we still see a surprisingly violent shootout between the Jeweler's men and Doom's.

** Then there's the line [[{{Series/Batman}} "Holy Freud, Batman."]]

In 1992, The Constantin Film production company held the film rights to the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' comic book, but they were about to lose said film rights unless they began production by December of that year. Since both the budget and the technology necessary for such a venture were lacking at the time, they instead opted to do a ''very'' low-budget film produced by Creator/RogerCorman and directed by journeyman music video director [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766020/reference Oley Sassone]]; this was done as an AshcanCopy to maintain the rights, and it was never released in theaters or any home media. However, a release date was set for 1994 and the cast and crew were told the film would be released. Although Creator/StanLee says that it was never intended to be released, Corman and producer Bernd Eichinger claim that they ''did'' plan to release it, but Marvel, fearing that it would cheapen the franchise, bought the film for the amount of money Constantin spent making it and ordered all prints destroyed.

Not to be confused with [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 20th-Century]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fox films]] (on which Constantin also produced).

* TheGrotesque: The Thing

* LargeHam
** Joseph Culp's performance as Doctor Doom. Strangely, as the Agony Booth's review notes, Culp actually gives a sinister, understated performance in the early sections of the film, only to go batshit insane about half an hour in...which, to the film's credit, is absolutely right for Doom.

* MoodWhiplash: The movie is campy and owes a lot to [[{{Series/Batman}} the old Adam West ''Batman'' series]], but we still see a surprisingly violent shootout between the Jeweler's men and Doom's.
** When Ben wanders the streets, it's a surprisingly dark and depressing scene that might seem appropriate in some gritty 1970s drama.

** Then there's the line [[{{Series/Batman}} "Holy Freud, Batman."]] See the Personality Powers section for more info on that one.

* StalkerWithACrush: Alicia and Ben both [[InstantSeduction instantly fall in love]] when they bump into each other. They don't even say their names. Alicia immediately goes home and sculpts Ben's face and is even seen licking some of the clay from her fingertips.

** If it wasn't for the CG effects for the Human Torch, you'd believe that this movie was straight from the 70's considering its low production values [[note]]not helped by the fact that the movie was ripped from a low quality copy of the final cut[[/note]]. This movie was actually made in ''[[UpToEleven 1994]]'', a full year after ''Film/JurassicPark'' was released.

* TwoDecadesBehind: If it wasn't for the CG effects for the Human Torch, you'd believe that this movie was straight from the 70's considering its low production values [[note]]not helped by the fact that the movie was ripped from a low quality copy of the final cut[[/note]]. This movie was actually made in 1994, [[UpToEleven a full year after Jurassic Park's release]].

* TwoDecadesBehind: If it wasn't for the CG effects for the Human Torch, you'd believe that this movie was straight from the 70's considering it's low production values [[note]]not helped by the fact that the movie was ripped from a low quality copy of the final cut[[/note]]. This movie was actually made in 1994, [[UpToEleven a full year after Jurassic Park's release]].

You can see it on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbFLJHeX8w here]]. More info can be found [[http://www.teako170.com/ffmovie.html here]], [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/The_Fantastic_Four_1993.aspx here]], or [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/fantastic-four/ here]].

You can see it on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbFLJHeX8w here]]. More info can be found [[http://www.teako170.com/ffmovie.html here]],[[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/The_Fantastic_Four_1993.aspx here]], or [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/fantastic-four/ here]].

(You can see it on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbFLJHeX8w here]].)


More info [[http://www.teako170.com/ffmovie.html here]], [[BileFascination in case]] [[ShmuckBait you're interested]]. Or [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/The_Fantastic_Four_1993.aspx here]], [[Website/TheAgonyBooth if you got the time]]. Not to be confused with [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 20th-Century]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fox films]] (on which Constantin also produced).

* TruerToTheText: While the film may have been obscure and had the cases of AdaptationOriginConnection and SparedByTheAdaptation, it is much more faithful to the comics than all of the modern live-action adaptations of the Fantastic Four that came after it (especially the [[Film/FantasticFour2015 one]] that came out in 2015, which is an example of [[InNameOnly an adaptation that has nothing in common with the source material outside of its title]], well partially it's title in the case of the film).

* TwoDecadesBehind: If it wasn't for the CG effects for the Human Torch, you'd believe that this movie was straight from the 70's considering it's low production values [[note]]not helped by the fact that the movie was ripped from a low quality copy of the final cut[[/note]]. This movie was actually made in 1994, [[UpToEleven a full year after]] ''[[UpToEleven Jurassic Park]]''[[[[UpToEleven 's release]].

* TruerToTheText: While the film may have been obscure and had the cases of AdaptationOriginConnection and SparedByTheAdaptation, it is much more faithful to the comics than all of the modern live-action adaptations of the Fantastic Four that came after it (especially the [[Film/FantasticFour2015 one]] that came out in 2015, which is an example of [[InNameOnly an adaptation that has nothing in common with the source material outside of it's title]], well partially it's title in the case of the film).
* TwoDecadesBehind: If it wasn't for the CG effects for the Human Torch, you'd believe that this movie was straight from the 70's considering it's low production values [[note]]not helped by the fact that the movie was ripped from a low quality copy of the final cut[[/note]]. This movie was actually made in 1994, [[UpToEleven a full year after Jurassic Park's release]].

** It may not have been on purpose but when Reed sees Sue for the first time since she grew up, it is almost identical to the shot in ''BlueVelvet'' in which the protagonist meets his love interest. Creator/DavidLynch used the same shot in ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''.

** The footage of the house blowing up to establish the power of Dr. Doom's lazer cannon is StockFootage of a house being obliterated by an atomic bomb from 1955. This would have been especially obvious to 90's audiences given the clip's notoriety in the media during the Cold War.

* TruerToTheText: While the film may have been obscure and had the cases of AdaptationOriginConnection and SparedByTheAdaptation, it is much more faithful to the comics than all of the modern live-action adaptations of the Fantastic Four that came after it (especially the [[Film/FantasticFour2015 one]] that came out in 2015, which is an example of [[InNameOnly an adaptation that has nothing in common with the source material outside of it's title]], well, patricianly it's title in the case of the film).

* TruerToTheText: While the film may have been obscure and had the cases of AdaptationOriginConnection and SparedByTheAdaptation, it is much more faithful to the comics than all of the modern live-action adaptations of the Fantastic Four that came after it (especially the [[Film/FantasticFour2015 one]] that came out in 2015, which is an example of [[InNameOnly an adaptation that has nothing in common with the source material outside of it's name]].

* TruerToTheText: While the film may have been obscure and had the cases of AdaptationOriginConnection and SparedByTheAdaptation, it is much more faithful to the comics than all of the modern live-action adaptations of the Fantastic Four that came after it.