The worst movie you can't stop watching finally explains itself.
Writer, director Daniel Roebuck and long time collaborator, David Hansen Sturm, team up on this one of a kind MAKING OF documentary celebrating Roebuck's first and almost certainly worst feature film. Many teenage sex comedies were made in the 1980's and have long disappeared from the public consciousness (mostly for the betterment of mankind) yet CAVEGIRL is released constantly on DVD and remains a fan favorite. CAVEGIRL, A SECOND JOURNEY back in time is a unique and fascinating look into the creative process of this late night staple.
Direction
Roebuck roasting his own teenage self with weirdly moving affection.
Production
Archival footage that proves 1980s filmmaking was barely controlled chaos.
Writing
A director genuinely interrogating why his horny caveman movie persists.
Director
Daniel Roebuck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cavegirl (1985) somehow outlasted hundreds of similar teen sex comedies because Roebuck actively cultivated its cult status through convention appearances and self-aware marketing—rare 1980s VHS shelf life achieved through sheer force of personality.
Roebuck became a character actor staple (The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Lost) while never fully escaping Cavegirl's shadow—this documentary is arguably his most personal directorial work precisely because it confronts that tension.
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