The Mad Monster (1942)

Director:

Sam Newfield

Writer:

Fred Myton (writer)

Release Date:

15 May 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The blood of a wolf he placed in the veins of a man... and created a monster such as the world has never known!

Plot:

A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Serum | Mad Scientist | Handyman | Werewolf | Reporter

Cast

Johnny Downs	...	Tom Gregory
George Zucco	...	Dr. Lorenzo Cameron
Anne Nagel	...	Lenora Cameron
Glenn Strange	...	Petro
Sarah Padden	...	Grandmother
Gordon De Main	...	Prof. Fitzgerald
Mae Busch	...	Susan
Reginald Barlow	...	Prof. Warwick
Robert Strange	...	Prof. Blaine
Henry Hall	...	Country Doctor
Ed Cassidy	...	Father
Eddie Holden	...	Jed Harper
John Elliott	...	Prof. Hatfield
Slim Whitaker	...	Officer Dugan
Gil Patric	...	Detective Lieutenant

Also Known As:

The Mad Monsters (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #8264)

Company:

Producers Releasing Corporation

Trivia:

Producer Sigmund Neufeld and director Sam Newfield were brothers. Sam "Anglicized" the family name and Sigmund didn't.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dr. Lorenzo Cameron: Yes, I know. You'd like to join your brothers outside and howl at the moon. But you're serving a much better purpose. Yes, you're serving science through me.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mad Monster (#2.3)" (1989)

I will rip off the Werewolf badly George I will I will..

.....wow what a dull movie. Here you have 'Sam the Barkeep' from Gunsmoke shambling around in a blatant Lon Cheney knock-off, wearing the world's worst lupine doo while stumbling after George Zucco's ex-colleagues. Zucco himself does his Moriarty routine as always, and is easily the best thing here, while Anne Nagel once again stars in a Monogram poverty-row B flick.

It's a slow, slow movie, where the hillbillies act rather badly, the victims scream in a monotone, and the dry ice is used and abused frequently. I enjoyed the vines in the 'swamp woods'--clearly they doubled as clotheslines.

I have a weakness for old B genre flicks from this era, but this one-is snooze central.

Def. one to avoid unless you are a Zucco fanatic.

** outta ****. Zzzzzzz.