Teenage Monster (1958)

In a little Western town, a boy is subjected to rays from a meteor. As a result, he grows into a teenaged, hairy, psychopathic killer. His mother hides him in her basement.

Director:

Jacques R. Marquette

Writer:

Ray Buffum

Stars:

Anne Gwynne, Stuart Wade, Gloria Castillo

Cast

Cast overview:
Anne Gwynne	...	Ruth Cannon
Stuart Wade	...	Sheriff Bob Lehman
Gloria Castillo	...	Kathy North
Chuck Courtney	...	Marv Howell (as Charles Courtney)
Gil Perkins	...	Charles Cannon (as Gilbert Perkins)
Norman Leavitt	...	Deputy Ed
Gabe Mooradian	...	Fred Fox
Stephen Parker	...	Charles Cannon as a Boy
Jim McCullough Sr.	...	Jim Cannon (as Jim McCullough)
Frank Davis	...	Man on Street
Arthur Berkeley	...	Man with Burro

Storyline

In a little Western town, a boy is subjected to rays from a meteor. As a result, he grows into a teenaged, hairy, psychopathic killer. His mother hides him in her basement.

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Plot Keywords:

meteor | boy | orchestral music score | mutant | special effects | 

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Taglines:

A teenage titan of terror on a lustful binge that paralyzed a town with fear!

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 January 1958 (USA)

Also Known As:

Meteor Monster

Box Office

Budget:

$57,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Marquette Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first day's shooting was "day for night." Because the new director of photography was inexperienced in shooting day for night,the entire day's shooting as lost because the camera negative was so underexposed that an acceptable image could not be printed from it.

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Goofs

When Kathy is on the bed her head changes position between shots; in the wider shot she is looking away from the window, in the close up towards it. Simultaneously, in the wide shot the 'monster' is to the left hand side of the window but in the close up that follows, he has jumped to the right.

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Connections

Featured in It Came from Hollywood (1982)

User Reviews

Cheesy Fun Fifties Flick

MORD39 RATING: ** of ****

This is not a classic by any means, and it shouldn't be expected to be one. The 1950's gave us simple, cheesy fun from more innocent times (which we could all use again).

TEENAGE MONSTER succeeds in providing us with all the things we love in these half-baked films: A laughable monster, former Universal Forties film star Anne Gwynne looking embarassed just having to BE in it, and a scant running time of just over 60 minutes that breezes by with good, clean fun. I'll watch this over a a true modern piece of manure (like 1999's THE MUMMY) any day.