Monster a-Go Go (1965)

Director:

Bill Rebane
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Writers:

Jeff Smith (screenplay) &
Dok Stanford (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

July 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

The picture that comes complete with a 10-foot-tall monster to give you the wim-wams!

Plot:

A space capsule crash-lands, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area?

Plot Keywords:

Astronaut | Space Capsule | Isolation | Giant | Countryside

Cast

Phil Morton	...	Col. Steve Connors
June Travis	...	Ruth
George Perry
Lois Brooks
Rork Stevens
Peter M. Thompson	...	Dr. Chris Manning (as Peter Thompson)
Robert Simons
Barry Hopkins
Stu Taylor
Lorri Perry
Del Clark
Art Scott
Leonard Gelstein
Aviva Crane
Dean Tompis
Jim Bassler
Rick Paul
Henry Hite	...	Frank Douglas / Monster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Herschell Gordon Lewis	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Rebane	...	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bill Rebane
Herschell Gordon Lewis		(uncredited)

Writing credits
Jeff Smith		(screenplay) &
Dok Stanford		(screenplay) &
Bill Rebane		(screenplay)
Herschell Gordon Lewis		(additional dialogue) (as Sheldon Seymour)

Produced by
Herschell Gordon Lewis	....	producer (as Sheldon S. Seymour)
Henry Marsh	....	assistant producer
Bill Rebane	....	producer

Cinematography by
Frank Pfeiffer		(director of cinematography)

Production Design by
Herschell Gordon Lewis		(as Seymour Sheldon)

Makeup Department
Lillian Toth	....	makeup artist

Production Management
William Johnson	....	second unit manager
Andy Romanoff	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stu Taylor	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Paul Allen	....	chief sound engineer
George Turek	....	sound recordist
Howard Warren	....	sound mixer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Merigail Moreland	....	wardrobe
Barbara J. Rebane	....	wardrobe (as Barbara Rebane)

Editorial Department
Alex Ameri	....	editorial supervisor (as Peter Guilfhoyle)
Thomas Casey	....	editorial supervisor

Other crew
Ray Foster	....	production assistant
Leonard Gelstein	....	production assistant
Bobby Vercruse	....	crew chief (as Robert Vercruse)
Seymour Zolotareff	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• B.I. & L. Releasing Corp. (presents) (as BI & L Releasing Corp.)

Distributors

• B.I. & L. Releasing Corp. (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2002) (USA) (VHS) (reissue)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2002) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Synergy Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (45th Anniversary Special Edition)
• Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (2009) (USA) (TV)
• United Video (VHS)
• VCI Home Video (video)

Other Companies

• The Other Three  original music

Also Known As:

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

B.I. & L. Releasing Corp.

Trivia:

Henry Hite was 7 foot 6, but the director wanted the monster to be 10 feet tall, so Hite was filmed at an upward angle in every shot.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The sound of the phone ringing is obviously made by someone on set.

Quotes:

Narrator:Suddenly there was no trail. There was no giant, no monster, no thing called Douglas to be followed. There was nothing in the tunnel but the puzzled men of courage who suddenly found themselves alone with shadows and darkness. With the telegram, one cloud lifts, and another descends. Astronaut Frank Douglas, rescued, alive, well, and of normal size some 8000 miles away in a lifeboat.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Monster A-Go-Go (#5.21)" (1993)

WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!

Okay here is the scoop. This was an unfinished movie that a few added scenes and was edited together almost at random, so it could be used as part of a double feature. That is why everything is all screwed up, that and the initial inept directing, crappy acting and other such.

Monster A Go Go, it sound like the name of a bad camp movie, but it's really the name of a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad horror movie. It is the worst movie ever made. The reason most MSTies say Manos is worst is because it's a more popular episode because Joel & the bots could make fun of it more. This however was too hard to make fun of. In the MST3K book (Amazing Colossal Episode Guide) they note this was the first time in a while that they didn't do any host segments related to the movie, because NOTHING happens. Manos, had intriguing characters like Torgo, The Master, and hell even Debbie. This has Henry Hite with some mud on his face for two shots.

Only see this movie on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Even then it isn't that good as they don't really have anything to work with.