The Mysterious Monsters (1976)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Robert Guenette

Writer:

Robert Guenette (writer)

Release Date:

July 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

PROOF! There are giant creatures living at the edge of our civilisation.

Plot:

One of the many notorious 70's "unknown" documentaries, The Mysterious Monsters covers topics such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster...

Plot Keywords:

Bigfoot | Loch Ness Monster | Sasquatch | Pseudo Science | Yeti

Cast

Peter Graves	...	Narrator
Peter Hurkos	...	Himself
William Stenberg	...	Himself
Sidney Walter	...	Himself (as Dr. Sidney Walter)
Jerilou Whelchel	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geoffrey Bourne	...	Himself (as Dr. Geoffrey Bourne)
Lawrence Bradley	...	Himself (as Dr. Lawrence Bradley)
Gregory Brusey	...	Himself (as Rev. Father Brusey)
Peter Byrne	...	Himself
John Cobb	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tim Dinsdale	...	Himself
John Green	...	Himself
Grover Krantz	...	Himself
Ed McLarney	...	Himself
Robert W. Morgan	...	Himself (as Robert Morgan)
Roger Patterson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Rines	...	Himself
Adrian Shine	...	Himself - Lock Ness Investigator
Eric Shipton	...	Himself

Directed by
Robert Guenette

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Guenette		writer

Produced by
James L. Conway	....	associate producer
Frances Guenette	....	associate producer
Robert Guenette	....	producer
Raylan D. Jensen	....	executive producer
Charles E. Sellier Jr.	....	producer

Original Music by
Ruby Raksin

Cinematography by
Tony Coggans
Erik Daarstad
David Myers

Film Editing by
Earle Herdan
Robert K. Lambert

Casting by
Phil Benjamin

Makeup Department
Mike Bacarella	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Conrad Holzgang	....	executive in charge of production
George Taylor	....	post-production supervisor
Ron Von Schimmelmann	....	general administrator
Phillips Wylly Sr.	....	production manager (as Phillips Wylly)

Sound Department
Pierre Adidge	....	sound recordist
Martin Bolger	....	sound recordist
Martin Bolger	....	sound
Martin Raymond Bolger	....	sound mixer
Joseph Dunton	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Cronn	....	gaffer
Gerald Posner	....	gaffer
David Schwartz	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jack Martell	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Joseph Parker	....	assistant editor
Dante Rochetti	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Gary Littlefield	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Fred Gerber	....	production coordinator
Bruce Hepler	....	production assistant
Marla B. Liebling	....	production assistant
David Oyster	....	production coordinator
Kim Patterson	....	production assistant
Peter Wood	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Sunn Classic Pictures

Distributors

• Sunn Classic Pictures (1976) (USA) (theatrical)
• Peerless Films (1976) (Canada) (theatrical)
• BijouFlix Releasing (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1977) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Nightmare Mansion Productions (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Burman Studio, The (special make-up)

Also Known As:

Bigfoot the Mysterious Monster

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G

Company:

Sunn Classic Pictures

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Very interesting......

A very interesting film especially if you are alone one afternoon and have nothing else to do. I remember around Christmas time about 2 years ago I happened to catch this film on television. All I can say is it is a very good movie and keeps the interest in ones mind hoping for the film to never end! You can bet that this film is a definite Cult Classic! I have always been interested ever since I was little in the "unknown" and the "unexplained". This great movie was made in 1975 and we all have to realise that this is when the hype with all that stuff was big. It has even been shown and explained that the largest amount of sightings for Sasquatch, Water Monsters, and U.F.O's was in the 70's. The true "terror abductions" with aliens seems to of started in the late sixties, which was a big change from the previous "abductions of grandeur" from the 1950's. The 80's seems to be the "death" of the sightings for these phenomenon and throughout the 90's and even now these sightings almost hardly ever happen, what does that tell you? Of course one theory (which I agree with) was that when this mysteries were big, others wanted attention themselves and there was a "hoping on the band-wagon" effect. No doubt that some of these people were telling the truth or at least think they did. For example: when people are at a place that is infamous for having some type of monster or phenomenon; if they see something people will automatically jump to the conclusion that it was the monster and ignore the other possible explanations. But this movie overall is very good and nicely done, 'tis quite entertaining and I suggest one to see it one of these days. I still have some belief that there are many animals out there we haven't discovered yet, especially in the oceans! I give this movie 8/10.