Track of the Moon Beast (1976)

User Rating:

1.6/10   

Director:

Richard Ashe

Writers:

Bill Finger (writer)
Charles Sinclair (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Rising Moon Creates A Monster

Plot:

A young man is transformed into a hideous "moon beast" due to a meteor fragment lodged in his body.

Plot Keywords:

Meteor | Stew | Native American | Love | Monster

Cast

Chase Cordell	...	Paul Carlson
Leigh Drake	...	Kathy Nolan (as Donna Leigh Drake)
Gregorio Sala	...	Prof. John 'Johnny Longbow' Salinas
Patrick M. Wright	...	Police Captain McCabe (as Patrick Wright)
Francine Kessler	...	Janet Price
Timothy Wayne Brown	...	Dr. Sutton
Crawford MacCallum	...	Dr. Lawrence
Jeanne Swain	...	Caroline Harris
Alan Swain	...	Sid Harris
Fred McCaffrey	...	Dr. Rizzo
Tim Butler	...	Budd Keeler
Gary Kanin	...	The Newscaster
Frank Larrabee	...	Lead Singer
Joe Blasco	...	The Moon Beast

Also Known As:

Track of the Moonbeast (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:81 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Lizard Productions Inc.

Trivia:

The film was shot in 1972 but it took four years before it was released due to difficulties finding a distributor.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Paul is suffering from his Moon Beast illness about halfway through the movie, the camera zooms in on the full moon, only it's obviously a photo of the moon.

Quotes:

Janet Price: This is a great stew, what's in it?
Johnny Longbow: Lots of things. Chicken. Corn. Green peppers. Chili.
[sigh]
Johnny Longbow: Onions... well, it's an old recipe around here.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Track of the Moon Beast (#11.7)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

California Lady

Moon Rock? Oh Wow!

I actually own this movie on DVD--the uncut, unMST3K version. In case you're wondering, very little was cut out of it for MST3K. And it still blows chunks.

Some young anthropologist turned mineralogist gets hit in the the head with a meteor and turns into a giant rubber lizard. Along the way he falls in lust with a dimbulb hot-pants lovin' reporter. We also have corny Indian legends, stupid cops, giant 70's cars, bad hair on the entire cast, and the kind of cheeseball special effects only the 70's could produce. Oh, and don't forget, this movie is boring as hell. Really boring. It moves about as fast as a tub of spilled molasses on the Canadian tundra. Watch with only Mike and the bots.