The Monster Club (1981)

Director:

Roy Ward Baker

Writers:

Edward Abraham
Valerie Abraham
(more)

Release Date:

27 May 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Music

Plot:

A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Writer | Werewolf | Shadmock | Vampire

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Vincent Price	...	Eramus
Donald Pleasence	...	Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
John Carradine	...	R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
Stuart Whitman	...	Sam, Movie Director
Richard Johnson	...	Busotsky's Father
Barbara Kellerman	...	Angela
Britt Ekland	...	Busotsky's Mother
Simon Ward	...	George, Angela's Boyfriend
Anthony Valentine	...	Mooney
Patrick Magee	...	Innkeeper (Luna's Father)
Anthony Steel	...	Lintom Busotsky, Film Producer
Fran Fullenwider	...	Buxom Beauty
Roger Sloman	...	Club Secretary (Werewolf)
James Laurenson	...	Raven (the Shadmock)
Geoffrey Bayldon	...	Psychiatrist
Warren Saire	...	Lintom as a Child
Neil McCarthy	...	Watson, B-Squad Member
Lesley Dunlop	...	Luna (the Humghoul)
The Viewers	...	Entertainment
B.A. Robertson	...	Entertainment
Night	...	Entertainment
The Pretty Things	...	Entertainment
UB40	...	Entertainment
Suzanna Willis	...	Stripper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil May	...	Himself - Singer of the Pretty Things
Dick Taylor	...	Himself - Guitarist of the Pretty Things
Chris Thompson	...	Band Leader of Night
Sean Barry-Weske	...	Ghoul (uncredited)
Prentis Hancock	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Liz Smith	...	Villager (uncredited)

Directed by
Roy Ward Baker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Edward Abraham
Valerie Abraham
R. Chetwynd-Hayes		book

Produced by
Ron Fry	....	associate producer
Bernard J. Kingham	....	executive producer
Milton Subotsky	....	producer

Original Music by
Douglas Gamley		(segment "Shadmock")
John Georgiadis		(segment "Vampire")
Alan Hawkshaw		(segment "Humgoo")

Cinematography by
Peter Jessop

Film Editing by
Peter Tanner

Casting by
Simone Reynolds

Production Design by
Tony Curtis		(uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Lionel Couch

Makeup Department
Roy Ashton	....	makeup artist
Joan Carpenter	....	supervising hair stylist
Ronnie Cogan	....	hair stylist
Ernest Gasser	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Daubeny	....	second assistant director
Dominic Fulford	....	first assistant director
Nick Laws	....	third assistant director

Art Department
John Bolton	....	concept artist
Dennis Maddison	....	production buyer
Richard Rooker	....	assistant art director
Bill Waldron	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Bill Barringer	....	sound assistant
Norman Bolland	....	sound mixer
Richard Dunford	....	assistant sound editor
Russ Hill	....	sound editor
Bob Jones	....	dubbing mixer
John Salter	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Howard Baker	....	camera loader
Howard Baker	....	clapper loader
Chris Howard	....	focus puller
John Jay	....	still photographer
Peter Sinclair	....	camera operator
Micky Thomas	....	chief electrician
Ted Whitby	....	camera grip

Animation Department
Eric Lodge	....	animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eileen Sullivan	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Michael Connell	....	first assistant editor
Keith Gaisford	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Graham Walker	....	music coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Jeffrey Broom	....	production accountant
Vic Door	....	monster masks
Lily Poyser	....	unit publicist
June Randall	....	continuity
Pauline Stevenson	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Sword & Sorcery

Distributors

• ITC Entertainment Group (1980) (UK) (theatrical)
• Thriller Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Channel 5 Video Distribution (1986) (UK) (VHS)
• Carlton Video (2000) (UK) (VHS)
• Sound & Media (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Millennium Storm (2005) (Italy) (video)
• MRA Entertainment Group (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Pathfinder Pictures (2006) (USA) (DVD) (as Pathfinder Home Entertainment)

Other Companies

• Elstree Film & Television Studios  movie studio
• Lee Lighting  lighting

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (video rating) | UK:A (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Germany:12 | Australia:PG | Norway:16 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Sword & Sorcery

Trivia:

It has been alleged that the monster masks were made by Milton Subotsky's milkman. The story came about because the masks were commissioned at short notice from Vic Door, who at the time was freelancing and also worked at a milk processing plant. He was not a milkman.

Movie Connections:

Follows Tales from the Crypt (1972)

Soundtrack:

Pavane

I LOVE this movie!

This movie is good old fashioned scary fun, like walking through a "haunted house" at Halloween. The songs are fun. My ten year old niece really likes "I'm just a sucker for your love" (sung by a vampire- get it? "wink-wink"). It's a great Saturday afternoon- popcorn- scary- movie for the whole family (those old enough for trick-or-treat type scares. A refreshing break from the slasher, gory, sicko movies that they keep churning out at an annoying rate these days.

Vincent Price is charming as a sweet, non-lethal vampire (the only time he ever played one, by the way.). Patrick Magee and Donald Pleasance, veterans of the old Amicus films, are terrific also. Rounding out the cast are Britt Ekland, Stuart Whitman, and Simon Baker. I really wish Hollywood would make more movies like this- imaginative stories with great spooky atmosphere instead of gallons of fake blood and body dismemberment.