Monster in the Closet (1986)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Bob Dahlin

Writer:

Bob Dahlin (story)

Release Date:

30 January 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

Monster is a spoof of horror/monster films. After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Reporter | Spoof | Mutant | Scientist

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Donald Grant	...	Richard Clark
Denise DuBarry	...	Professor Diane Bennett
Claude Akins	...	Sheriff Sam Ketchem
Howard Duff	...	Father Finnegan
Henry Gibson	...	Dr. Pennyworth
Donald Moffat	...	General Turnbull
Paul Dooley	...	Roy
John Carradine	...	Old Joe Shempter
Jesse White	...	Ben
Frank Ashmore	...	Scoop
Paul Walker	...	'Professor' Bennett
Stella Stevens	...	Margo
Kevin Peter Hall	...	Monster
Stacy Ferguson	...	Lucy (as Stacey Ferguson)
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Deputy Spire

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Bergquist-Levy Productions

Trivia:

Shot in 1983, not released until 1987.

Quotes:

Professor Diane Bennett: Destroy all closets!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: Monster in the Closet" (1998)

Decent Troma effort

Yes, "Monster In The Closet" is a guilty pleasure. Though it's not oriented for veteran horror fans, this film provides fun in a very silly way. It's a good dark comedy involving a very cheesy (Troma style) monster living in children's closets. The beginning is quite good and imaginative, and the ending is stuff for legend in cheesy horror cinema! Thousand cops against the monster is something that hasn't banished from my mind since the early 90's. Recommended for soft core horror fans. When I watched the Disney animated feature "Monsters Inc." I thought about this film, and I immediately saved it from my forgotten movie vault. Your average 80's film.

4/10 -Mediocre fun!