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Overview

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Director:

Bob Dahlin

Writer:

Bob Dahlin (story)

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Release Date:

30 January 1987 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Horror more

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... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

I Saw A Bunny: R.I.P. Henry Gibson
 (From Beyond Hollywood. 18 September 2009, 9:28 AM, PDT)

Back Catalogue #2 Troma
 (From Fangoria. 17 June 2009, 8:40 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

Unreal cult classic! more (32 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Shot in 1983, not released until 1987. more

Quotes:

Professor Diane Bennett: Destroy all closets! more

Movie Connections:

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


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Unreal cult classic!, 20 June 1999
Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

Some people have complained that this film is one of the worst ever made, and that may be true, but it has distinct cult appeal. This is a film for anyone who has ever faced their worst nightmares and realised they weren't so bad after all. Watch in horror as the worst movie of the eighties becomes the cult hit of the nineties. And the xylophone sequence! A real gem!

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