Monster High (1989)

Director:

Rudy Poe

Writers:

Roy Langsdon (writer)
John Platt (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Two high school goofs steal an explosive device from another world that has been hidden on earth, and an alien named Mr. Armageddon is sent to retrieve it from them. |

Plot Keywords:

Alien | High School | Splatter | Cigar Smoking | Preppie

Cast

Dean Iandoli	...	Norm Median
Diana Frank	...	Candice Cain
David Marriott	...	Mr. Armageddon
Robert Lind	...	Dume
Sean Haines	...	Glume
Doug Kerzner	...	Orson 'O.D.' Davis (as D.J. Kerzner)
Bob Cady	...	Mr. Jon Doe / Monster in Charge
Susan Smeltzer	...	Miss Anna Thorpe
David Fuhrer	...	Mel Anoma
Margie Stein	...	Slisa Beealzeberg (as Margy Stein)
Shicksah Anne Spear	...	Squashed Dog
Seth Weinstein	...	Art the Gargoyle
Andrew Husmann	...	Danny Devine
Jeffrey 'Jiffy' Jefferson	...	Donald Hightower
Julie McPherson	...	Beatrice Beldam
Denisa Willhite	...	Camelia Carver
Vikki Vixon	...	Missy Rahl
Henry Young	...	Coach Otto Parts
Troy Fromin	...	Eggbert Hoser / Macmonster
Kevin Dominguez	...	Paul Smith
David Bloch	...	Todd Uppington Smythe III / Preppie Zombie
Kim Jones	...	Mummy
Randall Slavin	...	Student / Plantfood
Casey Holloway	...	Little Ricky
Colin Reynolds	...	Robert Gigo
Anne Whatu	...	Temp 'Xtra' Alien
David Lewis	...	Bert Bytes
Jeff Rubens	...	Hubert Harddrive
Randall Fredereick	...	Gilbert Logoff
Lori Chacko	...	Lead Singer (as Lori 'Chacko' Davies)
Rudy Richmond	...	Bandmember
Gary Lee	...	Bandmember
Len Leonard	...	Bandmember
Phil Fondacaro	...	Stinksucker
Rideaux Baldwin	...	Varsity Basketball Player / Doctor 'D'
Rick Floyd	...	Varsity Basketball Player
Ric Powell	...	Varsity Basketball Player
1988 Montclair Squad	...	Cheerleaders
Chad Michaels	...	Game Announcer
Mark Spear	...	Referee
John Bankson	...	Monster Referee
Jennifer McAvoy	...	'Featured' Extra
Paula Young	...	'Featured' Extra
Dana	...	'Featured' Extra
Rhonda Gray	...	'Featured' Extra (as Rhonda Grey)

Directed by
Rudy Poe		(as Rudiger Poe)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Roy Langsdon		writer
John Platt		writer

Produced by
Eric Bernt	....	producer
Annette Cirillo	....	executive producer
Tom Kuhn	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Richard Lyons

Cinematography by
Eric J. Goldstein

Film Editing by
Warren Chadwick

Production Design by
Gigi Lorick

Costume Design by
Robin Lewis West

Art Department
Norman West	....	property master

Sound Department
Steve Mann	....	sound effects editor
Mark V. Phillips	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
David Domeyer	....	special effects
Richard Miranda	....	special effects assistant
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel E. Teaze	....	second assistant camera

Editorial Department
Mark V. Phillips	....	first assistant editor

Other crew
Patrick Campbell	....	production assistant (as Pat Campbell)
Ellsworth Chou	....	production assistant
Rhonda Gray	....	body double: Diana Frank (as Rhonda Grey)

Production Companies

• Lightyear Entertainment

Distributors

• RCA / Columbia Pictures Video (1990) (UK) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (laserdisc)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R | Iceland:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Norwalk, California, USA

Company:

Lightyear Entertainment

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Norm Median, Coach Otto Parts and Candace Caine are making a deal with Mr. Armageddon about the Basketball Game of the Millennium, in the upper left corner behind Candace in the background, you can see a single person standing and watching in plain view.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Obscurus Lupa Presents: Robot in the Family (#3.22)" (2012)

It makes one long for the majestic time of Gilbert Gottfried's USA Up All Night

Lately I find myself hopelessly over the hill, frantically scrambling for vestiges of my long-gone youth to validate my current adult existence. Being that I'm only twenty makes this kind of hard, and besides, I spent my adolescence watching the Gilbert Gottfried magnum opus USA Up All Night. I remembered that as a youngster I enjoyed the Up All Night staple "Monster High", which usually aired after "Dr. Alien" or "Surf Nazis Must Die".

Watching it again now, I found it pretty stupid. I think the reason that I liked it as a ten-year-old was that this movie seems to have been made by ten-year-olds (not unlike "Bats"). It's packed with corny jokes and pointless scenes, and has some pretty awful acting, even worse and over-blown than Shannon Elizabeth in "Scary Movie", and that's no easy feat.

However, I must applaud the sheer volume of stuff that they packed into this, a "quantity over quality" sort of thing. This movie has got a mummy, a zombie, a killer computer nerd robot, a walking gargoyle, a huge, sentient clump of marijuana, shoes that eat people, and two aliens so annoying they seem to have come from Planet Charles Nelson Reilly. These ghoul's ring-leader is Mr. Armageddon, the embodiment of all evil, who kind of looks like a doughy, aged Corey Feldman.

Oh, I figured out another reason that I liked this- there's a cute girl playing the female love interest. What's odd is, the girl and her breasts are played by two different actresses, so every time a scene calls for nudity (which is often, remember, this was made by ten-year-old boys) they cut to a disorienting shot of a headless torso. This made me wonder: The gal playing the lead was pretty awful actress, but they wanted her so desperately that they were willing to let her use a body double? There was no other actress that was just as bad AND would show her breasts? Weird.

Anyway, this is a pretty simple-minded, innocuous bit of entertainment. The people making it were probably having a lot of fun, and there are a few funny bits (like the finale's "basketball on the rim" gag, worthy of a "Naked Gun" movie). If you're a little kid or a heavy drinker you'll probably love it.