Mad Monster Party? (1967)

On the Isle of Evil, the head of the "World Organization of Monsters" reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined a formula for total destruction, only to be upset when the monsters try to steal the formula and kill his nephew.

Director:

Jules Bass

Writers:

Len Korobkin (screenplay), Harvey Kurtzman (screenplay)

Stars:

Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Boris Karloff	...	Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
Allen Swift	...	Felix Flankin / Yetch / Dracula / Invisible Man / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / Chef Machiavelli / Captain / First Mate / Mr. Kronkite / Mail Man / The Monster (voice)
Gale Garnett	...	Francesca (voice)
Phyllis Diller	...	The Monster's Mate (voice)
Ethel Ennis	...	Title Song Singer (voice)

Storyline

When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein's title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!

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Plot Keywords:

horror for children | three word title | punctuation in title | raven | question mark in title | 

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Taglines:

Crawl, fly, slither and slink to the underground party of the year!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Krankheit (the last name of the pharmacist Felix works for) is German for "sickness".

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Goofs

When the clock chimes, Dr. Frankenstein says it's 1:00, but the clock actually reads 6:55, plus it chimes six times.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Baron von Frankenstein: Ah... a lifetime of experimentation capped in one small vial. Now to the final step: The infusion of energy.

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Alternate Versions

In recent video releases, a few seconds of footage has been edited. In the scene at the pharmacy when the postman shows Felix a real fancy stamp on his letter, the new edited version edits the shot of Felix looking over the letter for the stamp and the postman pointing to it. So right after the postman calls the stamp "Fancy", it cuts right to a close-up of the Baron von Frankenstein stamp.

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Connections

Spoofs Some Like It Hot (1959)

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Soundtracks

Mad Monster Party
Music and Lyrics by Maury Laws and Jules Bass Performed by Ethel Ennis

User Reviews

♫ you know Rudolph and Jack Frost and Nestor and Frosty, but do you recall . . .

a feature-length, stop-motion animated Halloween musical from Rankin/Bass, the studio which produced most of the animated Christmas classics (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, etc.), as well as The Hobbit (1977)

the film features Boris Karloff as the voice of Baron Boris von Frankenstein and Allen Swift as virtually every other character. some character designs and voices are better than others, my favourites being Dracula, Mummy and Jekyll & Hyde. the set pieces are creative and detailed

i don't particularly care for the song-and-dance numbers, although the tap-dancing Dracula is amusing, but the jazzy, brass-driven score by Maury Laws in itself makes this a film worth watching. the story is interesting but ends rather abruptly, and the final product could probably have been cut down to about an hour without sacrificing anything crucial

imagine Bobby Pickett's Halloween novelty Monster Mash album transmuted into cinema, and you'll have a pretty decent idea of what to expect

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mad Monster Party

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Embassy Pictures, Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1