A mutated monster terrorizes campers in the woods of 1950's Wisconsin.A mutated monster terrorizes campers in the woods of 1950's Wisconsin.A mutated monster terrorizes campers in the woods of 1950's Wisconsin.
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Michael Cook
- Gustav
- (as Mike Cook)
Michael G. Kaiser
- The Monster
- (as Michael Kaiser)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe character 'Elizabeth' is played by the same actress, Deanne McDonald, playing the same character 'Elizabeth' in the movie "It Came From Another World, another Christopher Mihm movie.
- GoofsAssuming that the 55 gallon barrels shown at the start of the movie are half full of nasty chemicals they would weigh over 200 pounds and would be impossible to be causally lifted by one person.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Schlocky Horror Picture Show: The Monster of Phantom Lake (2013)
Featured review
When you're in the mood for intentionally schlocky "homages" to the 50's monster movies, you may come across this title. I won't say it isn't worth a watch, even though it isn't anywhere near the top of the camp pile. It does contain all the required 'dumb-teenagers-in-the-woods-with-the-monster' elements. As shown by the end credits, this flick was a homemade job. The creators have cast themselves in most of the roles, most of them playing teenagers with varying degrees of success---and that will give you a clue about their acting skills. Some scenes are painfully overlong. To twist the knife a bit more, an original 'song around the campfire' is also thrown in, apparently to showcase some talent. (This has no degree of success whatsoever.) The 'professor' is the hardest to take; his hammy dialogue and monotonous delivery are meant to be a parody, but you kind of get the feeling his thespian talents really ARE that bad. To be fair, he's not alone there. You probably will have fun, though, shaking your head in disbelief as you watch the adults do incredibly stupid things, and the young, nimble people running--full speed, mind you--away from the slow-w-wly moving creature who always, inexplicably, catches up with them. You'll sleep with the lights on for a month, yes siree Bob.
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- Budget
- $3,500 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was The Monster of Phantom Lake (2006) officially released in Canada in English?
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