Humongous (1982)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Paul Lynch

Writer:

William Gray (writer)

Release Date:

11 June 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

It's loose... It's angry... And it's getting hungry!

Plot:

Woman is raped at cocktail party. Years later, her son grows up to be a big hairy murderous monster...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Island | Radioactive | Burned | Dog Attack

Cast

Janet Julian	...	Sandy Ralston
David Wallace	...	Eric Simmons
John Wildman	...	Nick Simmons
Janit Baldwin	...	Carla Simmons
Joy Boushel	...	Donna Blake
Layne Coleman	...	Bert Defoe (as Lane Coleman)
Shay Garner	...	Ida Parsons
Page Fletcher	...	Tom Rice
John McFadyen	...	Ed Parsons
Garry Robbins	...	Ida's Son
Mary Sullivan	...	Teenage Ida

Runtime:

94 min | USA:97 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Georgetown, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Humongous Films

Quotes:

Nick Simmons: You just blew it Donna! This was your last chance at this bed; an historic occasion.
Donna Blake: Yeah right, Nick. Everything with you is an historic occasion.
Nick Simmons: Well, maybe you'd have come. That would have been an historic occasion.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dead Teenager Movie (2006) (V)

"Humongous" disappointment (Directors don't yell "LIGHTS!!" for nothing, ya know!)

Well, what can I say... "B"-movie status would've been an IMPROVEMENT for this movie! I watched this one in fast forward, mostly, and didn't miss much, if anything at all. The only part worth watching was when they find the diary kept by his mother. At least it'll explain the plot which, by the way, is lame: This woman gets raped and takes up residence (from what I can tell) on the same island she was raped on. Her son ends up as a cross between Norman Bates and Frankenstein. He eats anything in site and apparently wasn't well-treated as a child because of his malformation.

But look on the bright side... you'll always have some dumb kids who just happen to be too nosy for their own good stumble on a DESERTED island (gee, how original *sigh*) and drink too much and start doing stuff they shouldn't.

I think I'd have had more pity for the monster if he wasn't put in such dreary lighting conditions (how do you expect to be scared by something you can't see that well?!?!) The only thing I did enjoy from this film was the ending, because that meant it was over. Don't spend your money buying this one unless you can get it for $1.00 or less.