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Bob Dahlin (story)
Release Date:
30 January 1987 (USA) more
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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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1 nomination more
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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)
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Great 'B ' movie, not intended to be serious 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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90 min
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Iceland:12 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG
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Shot in 1983, not released until 1987. more
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Professor Diane Bennett: Destroy all closets! more
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Featured in "Svengoolie: Monster in the Closet" (1998) more
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Spoof of many sci-fi movies. Creature itself is reminiscent of the creature in Alien. Also reminds me a little of the creature in Pumpkinhead. Much less 'real' looking in appearance. Spoof of the movie Psycho shower scene. As the monster walks down the street, a military man yells 'bombs, tanks, planes, nothing...' which is a spoof of War of the Worlds as our weapons proved useless against the invaders. The kindly professor, Henry Gibson, attempts to communicate using a xylophone, playing the musical notes from the famous scene of Close Encounters of a Third Kind. The creature seems to respond by extending and retracting its inner 'Alien' type mouth in and out to the beat of the xylophone. When we learn that the existence of closets give this creature energy, we are all told to destroy all closets. This is a great scene, as people all over the world are tearing their closets to pieces. Good for laughs. Not serious at all.