How to Make a Monster

1958
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1h 13min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWhen a master monster make-up artist is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.When a master monster make-up artist is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.When a master monster make-up artist is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.

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1,6 k

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Anecdotes
This film was advertised with the tagline "See the Ghastly Ghouls... IN FLAMING COLOR!" However, most of it was in black and white with only the final two reels in color.

Gaffes
The visitors to the studio are told they are about to visit the set of Crimes au musée des horreurs (1959). That film, which was also produced and written by Herman Cohen, was actually filmed in England, not in the U.S.

Citations
Jeffrey Clayton: [Surprised that Pete has declined severance pay] Turn down money? Maybe you've been living too long with these monsters!
Pete Dumond: Sometimes I find them better company than humans.

Connexions
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: How to Make a Monster (1970)

Bandes originales
You've Got to Have Ee-Ooo
Lyrics by Skip Redwine
Music by Paul Dunlap
Sung by John Ashley

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7/10

Nice Little Horror Picture

In 1957, American International Pictures had a big hit with their I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Immediately following its heels came I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, and then this film. This film is in many ways an inside look at the workings of the movie business and its thinking in the 50s as well as the ending chapter in the Teenage Trilogy cycle at AIP. It is not a great horror picture by any standards, yet it is fun to watch. It has a pretty good story about a make-up man who gets the pink slip and then promises to kill the execs who fired him and bring the studio to its knees. Mild-mannered Robert Harris plays the vengeful artist with restrained aplomb. He effectively captures the insanity that courses through his mind with great subtlety. In the end, we see Harris for what he real was...not just an innocent artist but a monster obsessed with his works and his creations in much the same vein as Vincent Price's character in The House of Wax. The rest of the actors are acceptable, and the ending scene where we see the works of the artist is a walk down memory lane. On the walls one can see the head mask of the She-Creature, the It from It Conquered the World, one of the saucer men from Invasion of the Saucer Men, and many others. The colour sequence that is suppose to be in the final 8 minutes of the film does not exist on any version of the video presently out. Hope it is remastered.