Revisiting the “Classics”: THE MAD MONSTER

This one was featured on MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000, but it’s just as much fun, or almost, if you watch it straight and make up your own quips as you go along. Despite the presence of Horror flick legends like George Zucco and Glenn Strange (who would appear with far greater effectiveness as the Frankenstein Monster in a few of the latter Universal classics like HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HOUSE OF DRACULA, wherein the burly 6 foot, five inch actor became a protégé of Boris Karloff; Strange was also Sam the bartender on GUNSMOKE), this one is pure cheeseburger macaroni. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. Cheeseburger mac is yummy!

The acting is alright, and the script isn’t horrible, save for the basic premise—transferring a wolf’s blood into a human being transforming that person into a werewolf rather then merely making him ill or killing him, which is what would happen in real life. The real weakness, and the charm, of this motion picture are in its production values. The werewolf looks like a disheveled Amish guy with fangs. And that wolf? If you’re at all educated in zoology, it’s painfully obvious that it’s a coyote. Thus the hulking fanged Amish guy would really be a were-COYOTE. Maybe this misidentification is why he’s so mad to begin with.

By The Evil Cheezman

WAYNE MILLER is the owner and creative director of EVIL CHEEZ PRODUCTIONS (www.evilcheezproductions.blogspot.com, www.facebook.com/evilcheezproductions), specializing in theatrical performances and haunted attractions. He has written, produced and directed (and occasionally acted in) over a dozen plays, most of them in the Horror and Crime genres. His first novel, THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER: WEREWOLF, is available for purchase at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/734763 MORTUI VELOCES SUNT!

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