Monster A-Go Go

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Movie
Original title Monster A-Go Go
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1965
length 70 minutes
Rod
Director Bill Rebane
Herschell Gordon Lewis
script Jeff Smith
Doc Stanford
Bill Rebane
production Herschell Gordon Lewis
Bill Rebane
music The Other Three
camera Frank Pfeiffer
occupation

Monster A-Go Go is an American horror film directed by Bill Rebane (completed by Herschell Gordon Lewis ) from 1965.

action

A space capsule with astronaut Frank Douglas on board was shot into orbit, but the connection was suddenly lost. For several days the men around Colonel Steve Connors have been looking for the capsule, which may have crashed when they were suddenly informed by radio of a find that a helicopter had spotted from the air. Shortly after the helicopter landing, contact with the pilot is lost; Connors and his men shortly afterwards find the man's body, which is badly battered and burned. Burns in the grass are also visible in the vicinity. The space capsule itself is empty, Frank Douglas has disappeared.

Steve Connors goes to see Dr. Logan, who examined the body of the helicopter pilot. The pilot was therefore exposed to intense heat and literally "boiled to death" within seconds. In addition, Dr. Logan states that Frank Douglas must have survived and is probably so highly radioactive that just touching him will kill him. The head of the project Dr. Chris Manning is flown in to take a closer look at the dead man.

After an evening of dancing, a couple is surprised by a large monster; the young man is killed while the woman is in shock. Steve Connors and Chris Manning state that the dead man has the same characteristics as the dead pilot. The next morning, Dr. Logan to the location of the capsule, as he has a theory that he now sees confirmed. Before he can announce his knowledge, he is killed by the monster. Chris Manning is met by Dr. Logan's death informed, with Logan beaten even worse than the other victims.

Eight weeks later, Dr. Brent replaced. Dr. Nora Kramer, an acquaintance of Frank Douglas 'wife Ruth and employee of the two Logan brothers, gave details of Frank Douglas' medical preparation before departure. Nora explains that he received injections for radioactivity, but the type of medication was changed six months before the space launch, so he was given a different drug at a higher dose. Overdoses in animal experiments showed enormous growth of the animals and a lethal effect on other animals. However, his late brother developed an antidote for these symptoms. It turns out that Dr. Logan has kept the monster captive in a laboratory room for several weeks, with the antidote developed by his late brother causing the monster to shrink to human size for some time. When Dr. It takes Logan too long one day to inject the antidote, the monster escapes and destroys Dr. Logan's lab. Only now does Dr. Logan Dr. Brent for hiding the monster with him. Steve Connors will be informed of the news. Since he was hired by Washington to investigate the case, Dr. Logan received the information that the condition of the monster had worsened every time the antidote waned, so it had become more and more radioactive. Steve Connors decides that the monster must be destroyed, especially since the current antidote only lasts for a short time and the monster then radiates everything that is in its immediate vicinity.

The army tries unsuccessfully to encircle the monster. Since those present assume that the monster is the mutated Frank Douglas, they are not allowed to shoot it. The monster escapes in a truck into the big city. The army installed Geiger counters in the city to determine the whereabouts of the monster. The trail of the monster leads into a shaft that Dr. Enter Brent and Steve Connors in protective clothing. They follow the monster that suddenly disappears and leaves both men astonished. Shortly afterwards, Dr. Logan heard that Frank Douglas was found in a lifeboat some 8,000 miles away; he's fine and looks normal. The narrator closes the film and points out the fine line between fact and fiction.

production

Monster A-Go Go was first started in 1961 by Bill Rebane under the working title Terror at Half Day . However, the film project ended abruptly when Rebane could no longer finance the shooting. Herschell Gordon Lewis bought the footage and completed the film. He cut it and added narrative monologues, which he spoke himself. He is also believed to have shot new scenes, which would explain why some of the cast are never mentioned again halfway through the film. It is considered possible that all scenes were filmed after the eight-week time jump by Lewis. When re-shooting only a few actors could be re-engaged (according to Philip Morton); the actor of Dr. Outwardly, Logan had changed so much that he became Dr. Logans was introduced to the action. Parts of the film were shot in Chicago . The film constructions come partly from Herschell Gordon Lewis.

Monster A-Go Go was released in US cinemas in July 1965. It ran along with Lewis' film Moonshine Mountain . The comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) presented the film on January 9, 1993, where it was commented on in the style of the series humorous.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b See Monster A-Go Go on agonybooth.com
  2. ↑ Monster A-Go Go on monstershack.net
  3. ↑ See Trivia on imdb.com