When a film loses a viewers interest 30 seconds into its runtime, you know youre in trouble. A ditsy reporter enlists the help of a sleazy private eye to solve a series of gory killings of female strippers at a chicago nightclub. Monster a go gofun facts the grindhouse cinema database. Change a channel tv 1966 same type movie film used but in a tv type projector. After this you know the story, the production run out of money, and 4 years later h. Years later director herschell gordon lewis was looking for a movie to play double feature with his film moonshine mountain 1964 when he bought the shot footage for monster a gogo from rebane. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area. Always resourceful despite the low budgets he worked with, lewis purchased the rights to an unfinished film and completed it himself, retitling the film monster a go go 1965. Doris day appears to be having a fine time shooting costume tests for the film. The beach party actors page at brians drivein theater offers information and photos from many 1960s teen flicks and beach party movies, such as fireball 500, dr. The film s notoriety was enhanced as a result of being featured on episodes of canned film festival and mystery science theater 3. For one, they fall somewhere into the cult classic cheesy products of long ago. Lewis filmed extra scenes, added some dialogue, used a prerecorded narration from rebane, and released it as monster a gogo. Monster a go go is a total bore and features nothing that remotely resembles entertainment.
That may be like saying it is better to get colon cancer than lung cancer but monster ago go still more watchable, at least if you watch, as i did, the mst3k version which has plenty of great gags by joel and the bots to ease the suffering one may feel at points during a viewing of this truly inept film which falls in the category of truly bad. Monster a go go takes a place beside the likes of prime evil and the starfighters as a complete waste of celluloid. He had just completed a film called moonshine mountain and needed a second movie to distribute along with it to complete a doublefeature. Damn dirty geeks hollywood pros and fans talk shop every month. Always resourceful despite the low budgets he worked with, lewis purchased the rights to an unfinished film and completed it himself, retitling the film monster a gogo 1965. Synergy entertainment brings the film to us on dvd once again in a full frame transfer thats as good as can be expected. Booksmart lp music from the film soundtrack blue marble vinyl lizzo lykki li. According to contemporary filmvideo critic shane dallmann, the film received precious little if any theatrical play anywhere else, and didnt get much more attention when it surfaced as an obscure home video release in the 1980s. There are spoilers the fact that the movie monster a gogo is so disjointed and indescribable is that it took some four years to complete. A description of tropes appearing in monster a go go. Though i was actually kind of hoping it would fail, so that i could write, there was no conversing between two women. The black and white is a little soft, lacking the sharp definition of a remaster. Numerous changes were made by aip for the american version.
John carpenters the thing and its place in film history dc. The monster enters the area where the army and the lab are. To elaborate, the score consisted mainly of sparse, jangly scare chords played on a fender rhodes and amplified to distortion. Dark discussions timely talk of horrors old and new. Many years later, the film gained notoriety after being shown on the mystery science theater 3000 television show it is rated the third worst film of all time at the. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Monster a gogo psyched by the 4d witch special edition. Edward janis, with shirley rose also being the film s art director. The warner archive collection bluray of the satanic rites of dracula will do well, mainly because the fan base for hammer is so dependably enthusiastic. Monster a gogo as terror at halfday was even more perplexingly called after lewis got done with it combines the superhuman tedium and indifference to audience engagement of a. If you like monster ago go you are looking for scary, offbeat and serious movies about with laboratory, countryside, alien, giant, radiation, astronaut and murder themes of horror and scifi genre shot in usa. The film opens with a scene of implied necrophilia that has nothing to do with the remainder of the movie and does not fit anywhere into the film s chronology. For her last film, and for reasons completely unknown, she agreed to play a role in the bogus horror opus monster ago go 1965. When bill rebane wrote monster ago go it was already bad. Well, much to the detriment of humanity, he bought the.
When money ran out for the futuristic outer space epic in the spring of 1961 the film was shelved and it wasnt until four years later that it was finally completed. Creature of the walking dead 1965 classic horror film. The film infamously ends with a terrible twist, anticonclusion in which the monster never actually existed and the astronaut was actually rescued days earlier in perfectly healthy condition. Monster ago go tvpg 1h 10min horror, scifi july 1965 usa a space capsule crashlands on earth, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Hollywood show celebrity autographs signing convention. The monster and the emergency services are running from one another. Monster ago go 1965 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Four years later, herschell gordon lewis was looking for a bmovie to release with moonshine mountain. Monster agogo is definitely not the worst movie of all time, that. In 1965, director herschell gordon lewis needed another movie to round out a doublefeature with. Monster a go g o psyched by the 4d witch special edition. Blatant lies anything the narrator says cosmic horror maybe. If you want to start a main monsteragogo page, just click the edit button above. Bill rebane, but the production was shut down for a few years until director herschell gordon lewis finished it in 1965.
He had just completed a film called moonshine mountain and needed a. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Nov 30, 2017 1965s monster ago goabout a creature from space who assumes the identity of an astronautactually began filming in 1961 with bill rebane in the directors chair. Connors and company soon come to suspect that douglas has been. Many years later, the film gained notoriety after being shown on the mystery science theater 3000 television show, where the cast stated it was the worst film they have. The splendid hd transfer presents chris lees final outing as dracula in tiptop condition. However, there is a mutant monster wreaking havoc nearby. The monster in the film is basically a bunch of guys under a large carpet, whose victims have to actually. Meet and purchase celebrity autographs and photos from scores of stars under one roof. They cant find the monster who looks dazed walking around in a tunnel.
The film featured the instrumental smile composed by chaplin and inspired by puccinis tosca. This isnt the kind of film the trailer promises and its not the grindhouse exploitation flick i wanted to see. Every show features different tv and movie stars from the 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond see the full event listing for a link to the next shows lineup. The 19 worst movies mystery science theater 3000 ever riffed. Creature features marking thed 45th anniversary of chicagos monster show. Back issue magazine and former dc comics editor michael eury authors this allnew collection of nostalgic essays, histories, and. The picture that comes complete with a 10foottall monster to give you the wimwams. Listen free to the fuzztones monster agogo jack the ripper, all black and hairy and more. This film, if it can be called that, is a travesty. About halfway through filming, rebane ran out of money and was thereby forced to shut down production.
It makes monster ago go 1965 look a lot more fun at this point. A description of tropes appearing in monster ago go. Lewis, who simply added footage to the halffinished film, terror in halfday. This movie overall was bad, so bad that it shouldve been destroyed after it was done. Monster a go go lp red vinyl original japanese garage bands. Many years later, the film gained notoriety after being shown on the mystery science theater 3000 television show, where the cast stated it was the worst film. Come facetoface with your favorite celebrities live. Monster a go go eventually reached the drivein screens in 1965. The film is considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Cassette movie projector 1970 fully enclosed cassette movie like the easy show but easier to use. The film vaults ahead two months into the future, and half the cast disappear, never to be mentioned again. Great movie to drink cheap beer and make out to, they probably made a fortune at the driveins of america in 1965. Monster agogo 1965 frank douglas henry hite is an astronaut whose spacecraft disappears while returning to earth.
Monster lp 33 rpm speed vinyl records for sale ebay. John turner and geoffrey parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954. One used to find pd copies of this movie on vhs all the time back in the 80s but its impossible to find on dvd now. Not because of the uniqueness of the filmmakers artistic vision, but because of its absolute incoherence.
To keep updated on any new developments please follow us on instagram or facebook we thank you for your understanding and we hope you stay safe and healthy. Voyage to the end of the universe is the american edited and dubbed version of the czechoslovakian science fiction film ikarie xb1. The office scene was shot at the business office of henry rose. The score for the beach girls and the monster was arranged and conducted by chuck sagle, and a few of the musicians assembled for the soundtrack were members of the surf band the hustlers who are known for their songs kopout, inertia and wailin out from riverside, california. Besides a rather painful original trailer, were given the oscarwinning 1965 cartoon the dot and the line, directed by frank tashlins old looney tunes cohort chuck jones. Twisters revenge bill rebane was born on february 8, 1937 in riga, latvia. In the lyrics, based on lines and themes from the film, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile. Its been a while since there have been actual bmovies, i. Hero a go go celebrates the camp craze of the swinging sixties. Mar 05, 2019 for everyone who is done with watching nightly escapades and immoral, provocative love, this tender movie is a tip. This is another of those movies where the money ran out before the film was completed.
May 31, 2012 in 2003, rolling stone asked a panel of 271 artists, producers, industry executives and journalists to pick the greatest albums of all time. While i enjoy bad horror movies as much as the next guy, this film makes me hate life. The film s plot, such as it is, concerns an american astronaut whose space capsule crashes back to earth, the astronaut turned into a deformed killer by. Well there is a scene where the brothers go into a topless aerobics class and gun down everyone in the place. Because the film was completed so long after it had begun production, viewers will notice that the entire cast save one actor disappears roughly about halfway through the movie and is replaced with other actors playing. No, monster agogo isnt a monster piece of crud because truthfully the unfinished bill rebane project actually shows some potential.
Director bill rebane began shooting the film in 1961, but the production ran out of funding before it could be completed. After costarring in federal manhunt 1938, she handed hollywood her walking papers at age 24. The series follows secret agents, played by robert vaughn and david mccallum, who work for a secret international counterespionage and lawenforcement agency called u. Monster a go go 1965psyched by the 4d witch 1972 directors. Streaming gratuit monster ago go 1965 film complet en francais. Years later, a different director named herschell gordon lewis. Monster ago go was also released a few years ago by something weird videoimage entertainment as part of a double feature disc with psyched by the 4d witch. Monster a gogo was released in 1965 and was directed by bill rebane and herschell gordon lewis. Because the film was completed so long after it had begun production, viewers will. Its more of a drama with boobs and a boring one at that. Released in 1963 the film was directed by jindrich polak. The reason for this is because lewis attempted to complete the film several years. He is a director and producer, known for twisters revenge.
An army astronauts capsule returns to earth, but hes not in it. Just how much extra material lewis filmed to complete this cinematic. Dreadful musician the composer of the actual score. Play n show projector 1970 phonograph with records and slides combined. As with so many things in this movie, this is never elaborated on. Monster ago go eventually reached the drivein screens in 1965. When swv markets their latest dvd double feature as a wayout double feature, you know youre in for a treat. Goldfoot and the bikini machine, beach blanket bingo, how to stuff a wild bikini, pajama party, muscle beach party, the ghost in the invisible bikini, cmon, lets live a little, village of the giants, and its a bikini world and. A horrible horror movie just isnt complete without some unnecessary nudity monster a gogo. Monster zero 1970 it has been claimed that new scenes of nick adams who starred in the original were filmed for the us release of kaiju daisenso 1965, japan. In 2009, we asked a similar group of 100 experts to. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. I saw this one on mst3k years ago, and i can still remember how bad it was.
The tag bmovie or bmovie spirit which is used in contemporary times is more or less an artifact. Even worse, there is no alternative cut of the film. Embracing the badness of a film doesnt detract from the potential viewing. The police find a huge hole, and the monster may have risen from there. Herschell gordon lewis celebrity profile check out the latest herschell gordon lewis photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The mst3k version of the film was released by rhino home video as part of the collection, volume 8 dvd set. He says a completely different rank than the one the narrator said just 2 minutes ago. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing monster agogo near you. Bill rebane, victor luminera something weird videoimage entertainment.
Monster a gogo stays in the realm of standard, blocky sciencefiction horror for 50 relatively painless minutes, before settling into 20 interminable minutes of authorities surrounding the monster in the dark, followed by an abrupt ending in which the narrator explains that nothing in the movie actually happened. According to contemporary film video critic shane dallmann, the film received precious little if any theatrical play anywhere else, and didnt get much more attention when it surfaced as an obscure home video release in the 1980s. Lewis bought the footage and completed the movie, alterating that bad scrip written by rebane and shooting other footage with different actors, useless scenes and adding a narrator voice his voice. Its original director, bill rebane, ran out of money while making the film and left it halffinished in 1961.
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