Monster Shack Movie Reviews

Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel
Tagline: "The most amazing motion picture of our time!"
Run Time: 76 min
Other titles: "Blood of the Werewolf "

Before I watch a movie, I feel it is very important to do a little background research first. It is far too easy to take an old [...]

Written and Directed by: Robert J. Gurney
Tagline: “From Time Unborn … A Hideous She-Thing!”
Run Time: 66 min
Other titles: "Cage of Doom ", "The Girl from 5,000 A.D."

Summary:
Scientist break the "time barrier" and bring back an unexpected visitor with sparkling fingernails and spacey high-heels.
Recap:
Two scientists, Prof. Erling and Victor, are busy researching "the time [...]

Written, Produced, and directed by Tom Graeff
Tagline: "Thrill-Crazed Space Kids Blasting the Flesh Off Humans!"
Run Time: 86 min
Other titles: "Invasion of the Gargon"

Our current feature presentation, “ Teenagers from Outer Space” was horribly written and directed. The, ahem, special effects are truly some of the worst I have ever had the displeasure of [...]

Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Written by Lou Rusoff
Tagline: “Hypnotized! Reincarnated as a monster from hell!”
Run Time: 77 min
“A creature out of time…the first life form of someone living today…over a million years old!”- Detective Sergeant

We open by seeing the mysterious Dr. Carlo Lombardi (Chester Morris), circus hypnotist and all around creepy-guy, walking along the beach, [...]

Written and Directed by Rene Cardona
Tagline: “See All the Weird and Wonderful Characters of Make-Believe! The Fantastic Crystal Work-Room of the Happy Elves! The Fabulous Realm of the Candy-Stick Palaces!”
Run Time: 94 min
“This is Santa’s Magic Observatory. What wonderful instruments! The Ear Scope! The Teletalker, that knows everything! The Cosmic Telescope! The Master Eye! Nothing [...]

Directed by Rafael Portillo
Written by Guillermo Calderon
Tagline: “See the relentless machine battle the gruesome corpse!”
Run Time: 65 min
Other Titles: "La momia azteca contra el robot humano "
“Stop and think about this: an army of robots obeying me! The human species…sheep obeying my orders! A new theory that man has not dared imagine!”- Dr. Krupp, [...]

Directed by Phil Tucker
Written by Wyott Ordung
Tagline: “Moon monsters launch attack against Earth! How can science meet the menace of astral assassins? New Science Fiction Thrills!”
Run Time: 66 min
“I cannot. Yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do ‘must’ and ‘cannot’ meet? Yet I must. But I cannot.”- [...]

Written and Directed by Ed Wood Jr.
Tagline: “Unspeakable Horrors From Outer Space Paralyze the Living and Resurrect the Dead!”
Run Time: 79 min
Original Title: “Grave Robbers From Outer Space”

You may be wondering how I could pick on poor, old,Plan 9…probably the one movie that has been ridiculed, reviewed, and dissected more than any other film in [...]

Directed by Virgil Vogel
Written by Laszlo Gorog
Tagline: “Terrifying monsters from a lost age!”
Run Time: 77 min
“Do you think anybody’s ever tried to smoke dried mushrooms?”- Dr. Roger Bentley

This snoozer is another in a long line of 1950’s sci-fi flicks that seem to be merely going through the motions of being a sci-fi film. The [...]

Directed by Richard E. Cunha
Screenplay by H.E. Barrie and Vincent Fotre
Tagline: "Adventure into the Unknown"
Run Time: 78 min
“Don’t think, honey…just be beautiful!”- Gary

This horrid, contemptible, shameless rip-off of Cat-Women of the Moon is a lovely example of a truly awful sci-fi flick. Almost every aspect of CWOTM has been "borrowed" without giving any credit to [...]