How to Make a Monster (1959)

Directed by

Herbert L. Strock

Genre

science fiction film, horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A makeup artist at a horror movie studio goes insane when he gets fired. He uses his skills to turn young actors into mind-controlled monsters to take revenge on the studio executives.

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What happens

How to Make a Monster is a 1958 American horror film drama. It was produced and written by Herman Cohen, directed by Herbert L. Strock, and starring Gary Conway, Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Morris Ankrum, Robert Shayne, and John Ashley (as himself). The film was released by American International Pictures on July 30, 1958. It played on September 3, 1958 on a double feature with Teenage Caveman. The film is notable for its inclusion of props and studios that were actually used in actual sci-fi horror movies. The film is a follow-up to both I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. Like Teenage Frankenstein, a black-and-white film that switches to color in its final moments, How to Make a Monster was filmed in black-and-white and only the last reel (the fire scene finale) is in full color. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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