Underplayed Gems

Mad Monster Party (1967)

Mad Monster Party poster
Original title
Mad Monster Party?
Directed by
Jules Bass
Genre
science fiction film, science fiction comedy, musical film, vampire film, monster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 76 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A mad scientist gathers classic movie monsters to his island to show off his latest invention that can destroy the world. He also plans to pass on his leadership of the monster organization to his nephew.

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What happens

Mad Monster Party is a 1967 stop-motion animated musical comedy film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions for Embassy Pictures. The film stars the voices of Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett and Phyllis Diller. It tells the story of a mad scientist who achieves the secret of total destruction. He summons all the monsters to his island home to show it off, while planning to retire as the head of the "Worldwide Organization of Monsters". The film was created using Rankin/Bass's "Animagic" stop-motion animation process, supervised by Tadahito Mochinaga at MOM Productions in Tokyo, Japan. The process involved photographing figurines a frame at a time, then re-positioning them, exposing another frame, and so forth. Although less well known than Rankin/Bass's holiday specials, it has become a cult film. The film is a camp homage to the classic monster movies of the 1930s-1940s. It was one of Karloff's final projects, and his last film in connection to Frankenstein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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