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The Monster Club

1980, Movie, NR, 97 mins

The Monster Club: Review

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Vincent Price, who had not made a film in more than five years, returned to the screen in this terribly disappointing horror anthology produced by old Amicus regular Subotsky (THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD [1970]; TALES FROM THE CRYPT [1972]; ASYLUM [1972]). Price plays Erasmus, a vampire who brings horror-story writer Carradine to a discotheque popular with monsters. The disco setting serves as the framing device that links three tales of the macabre related by Erasmus. In "The Shadmock Story," a man (Laurenson) who possesses a lethal whistle finds himself pursued by a woman (Kellerman) who wants to steal it from him. "The Vampire Story" finds a young man (Saire) trying to defend his vampire father (Johnson) from Scotland Yard inspector (Pleasence). And in the last tale, "The Humgoo Story," a movie director (Whitman) goes on location to shoot a horror story, only to find the place infested with real monsters. While the stories themselves aren't very good, the framing device featuring Price and the late Carradine is particularly bad. Although the two veteran performers present themselves well, the concept of a monster disco is merely silly, and the terribly cheap masks on the various creatures make the whole thing look like a home-movie shot in his basement by 12-year-old with a camera. In addition, the scenes are padded with performances by rock groups (including Pretty Things and UB40) and a female stripper who takes it all off--right down to her bones. leave a comment
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