How to Make a Monster

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Matt R Made by American International Pictures and Sam Arkoff, this dark fun and sinister picture takes advantage of their earlier monster movies and the work of Paul Blaisdell to set the scene. The teenage werewolf and teenage Frankenstein do Pete's bidding through hypnosis and mind controlling face paint. Robert H. Harris (Valley of the Dolls) plays Pete the manipulative makeup man wonderfully. HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER is an amusing movie for any Monster Kid. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review Ted B 3.0 stars; Another one of those 50's 'Creature Features'. It was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. This was not a classic. But they got their money's worth. It was an economical use of two previous creature features. It's not a classic, but i've seen worse. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Dallas H This is a fun movie! To a certain degree, it's a "meta" movie before the word became a trendy meme reference on the television sitcom Community. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review DMZABO Could of been a bit more scary. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Now I know where the writers of the infamous 1978 made for television movie "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park" got their ideas from. I went into "How to Make a Monster" thinking the movie is going to be pure cornball. I was not entirely wrong, but the movie turned out to be be somewhat entertaining and a little better than I thought it would be. The cast does fairly well for the most part given the script they have to work with. The late Robert Harris does a decent job as longtime makeup artist Peter Dumond who seeks revenge on the new studio owners who have unjustly fired him. One scene that stood out for me was the one where police are interrogating Dumond and his assistant Rivero (Played by the late Paul Brinegar, Jr.). It was very well done and was in my opinion the best scene in the movie. The climatic scene of the movie (Filmed in color.), was not perfect but it was well done. In the end I found myself much more interested in the movie than I thought I would be. In the end, I think that if you have seen American International Studios' tow previous horror movies "I was a Teenage Frankenstein" and "I was a Teenage Werewolf", you might find this movie worth seeing. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Typical goofy '50's monster movie. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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