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Robot Monster

Released Jun 25, 1953 1h 2m Sci-Fi List
33% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 37% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Earthlings (George Nader, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle) flee from the Ro-Man, a martian in a gorilla suit with a diving helmet.

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Variety Staff Variety The Tru-Stereo Process (3-D) utilized here is easy on the eyes, coming across clearly at all times. To the picture's credit no 3-D gimmicks were employed. Jan 7, 2008 Full Review Cynthia Rose Time Out 'For the budget and for the time' said Tucker, 'I felt I had achieved greatness'. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy One star, but four stars for aficionados of turkey cinema. Rated: 1/4 Jul 31, 2023 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Let the dullards have their Most Amusingly Bad contests and Golden Turkey trophies, the cinephile will receive Tucker's surrealism with pleasure and notice the sketches for The Man Who Fell to Earth. Dec 28, 2018 Full Review Rob Humanick Projection Booth All hail the Robot Monster. Rated: 5/5 Apr 28, 2011 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com 3-D raises the rating a mini-bar...but what a George Nader classic this is! Rated: 2/5 Jun 13, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It's so bad its so good! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/05/24 Full Review Monsol E A completely nonsensical plot, no budget, and the "robot" is a monkey with a tv set on his head. ...Fantastic! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Philip H Let's get one thing straight: speaking from a strictly objective point of view, this is not a good movie. It's inept and nonsensical with a terrible script, a ridiculous villain and a final plot twist so hackneyed it might as well be full of taxi cabs. Subjectively, however, I BLOODY LOVE THIS FILM. It's got a bizarre charm to it, and the titular villain has an actual character arc which is superior to that of the super-bland human characters. It never fails to make me smile. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/30/22 Full Review brent g I'm surprised that by now nobody has figured out how to make a rating system suitable for movies that are rated based on how humorously bad they are. I'm going by "must see", and certainly not giving it five stars due to its quality. But not everyone likes bad movies. To be fair, I can still laugh at the Three Stooges. The movie has a bit of a stretch where you are almost guaranteed to fall asleep for boredom. Normally this would disqualify it from five stars for badness. But then again, one doesn't rate the Red Lobster badly for having to wait in a long line to get into it. The bad parts are bad enough to make up for it. Anyway, you might want someone to give you a break after seeing that surf-and-turf monster. If you're not into bad movies, flip the coin to the other side and you get no stars at all. But true badness isn't merely found in things that are so bad that you are repelled by them before they're over. True badness makes you stick around long enough to get the full dose. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review andy h This is arguable the pioneer of the hilariously bad genre. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It's so terrible, so absurd, so ridiculous that it's great fun to watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Earthlings (George Nader, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle) flee from the Ro-Man, a martian in a gorilla suit with a diving helmet.
Director
Phil Tucker
Producer
Phil Tucker
Screenwriter
Wyott Ordung
Distributor
Eaglewood Entertainment Inc., Astor Pictures Corporation, Admit One Video, Image Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Three Dimensional Pictures Inc.
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 25, 1953, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 15, 2016
Runtime
1h 2m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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