The visitors to the studio are told they are about to visit the set of _Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)_ (qv).
That film, which was also produced and written by 'Herman Cohen (II)' (qv), was actually shot in England, not at the U.
studio.
This is one of the most terrible movies I have ever seen. Even for a TV-movie, it's bad.
Herbert L. Strock once again directs a horror thriller for AIP, but this time with a twist: This story is about AIS studio make-up artist Pete Dumond(inspired by real-life Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce?
A make-up artist (Robert H. Harris) works for AIP studios making horror movies.
If you have seen I Was a 'Teenage Werewolf (1957)' & 'I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)' first then you will recognize the Werewolf and Frankenstein's Monster in this film. You do not have to see the first two films to watch 'How To Make A Monster' because the story has nothing to do the first two films directly - each film is a story all on it's own.
Creating the scariest game comes with a price..and we witness this when a group are put to work on "touching up" a video game which doesn't scare or thrill children who play it.
Okay, first off, I'd like to say that all the negative reviews that think they're being funny by tearing into a low budget sci-fi horror movie are like the bullies who pick on the fat retarded kid. Sure, we all snicker a little bit, but nobody's impressed with your rapier wit dissecting the flaws of someone less fortunate than you.
***SPOILERS*** It's when hot shot businessmen Jeffery Clayton & John Nixon, Paul Maxwell & Eddie Marr,took control of the American International Movie studio that they decided to halt production on the very films that not only made the studio famous but save it from the brink of bankruptcy: Horror movies.These two incompetent movie makers plan to crank out both teenage musicals and comedies that have been out of favor with the American public since the Great depression!
If you're a geek, you'll be laughing your batman socks off watching this. It's great to watch for the old skool gear (green screen palm pilot anyone?
While filming a combination sequel to "I was a Teenage Werewolf" and "I was a Teenage Frankenstein" (perhaps they could call it "I was a Teenage Werewolf who met a Teenage Frankenstein"? It's a shame that movie was never made) Pete Dumond, the make-up artist of 25 years is fired from his job after the studio, American International Studios is sold and the new owners decide to stop making horror movies and make more musicals.
