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How to Make a Monster (1958)

73 min · Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film, science fiction film

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Directors

Herbert L. Strock

Cast

Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway, Gary Clarke, Morris Ankrum, Walter Reed, Dennis Cross, Malcolm Atterbury, Eddie Marr, Paul Maxwell, Robert Shayne, Heather Ames, Jacqueline Ebeier, Thomas Browne Henry, Joan Chandler

The story

Pete Dumond, chief make-up artist for 25 years at American International Studios, will be fired after the studio is purchased by NBN Associates. The new management from the East, Jeffrey Clayton and John Nixon, plan to make musicals and comedies instead of the horror pictures for which Pete has created his remarkable monster make-ups and made the studio famous. The new owners show Pete one of their new rock musical numbers on stage which features John Ashley.

Catalogue themes and tags

Attack by monsters, Film Industry, Film Production, Film Studio, Film and Cinema, Filmdreh, Filmmaker, Frankenstein, Loss of job, Makeup, Maske, Monsters, Movie, Rach, TV-Produzent, Werwolf, cinema, Science Fiction, Horror

Genres

Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film, science fiction film

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