The first musical monster movie in years.
A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.
Cast
John Landis
Schlock
Saul Kahan
Detective Sgt. Wino
Joseph Piantadosi
Ivan
Eliza Roberts
Mindy Binerman
Tom Alvich
Torn Cop
Walter Levine
Police Thief
Harriet Medin
Mrs. Blinerman
Eric Sinclair
Joe Putzman (as Eric Allison)
Charles Villiers
Cal
Ralph Baker
Dying Man
John Chambers
National Guard Captain
Gene Fox
Billy
Richard Gillis
Officer Gillis
Forrest J. Ackerman
Man in cinema
Susan Weiser
Betty
Jonathan Flint
Bobby
Donald F. Glut
Movie patron
Amy Schireson
Barbara
Emile Hamaty
Professor Shilbovitz
Phillip Levine
Little Boy
Shirley Levine
Woman Onlooker
Mary Cortiz
Housewife
Ivan Lepper
Ditchdigger
Mitchell Tadross
Ditchdigger
Carl Stone
Hippie
Tonda Marton
Nurse
Neil Forn
Doctor
Dana Sue Collins
Duck Girl
Harry Goins
Eye Doctor
Norman Crawford
Night Driver
Jackie Bonnhein
Joyce
Robert E. Collins
Bartender
Belinda Folsey
Goria
Ryan Folsey
Extra
Patty Holcomb
Patty
Ian Kranitz
Piano Player
George O'Hanlon Jr.
George
Billy Record
Dead Cop
Edward Summer
Body on swing with red suspenders
Stuart Weiss
Arnie
Kevin Collins
Baseball Player
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- Release Date 03/01/1973
- Language English
- Director John Landis
- Writer John Landis
- Editor George Folsey Jr.
- Cinematographer Robert E. Collins
- Producers Jack H. Harris, James C. O'Rourke
- Company Gazotskie Productions
- Budget $60,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mar 1, 1973 | Theatrical | PG |
| France | Mar 2, 1976 | Theatrical | U |
| Germany | Sep 10, 1982 | Theatrical | 12 |
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