{"id":34865,"date":"2015-10-02T09:22:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T16:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=34865"},"modified":"2020-11-29T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T03:37:43","slug":"robot-monster-monsters-from-the-moon-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=34865","title":{"rendered":"Robot Monster \/ Monsters From the Moon (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I cannot &#8212; yet I must. How do you calculate that?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Poster-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn alien named Ro-Man plots to kill the remaining six Hu-Mans on earth &#8212; a mother (Selena Royle), her professor-husband (John Mylong), their two young children (Gregory Moffett and Pamela Paulson), their grown daughter (Claudia Barrett), and Barrett&#8217;s boyfriend-scientist (George Nader) &#8212; who are protected from his death ray by a neutralizing serum. But when Ro-Man falls for Barrett, he finds his annihilation impulses in conflict.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>World Domination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary notes that this &#8220;laughably lousy sci-fi film, made for $20,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bronson_Canyon\">LA&#8217;s Bronson Canyon<\/a>&#8221; &#8220;gets more ludicrous as it goes along&#8221; &#8212; then he spends the rest of his review detailing exactly how inept it is, and essentially dismissing it as outright dreck. Other online reviews (see links below) provide a more detailed skewering, combined with admiration for all the many ways in which the film presumably deserves its bad-movie cult status: <a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/robotmonster.htm\">Richard Scheib<\/a> notes that &#8220;the cheesiness of its ineptitude provides&#8230; an enormous degree of sheer entertainment value&#8221;, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s156robot.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> argues that it is actually &#8220;very entertaining&#8221; and will &#8220;bring a smile to anyone&#8217;s face&#8221;. A redeeming perspective of sorts does emerge near the end, when we learn exactly what the entire adventure has been based on, and many aspects &#8212; including the jarring incorporation of &#8220;stock footage&#8221; such as &#8220;a lengthy sequence of prehistoric monsters fighting taken from <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2146\"><em>One Million B.C.<\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; come into somewhat clearer focus. Watch for the infamous &#8220;ending in which Ro-Man emerges from a cave three times in succession (the shot is repeated)&#8221;, which &#8220;may have inspired Edward D. Wood&#8221; when making <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16611\"><em>Plan 9 from Outer Space<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Countless ludicrously bad elements<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still3-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still1-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still4-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Robot-Monster-Still4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, simply for its cult infamy. Maybe it&#8217;s the type of film that grows on you (and most definitely requires a bad-movie-appreciating crowd to enjoy).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1784#cult\">Cult Movie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046248\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/robotmonster.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3884\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/robotmonster\/\">Bad Movies Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s156robot.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2015\/04\/19\/robot-monster-1953\/\">Fantastic Movie Musings Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/robotmonster.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/robot-monster\/review\/116180\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I cannot &#8212; yet I must. How do you calculate that?&#8221; Synopsis: An alien named Ro-Man plots to kill the remaining six Hu-Mans on earth &#8212; a mother (Selena Royle), her professor-husband (John Mylong), their two young children (Gregory Moffett and Pamela Paulson), their grown daughter (Claudia Barrett), and Barrett&#8217;s boyfriend-scientist (George Nader) &#8212; who are protected from his death ray by a neutralizing serum. But when Ro-Man falls for Barrett, he finds his annihilation impulses in conflict. 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