{"id":70045,"date":"2021-03-03T18:25:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T01:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70045"},"modified":"2021-03-03T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T01:35:07","slug":"monster-club-the-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70045","title":{"rendered":"Monster Club, The (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing sadder than the tender-hearted grief of a monster.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Poster-684x1024.png 684w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Poster.png 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter drawing blood from the neck of his favorite horror story writer (John Carradine), a vampire (Vincent Price) takes Carradine to a disco club for monsters, where he explains various types of monster-hybrids by telling the following three tales: a &#8220;shadmock&#8221; (James Laurenson) hires a beautiful woman (Barbara Kellerman) as his secretary, and is heartbroken when she allows her abusive boyfriend (Simon Ward) to bully her into theft; the son (Warren Saire) of a vampire (Richard Johnson) and human (Britt Ekland) is shadowed by a local constable (Donald Pleasence) hoping to drive a stake into Johnson&#8217;s heart; and a filmmaker (Stuart Whitman) scouting locations for his next horror movie stumbles into a village of ghouls, including a sympathetic &#8220;humegoo&#8221; (Lesley Dunlop) who tries to help him escape.\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>Britt Ekland Films<\/li>\n<li>Donald Pleasence Films<\/li>\n<li>Episodic Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Roy Ward Baker Films<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Price Films<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis affectionate homage to Hammer Studios&#8217; episodic horror films such as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17222\"><em>Dr. Terror&#8217;s House of Horrors<\/em> (1965)<\/a> is decidedly hit-and-miss, but <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEPp1KU7aEw\">beloved by those who remember it with nostalgia from their early 1980s childhoods<\/a> and appreciate seeing cinematic icons Price and Carradine together on screen. The first and third stories told by Price are reasonably spooky, with director Roy Ward Baker managing to evoke some empathy for their monster-protagonists. Unfortunately, all scenes showing musical interludes at the &#8220;Monster Club&#8221; are pretty atrocious, as are the costumes of the club&#8217;s attendees. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monsters2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monsters2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monsters2.png 576w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monsters2-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monsters2-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monsters2-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monster.png 576w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monster-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monster-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Monster-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Carradine and Vincent Price<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Price-Carradine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Price-Carradine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Price-Carradine.png 576w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Price-Carradine-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Price-Carradine-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Price-Carradine-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good use of comic\/cartoon passages<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Cartoon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Cartoon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Cartoon.png 576w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Cartoon-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Cartoon-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Cartoon-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some spooky, atmospherically filmed sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Crowd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Crowd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Crowd.png 576w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Crowd-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Crowd-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Monster-Club-Crowd-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Hammer Films fans may have some nostalgia for it &#8212; and I think Price fans will also be curious to check it out once. Listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0081178\/?\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-monster-club\/review\/2030009820\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk\/monsterclub.shtml\">British Horror Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4725\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/monster-club-1980.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing sadder than the tender-hearted grief of a monster.&#8221; Synopsis: After drawing blood from the neck of his favorite horror story writer (John Carradine), a vampire (Vincent Price) takes Carradine to a disco club for monsters, where he explains various types of monster-hybrids by telling the following three tales: a &#8220;shadmock&#8221; (James Laurenson) hires a beautiful woman (Barbara Kellerman) as his secretary, and is heartbroken when she allows her abusive boyfriend (Simon Ward) to bully her into theft; the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70045\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70045"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70066,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70045\/revisions\/70066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}