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The Monster Club | Year: 1981 Classification: Horror Directed: - Roy Ward Baker Actors/Actresses: - Vincent Price - John Carradine 60's throwback - but fun! It's hard to believe this film was made in 1980 - that's after the exorcist, after texas chainsaw massacre, after many of the gory italian horrors - yet here the monster club is made in the authentic style of the amicus horror films of the 60's.<BR>it's no surprise it wasn't a big success.<BR>but looking back now, it's great fun - and a great tribute to those films.<BR>there are problems, the monsters in the club itself look awful.<BR>in an interview vincent price revealed that they were actually made for a pittance by a milkman - really!<BR>the songs date it also, yet at the same time provide part of the charm.<BR>as ever the main attraction is the stories themselves. surprisingly only one story (the ghostly village) is from the original book of the monster club. all the others are either totally different, or altered a fair bit - i've no idea why they didn't adapt the stories from the book - such as the story of the boy who becomes a werewolf without knowing it, and falls in love with a vampire girl - without knowing that either.<BR>having said that the stories here are still very good.<BR>so it's reccomended for fans of similar films - just don't expect a bloodbath! SIMPLY AMAZING.. I cannot recommend this disc enough. The picture and sound quality are fantastic for a film of its age and the extras are spot on as well, including the films soundtrack as a stand alone audio is a nice touch. The only slight glich is the commentary from Beavis and Butthead (the actual people who released the dvd) who try there best to slag the film off in the most horror film nerd cliches of all time. A brilliant budget disc that i have been waiting on for years. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah its cornball nonsense i know but..... MONSTERS RULE OK! "Monsters Rule O.K." Back in the mid 60's to early 70's, Amicus Productions (The Studio That Dripped Blood) rivaled the famous Hammer Studios and its' horror films, and the releases from the two English studios were often confused as they often used many of the same actors and directors. Amicus Productions was most famous for its' creepy horror anthologies, including The House that Dripped Blood (1970), Tales from the Crypt (1972), Asylum (1972), The Vault of Horror (1974), and From Beyond the Grave (1975). Amicus, formed by a partnership between producers Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg, dissolved in the mid 70's, as did Amicus Productions. While many fans mourned the passing of this wonderful and short-lived institution, Subotosky did go on to form Sword and Sorcery Productions, which released The Monster Club (1980), bringing back some of the magic of a time since past. Directed by Roy Ward Baker, who also did Asylum and The Vault of Horror, along with numerous Hammer films, The Monster Club, based on a book by famed and prolific author R. Chetwynd-Hayes boasts a plethora of stars including Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasance, Britt Ekland, Stuart Whitman, and Patrick Magee, among others. There are three stories here, loosely tied together with a wrap-around story and a number of musical performances (B.A. Robertson is great performing 'Sucker for Your Love'), all wonderful in their own right. The film starts off with the wrap-around story, as we meet a character named after the author of the book the film is based on, R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Carradine) being approached by a man looking for a bite, as he hasn't eaten in a couple of weeks. Chetwynd-Hayes offers assistance in the form of money, but the man, named Eramus (Price) isn't speaking of eating in the normal sense, as he's a vampire and takes some of Chetwynd-Hayes blood, but not to the point where he infects the author. Learning of the man's identity and feeling a debt of gratitude is due, Eramus offers to take Chetwynd-Hayes to a exclusive club, a sort of monster disco, where monsters reside, allowing for the author to gather new material for a future book. After some tongue-in-cheek humor, we are treated to three tales of varying degrees of horror. The first tale involves couple, George and Angela, of dubious nature looking for their next scheme, and it comes in the form of a position cataloging antiquities for a odd looking man named Raven who rarely leaves his large and expansive estate. Angela applies, but soon balks as she has great apprehension about the man, given his strange appearance. George talks her into going back, and she assumes the position. He seems nice enough, despite his ghoulish appearance, and he certainly has a tempting amount of valuables ripe for the taking. Raven soon becomes enamored with Angela and proposes marriage, to which George sees as a perfect opportunity to have access to Raven's wealth. Well, things soon sour, and we learn Raven is much more t Buy The Monster Club at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  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