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The Monster Club

  • 19811981
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
3.7K
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Vincent Price in The Monster Club (1981)
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  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Musical

A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.

IMDb RATING
5.8/10
3.7K
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  • Director
    • Roy Ward Baker
  • Writers
    • R. Chetwynd-Hayes(from the novel by)
    • Edward Abraham(screenplay by)
    • Valerie Abraham(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • John Carradine
    • Anthony Steel
Top credits
  • Director
    • Roy Ward Baker
  • Writers
    • R. Chetwynd-Hayes(from the novel by)
    • Edward Abraham(screenplay by)
    • Valerie Abraham(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • John Carradine
    • Anthony Steel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 83User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Top cast

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    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Eramus (Segment "The Monster Club")as Eramus (Segment "The Monster Club")
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Segment "The Monster Club")as R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Segment "The Monster Club")
    Anthony Steel
    Anthony Steel
    • Lintom Busotsky (Segment "The Monster Club")as Lintom Busotsky (Segment "The Monster Club")
    Roger Sloman
    • Club Secretary (Segment "The Monster Club")as Club Secretary (Segment "The Monster Club")
    Fran Fullenwider
    • Buxom Beauty (Segment "The Monster Club")as Buxom Beauty (Segment "The Monster Club")
    The Viewers
    • Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")as Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")
    B.A. Robertson
    • Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")as Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")
    Night
    • Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")as Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")
    The Pretty Things
    • Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")as Entertainers (Segment "The Monster Club")
    Suzanna Willis
    • Stripper (Segment "The Monster Club")as Stripper (Segment "The Monster Club")
    Barbara Kellerman
    Barbara Kellerman
    • Angela (Segment "Shadmock Story")as Angela (Segment "Shadmock Story")
    Simon Ward
    Simon Ward
    • George (Segment "Shadmock Story")as George (Segment "Shadmock Story")
    James Laurenson
    James Laurenson
    • Raven (Segment "Shadmock Story")as Raven (Segment "Shadmock Story")
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    • Psychiatrist (Segment "Shadmock Story")as Psychiatrist (Segment "Shadmock Story")
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Pickering (Segment "Vampire Story")as Pickering (Segment "Vampire Story")
    Richard Johnson
    Richard Johnson
    • Father (Segment "Vampire Story")as Father (Segment "Vampire Story")
    Britt Ekland
    Britt Ekland
    • Mother (Segment "Vampire Story")as Mother (Segment "Vampire Story")
    Warren Saire
    • Lintom (Segment "Vampire Story")as Lintom (Segment "Vampire Story")
    • Director
      • Roy Ward Baker
    • Writers
      • R. Chetwynd-Hayes(from the novel by)
      • Edward Abraham(screenplay by)
      • Valerie Abraham(screenplay by)
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    Storyline

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    A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs. —Homme A. Piest <piest@pobox.leidenuniv.nl>
    • monster
    • writer
    • nightclub
    • punk
    • drinking blood
    • 54 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • You'll meet some interesting people and hear some great songs at The Monster Club.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Horror
      • Musical
    • Certificate
      • Unrated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The only film, in a long career of horror and other roles, where Vincent Price played a vampire.
    • Goofs
      In the Humgoo story when Sam first pulls up at the village a crew member in a red check shirt and denims is clearly visible for a second in the driver's door mirror when the car door opens.
    • Quotes

      Eramus: Can we truly call this a monster club if we do not boast amongst our membership a single member of the human race?

    • Crazy credits
      On the soundtrack listing, the track "Ghouls Galore" the performer, keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw, is credited as "John Hackshaw".
    • Alternate versions
      To receive an 'A' (PG) cinema certificate in the UK the film was cut by the BBFC with brief edits to shots of Angela's liquefied face in the opening story. All later releases were uncut and the certificate raised to '15'.
    • Connections
      Featured in Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Monster Club (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme: Pavane
      Composed by Gabriel Fauré

    User reviews83

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Fun Horror Collection
    The Monster Club was the final installment in Amicus studios portmanteau series and concerns R.Chetwynd-Hayes(John Carradine)a noted Horror writer who runs into an elderly Vampire named Erasmus (Vincent Price) .Erasmus duly takes his fill of the authors blood and after recognizing him becomes all apologetic and invites him to The Monster Club where he hopes Chetwynd-Hayes might garner some new ideas for a new book.As the guest of Erasmus, Chetwynd-Hayes is regaled with three stories of the macabre.

    Story 1:A young couple George and Angela are hard up for cash, so they answer an advertisement in a newspaper looking for someone to help catalogue antiques in an old manor.Angela goes and meets the owner who as it turns out is a Shadmock,kind of a Vampire/werewolf hybrid,Angerla is scared of at first but soon settles in to her job.Angela soon becomes friendly with the soft spoken and thoughtful employer but comes under increasing pressure form George to steal something from the house, and she decides to take advantage of an invitation to a masqued ball with the Shadmock's family at the manor to fulfill her objective.

    Story 2:A Vampire stalks the London underground is being chased by the B-squad a team of vampire hunters lead by Pickering, (Donald Pleasance) . Pickering uses the vampires son who unknowingly leads the B-squad right to his father.

    Story 3: Stuart Whitman plays Sam an American movie Director scouting the English countryside for the perfect location for his upcoming movie. He stumbles across a fog bound town full of Ghouls where he befriends a Humghoul (Human and ghoul hybrid) and struggles with her help to make his escape from his living nightmare.

    Review The shadmock story I found to be quite unique, its nice to have a different monster and this one was a rather a nice chap and I felt for his pain at the end, but it was definitely a missed opportunity, the idea of a masqued monster ball I find intriguing, but Ward obviously only used this as a means perhaps to save money on Monster make-up.The second story is played for laughs which is a shame and is by far the least of the three stories.The Ghoul story I found to be the best,and full of atmosphere with a nice twist at the end.The in between segments with Price and Carradine are poor and full of very bad monster make-up and annoyingly bad music(No really bad), these two great horror legends were fine,considering the quality of script, but they deserved more. This is the kind of film I was raised on and for that reason and the people involved I really enjoyed it,sure its not the best from the esteemed Amicus studio or Baker,but for pure fun its hard to beat and I unreservedly give this a whopping 6/10 against my better judgement.
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    • Prof-Hieronymos-Grost
    • Jun 26, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Monster Club
    • Filming locations
      • Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Chips Productions
      • Sword & Sorcery
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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