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Monster Club [DVD] [1980] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Vincent Price , John Carradine , Roy Ward Baker    DVD
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Stuart Whitman, Richard Johnson
  • Directors: Roy Ward Baker
  • Writers: Edward Abraham, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Valerie Abraham
  • Producers: Bernard J. Kingham, Milton Subotsky, Ron Fry
  • Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Pathfinder Home Ent.
  • DVD Release Date: 20 April 2004
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008K79C
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 160,807 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars MONSTERS RULE OK 29 Mar 2007
By Jeremy W. Newbould TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
The first question I had to ask myself upon viewing this movie on DVD was why has it been issued with a "15" certificate? I was always under the impression that this was an attempt to produce a horror movie that could appeal to kids and adults. In fact I remember watching a feature about the making of this movie on the ITV children's programme Clapperboard when I was only about 11 or 12 years old! There is no explicit sex or nudity in this film, no obscene language and no graphic violence so the "15" certificate is baffling to me. I have seen PG and 12 certificate movies with stronger content than this one!

Anyway, onto the film itself... The first thing that struck me about this movie was the impressive cast list. There are three great horror stalwarts in it - Vincent Price, John Carradine and Donald Pleasence. There are also some other actors and actresses who have appeared in well-known horror movies in the cast - Richard Johnson (Zombie Flesh Eaters), Anthony Valentine (To The Devil.... A Daughter), Simon Ward (Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed), Patrick Magee (A Clockwork Orange, Asylum, Tales From The Crypt) & Britt Ekland (Asylum, The Wicker Man), for example.

The premise and wrap-around-story involves the horror novelist Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (Carradine) encountering a hungry vampire called Eramus (Price) one night whilst looking in a book shop window full of his own works. Eramus suddenly bites Chetwynd-Hayes on the neck to fulfil his desperate craving for fresh blood. Eramus tells the writer that he did not bite deep enough to transform him into a vampire and as a "thank you" for becoming an unexpected blood donor Eramus invites him to a special place called The Monster Club.

Upon arrival at the club they are escorted to the vampire's favourite coffin-shaped table and Eramus orders a glass of Type O blood because Type B is off! The waiter (who is also a vampire) suggests to Chetwynd-Hayes that he orders a tomato juice to look less conspicuous! As they sip their respective beverages, Chetwynd-Hayes, the one human in the entire joint, notices an unusual chart on the wall nearby. Eramus explains that this is a monster's genealogical chart and describes the creatures which would be produced if different monsters and their hybrids were to mate with each other. I must say this is an ingenious and original idea and it forms the basis of the three creepy stories in this film. At the bottom of the monster hierarchy is the shadmock, a creature which possesses a deadly whistle of all things! This leads us onto the first story.

The second story is a vampire tale which is very much fang-in-cheek but it is the final story, involving the humegoo creature from the chart and a village of ghouls, which is the creepiest and best of the bunch. The foundation of this particular segment involves a horror movie director (played by Stuart Whitman) who is searching for atmospheric locations for his latest movie. His search leads him to the strange village of Loughville (not to be confused with Loughborough) where he meets Luna who is a humegoo (the offspring of a ghoul and a human - what a horrible thought) and discovers the village's dreadful macabre secret. There are some seriously spine-chilling moments in this third story, particularly the moment when the film director reads the clergyman's journal in the now desolate church, and there is a literally ghoulish twist ending.

In between each story segment we are "treated" to very dated and sometimes embarrassing musical numbers by bands and artists who seem to have faded from memory nowadays - does anyone remember B.A. Robertson? It is rather amusing to see Messrs Price & Carradine strutting their stuff near the end of this film though!

One song by a band called Night, sung by a red-haired female lead singer who would make a good scream queen, is called Stripper and serves as the soundtrack to a bizarre strip-tease routine where the lady removes more than just her clothes, not that we see any actual nudity - as I said earlier this film was originally aimed at kids as well as adults so the strip routine is shown in silhouette form when it reaches the nitty-gritty part then changes to animation for the unusual finale.

On the whole, this is a very entertaining film with a wonderful cast. I especially like the ending where Eramus proposes that, because he is a human, Chetwynd-Hayes should become a member of The Monster Club as humans are the ultimate monsters. He then proceeds to explain to his grotesque fellow members about all the murderous weapons that humans have invented and the variety of methods humans have used to destroy fellow humans! Who can argue with that? This 'Who are the real monsters?' message reminded me of the 'Who are the cannibals?' statement at the very end of Ruggero Deodato's notorious Cannibal Holocaust. Who would have thought that a comparison could be made between a kids' horror film and one of the most infamous of all the so-called video nasties?

There are no special features on this DVD - I do not count scene selection as a special feature as this is something that should be standard on any DVD. So this is just a bare bones release then (sorry about the pun) but if you are a Vincent Price fan or just a fan of horror movies in general then this is worth having in your collection.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Camp, and just a little bit Creepy 28 Dec 2006
By Murray
Format:DVD
Horror author R Chetwynd Hayes (played by John Carradine) is walking home late one night when he is accosted by a starving Vincent Price. When the author says he would do anything to help, Price gratefully latches his fangs onto Carradine's neck -- but not fatally. Brushing themselves down after a brief but civilised vamp, Price invites his benefactor to the Monster Club, where he proceeds to relate three tales about the various types of monster on the club's genealogical chart.

We start off with a twist on the Beauty and the Beast formula, featuring the lonely-but-rich Shadmock (the mongrel of the monster world), whose whistle has a particularly gruesome effect. Then, played for laughs rather than horror, the story of a young boy whose father is a Vampire, and who unwittingly reveals the fact to a group of sinister government vampire-hunters, led by the ever-watchable Donald Pleasance. Thirdly, the segment that brought me back to this film -- its ending haunted me as a kid from when I saw it at the cinema. (When I must have been 9 years old, so something was wrong there...) A horror-film director, scouting for authentically creepy locations, happens upon a backward village in the mists, a village named Loughville -- "Lough" being, of course, an anagram of what the villagers really are.

Bizarrely, in between the horror segments, we get three competent-but-forgettable songs from bands currently residing in the "Where are they now?" files of post-punk pop. Camp and creepy rather than genuinely horrifying, and rather lower in budget than I remember, The Monster Club was worth the re-watch, but only just.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars better than the uk version. 15 Jan 2010
Format:DVD
This version has a few extras that the uk version dosent have.It has an audio commentary,pages of biographies of the main cast and crew,a still gallery,an essay on the movie and production notes which are all very interesting.It also has the music from the movie which can be played separately,lasting over 40mins, and the trailer(2:20) .There is also an easter egg which can be got from the special features menu, just go to the right and an icon will come up on the coat of one of the figures in the background picture.It is a 12 minute interview with a cast member.Nice little set.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Kooky and Silly- But It Works.
The Monster Club up until 2008's Stuck was the final film by Amicus. This was their 8th anthology- coming out 7 years after From Beyond the Grave. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Colonel Decker
4.0 out of 5 stars A++
Arrived on time in perfect condition and was exactly what I was looking for, I have yet to watch it on DVD but I'm sure it'll be as good as I remember
Published 1 month ago by Jack Anthony Chapman
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it then still love it now.
I first saw this movie when i was a child and even back then found it quite funny. I,ve been looking for it on DVD for a long time and could only find it still available from... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Shazwani Khalilcasp
4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of fun
Well, this has a great cast and the stories are fantastic. The great Vincent Price is on good form as a vampire called Erasmus who takes a horror writer for a drink after the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Dave's Magic Codpiece
1.0 out of 5 stars A rotten little flm
An ill-conceived and rather sad attempt to breathe life into the horror compendium by placing the back story in a nightclub and interspersing the stories with second rate music... Read more
Published 8 months ago by rampton uk
3.0 out of 5 stars The Good, the Bad & the Very Ugly!
The Good bits are the individual tales of horror - some genuinely creepy and well made featurettes, a sort of Tales of the Unexpected but with more oomph. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Tim Kidner
4.0 out of 5 stars The Fright Club
Horror writer R.Chetwynd Hayes(John Carradine), is accosted by vampire Eramus(Vincent Price), upon leaving a bookshop. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
What a nice DVD and just as I remember it. Slightly camp horror, but with Vincent Price it couldn't be otherwise. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Leslie Reed
4.0 out of 5 stars Kreepy and Kooky
A cult movie from a by-gone genre - very quirky and full of atmospheric scenes. A must for all horror enthusiasts - Vincent Price, John Carradine and Donald Pleasence - the... Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2009 by P. Mooney
2.0 out of 5 stars awful
I remember seeing this film when i was 11 yrs old many years ago. I hadn't seen it since then till recently when i thought id rewatch it to see if my childhood memories would be... Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2009 by Mr. Russell C. Witheyman
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