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Robot Monster

Robot Monster (1953)

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A young boy named Johnny (Gregory Moffett) is on a picnic with his widowed mother (Selena Royle) and sister (Claudia Barrett), when he meets a pair of archeologists (John Mylong, George Nader) exploring a nearby cave. Later, while napping, he has a dream -- that the Earth has been attacked by an alien named Ro-Man (played by George Barrows in a gorilla suit with a diving helmet), using the "calcinator death ray," and that he and his family (with Mylong and his mother now married) and scientist

Unrated, 1 hr. 2 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Wyott Ordung

Oct 10, 2000

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Critic Reviews for Robot Monster

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (9) | DVD (4)

The Tru-Stereo Process (3-D) utilized here is easy on the eyes, coming across clearly at all times. To the picture's credit no 3-D gimmicks were employed.

January 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety Staff
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All hail the Robot Monster.

April 28, 2011 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comments (2)
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

3-D raises the rating a mini-bar...but what a George Nader classic this is!

June 13, 2008 Comment
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

One of the most hackneyed, and lowest-budgeted, science-fiction films ever made.

January 7, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

'For the budget and for the time' said Tucker, 'I felt I had achieved greatness'.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
Time Out Source: Time Out

A really terrible monster movie, but a really entertaining viewing experience.

August 5, 2004 Comment
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

OK, it''s cheesy, it's stupid, it's cheap, it''s nearly inept, but, by golly, it's a hoot to watch.

November 29, 2003 Comment
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

A triumph of ineptitude, a bona fide turkey that deserves to be served up on the same table as anything by Ed Wood.

September 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
Film4 Source: Film4

A man in a gorilla suit with a diving helmet and a bubble machine. Trash nirvana.

August 11, 2003 Comment
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Always gets unintended laughs from audiences

January 1, 2000 Full Review | Comment
Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews
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I hate to say so bad it's good, but...

November 22, 2006
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Michael Gildea

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Anther entry in the it's so bad, it works as a comedy genre.

July 9, 2008
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Anthony Valletta

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