The Naked Monster

The Naked Monster (2005)

Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.

Date of release
2005-04-22
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Wayne Berwick, Ted Newsom

Casting

Interesting facts

The Naked Monster is a 2005 American ultra low-budget science-fiction horror comedy fan film written by Ted Newsom and directed by Newsom and Wayne Berwick as an homage to and spoof of the "giant monster-on-the-loose" films of the 1950s. The final project took 21 years to make, and was the final film for Kenneth Tobey, John Agar, Lori Nelson and Robert Clarke.

Background

The project originated in 1984, after director Ted Newsom was challenged with a bet to produce a movie for $2,500. In response, he created Attack of the B-Movie Monster, which had a limited VHS release under that name in 1985.

In revisiting the project, the filmmakers added scenes from old monster films to make a new version for release on DVD. According to Newsom, he "hauled out the old scripts, took gags and lines, and did a 25-page script, which condensed things to manageable size. That version of the project was designed as a half-hour short that could be shot in about four weekends (plus the time for effects).

In 1992, Newsom professed to have "slop-edited a version of the old show together using the original color footage, although the FX shots were still in black and white", stating "I wanted to see if it looked any good." However, several of the original stars had died, including Robert Shayne and John Harmon, and Ken Tobey had severe problems with his back, which made a remake impossible with the original cast members.

The character names of the veteran performers all refer to their own past films. Brinke Stevens stars, with cameos from two of her fellow Scream Queens. Kenneth Tobey returns as Colonel Patrick Hendry, a promotion for his character originally an Army captain in The Thing from Another World, and Les Tremayne reprises his General Mann role from War of the Worlds (1953).

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