Main Cast: Donald Grant, Denise Du Barry, Claude Akins, Howard Duff, Henry Gibson, Donald Moffat, Kevin Peter Hall
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 87 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
A humorous and skilful parody of the cliches and plot contrivances of 50's horror films, this monster movie is set in California, where closets can be large and quite important. The monster (Kevin Peter Hall) is straight out of Alien, if not quite as gruesome. It hides out in closets and wait for victims to unsuspectingly grab a shirt or slacks. After several closet deaths, a San Francisco obituary writer (Donald Grant) is sent to cover the story. He soon teams up with a science teacher (Denise DuBarry) and her son, a super-smart child prodigy, and they set out to solve the murders. The plot thickens when the gruff, brash Gen. Turnbull (Donald Moffat) enters the picture. It seems the monster is bullet-proof, laser-proof and bomb-proof -- a challenge to capture, kill, or subdue. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Paul Dooley - Roy Crane; Stella Stevens - Margo Crane; John Carradine - Old Joe; Frank Ashmore - Scoop Johnson; Jesse White - Ben Bernstein; David Anthony - Paperboy; James Arone - soldier; Ben Baker - Mr. McGinty; Sheldon Feldner; David McCharen; Arlee Reed - Passerby; Jack Shearer - Reporter; Wycliffe Young - Globe Reporter; Doc Duhame - Deputy Connor; Clare Nono - TV Newscaster; Jonathan Aluzas - Chip; Evan Arnold - Beaver; Arthur Berggren - Jimmy's Father; Andrew Cofrin - Soldier; Richie Egan - Charlie; Stacy Ferguson - Lucy; Annie Glynn - Newsstand Woman; Carole Kean; Brad Kester - Rex; Archie Lang - TV Newscaster; Paul Latchaw - Globe Reporter; Daryle Ann Lindley - Jimmy's Mother; Gordon Metcalfe - Turnbull's Aide; Ritchie Montgomery - Deputy Spiro; Corky Pigeon - Danny; Jack Tate; Arthur Taxier - TV Newscaster; Stephanie White - Maggie, Scoop's Girl; Katherine Lyons; Jonna Lee - Sorority Girl; Paul Walker - The Professor; John Walsh - TV Newscaster
Credit
Kathleen Brodbeck - Costume Designer, Bob Dahlin - Director, Mark Conte - Editor, Raja Gosnell - Editor, Stephanie Palewski - Editor, Barrie Guard - Composer (Music Score), Penelope Stanley - Makeup, Lynda Cohen - Production Designer, Ronald W. McLeish - Cinematographer, Peter L. Bergquist - Producer, David Levy - Producer, Patricia Hall - Set Designer, Martin Becker - Special Effects, Doc Duhame - Stunts, Bob Dahlin - Screenwriter
After a series of murders in San Francisco that all take place inside closets, a reporter and his scientist friend decide to uncover the mystery and save California.[2]
