Schlock

• Director: John Landis
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Horror
• Movie Type: Horror Comedy, Parody/Spoof
• Themes: Monkeys
• Main Cast: Eric Allison, Enrica Blankey
• Release Year: 1973
• Country: US
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

Southern California is being terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd. Schlocky moves easily through a strangely stupid suburban society, the members of which don't seem to see him as a hairy menace. Young Mindy Binermen (Eliza Garrett), blind for the last three years, falls in love with him thinking he's a dog. When an operation to restore her eyesight proves successful, she discovers her pet is a lovesick gorilla being chased by the National Guard. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Cast

Forrest J. Ackerman - Man in cinema; Eliza Garrett - Mindy Binerman; Saul Kahan - Sgt. Wino/Detective; Joseph Piantadosi - Prof. Shlibovitz; Richard Gillis; Jack H. Harris; John Landis - The Schlockthropus; Jonathan A. Flint; John Chambers - National Guard Captain; Charles Villiers - Cal; Eric Allison - Joe Puzman; Enrica Blankey - Mrs. Binerman

Credit

Jonathan A. Flint - First Assistant Director, John Landis - Director, George Folsey, Jr. - Editor, David Gibson - Composer (Music Score), Rick Baker - Makeup Special Effects, Bob Collins - Cinematographer, George Folsey, Jr. - Producer, Jack H. Harris - Producer, James C. O'Rourke - Producer, Ivan Lepper - Special Effects, Bruce Bisenz - Sound/Sound Designer, John Landis - Screenwriter

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