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- How to Make a Monster is a 1958 American horror film drama that is notable for its inclusion of props and studios that created actual sci-fi horror movies.
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Oct 29, 2021 · Today, I want to take you through some ideas for you to use do-it-yourself methods to create movie monsters you can shoot and spin-off into theatrical success. These are not promises, but strategies to help jolt your imagination. Let's get started.
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How to Make a Monster is a 1958 American horror film drama that is notable for its inclusion of props and studios that created actual sci-fi horror movies. It was produced and written by Herman Cohen , directed by Herbert L. Strock , and starring Gary Conway , Robert H. Harris , Paul Brinegar , Morris Ankrum , Robert Shayne , and John Ashley .
Aug 31, 2010 · If the remarkably inept 1953 sci-fi classic Robot Monster has taught us anything, it’s that you need more than a diving helmet and a bear suit to create a scary cinematic creature.
Entertaining Horror Film With Unique Twist. A make-up man named Pete Dumond (well-played by Robert H. Harris) seeks revenge on a group of new studio executives who fired him by unleashing his Frankenstein and Werewolf creations upon them!
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- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Herbert L. Strock
- 1958-07-01
- Build Suspense. Horror movie making should create a sense of fear and scare the audience silly. The acclaimed horror director Alfred Hitchcock once said “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
- Create well-developed characters. As film makers we want the audience to be rooting for the characters in our films, and to care what happens to them.
- Don’t show the monster! All horror movies have a monster of some kind; an evil-being who pursues the main characters, intent on causing them harm. It could be a literal monster like a werewolf, a creature like a shark, a supernatural being or a human wearing a mask and holding a weapon.
- Dialogue, dialogue, dialogue! Poor dialogue is something that regularly lets down scary films yet it is one of the easiest and least expensive things on a film set to improve!
How to Make a Monster is a 2001 film starring Steven Culp and Clea DuVall. It is the third release in the Creature Features series of film remakes produced by Stan Winston. Julie Strain made a cameo appearance in the film as herself. How to Make a Monster debuted on October 14, 2001, on Cinemax.
Jun 7, 2023 · Long before Scream, there was the smart and entertaining “How to Make a Monster” meta-horror film that tops Joe Dante’s list of favorites. In September 2022, the legendary filmmaker Joe Dante curated a day of monstrous mayhem in partnership with Scream Factory.
