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    Robot Monster (1953)

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    Universally derided as one of the worst movies ever made, Robot Monster tells the frightening tale of earth’s invasion by “Ro-Man”, a killer robot from Mars – designated XJ-2.

    Ro-Man unleashes a cosmic ray that wipes out all but eight humans who survive because they have ingested a newly created antibiotic that makes them immune to the lethal powers of the evil alien.

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    Initially, Ro-Man is hell-bent on destroying the last remaining humans – but his mission is partly undermined by his own feelings of doubt and even love.

    Through a video transmitter (equipped with a very efficient bubble-making machine), he admits to his leader (“Great Guidance”) that for the first time in his life he feels unsure of himself. His superior responds, “You sound like a human, not a Ro-Man!”.

    Ro-man really loses sight of his duties when he falls for Alice (Claudia Barrett), a fetching and brainy earthling. Knowing his weakness, Alice sees an opportunity to save the last humans on Earth.

    But Great Guidance intervenes and zaps Ro-Man, deploying the Cosmic Tube Ray to materialise prehistoric reptiles – partly stock footage from One Million BC (1940) and Cyclonic Vibrations cause an earthquake (stock footage from Invasion, USA (1952).

    Unfortunately, producer/director Phil Tucker’s budget ($16,000) came up a little short when it was time to create the “terrifying” alien invader, so he improvised by costuming his creature in a gorilla suit and deep-sea diving helmet with stuck-on antennae.

    Filmed in glorious black and white (mostly in Bronson Canyon and Carson’s Canyon – part of the urban recreation area Griffith Park in Los Angeles) over four days and made in “Tru-Stereo” 3-D, you’ve gotta see it to believe it!

    Roy
    George Nader
    Alice
    Claudia Barrett
    Mother
    Selena Royle
    Professor
    John Mylong
    Johnny
    Gregory Moffett
    Carla
    Pamela Paulson
    Ro-Man the Monster
    George Barrows (suit)
    John Brown (voice)

    Director
    Phil Tucker

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