Schlock (1973)

Voti degli utenti:

5.8/10   

Regista:

John Landis

Sceneggiatore:

John Landis (writer)

Data di uscita:

17 settembre 1982 (Germania Ovest)

Genere:

Commedia | Horror | Fantascienza

Slogan:

Due to the horrifying nature of this film, no one will be admitted to the theatre.

Plot:

A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he's a giant dog. After kidnapping...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Tunnel | Television Reporter | Dead Children | Police

Premi:

1 win & 1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Well made

Cast

John Landis	...	Schlock
Saul Kahan	...	Detective Sgt. Wino
Joseph Piantadosi	...	Ivan
Eliza Roberts	...	Mindy Binerman (as Eliza Garrett)
Tom Alvich	...	Torn Cop
Walter Levine	...	Police Thief
Harriet Medin	...	Mrs. Blinerman (as Enrica Blankey)
Eric Allison	...	Joe Putzman
Charles Villiers	...	Cal
Ralph Baker	...	Dying Man
John Chambers	...	National Guard Captain
Gene Fox	...	Billy
Richard Gillis	...	Officer Gillis
Forrest J Ackerman	...	Man in cinema
Susan Weiser	...	Betty

Alias:

The Banana Monster
Slok (Italy) [it]

Durata:

80 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

USA:PG

Luoghi riprese:

Agoura, California, USA

Compagnia:

Gazotskie Productions

Curiosità:

John Landis raised the money to make this movie from family and friends. He originally wanted to make an underground porn movie but abandoned the idea when he found out he would have to work with members of the underworld.

Citazioni:

Detective: [surveying a park littered with dead bodies] When I discover who or what is responsible for this... they're gonna be in *big* trouble.

Collegamenti:

Parodia di 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Colonna sonora:

See You Next Wednesday

Well made

So this is a shoe-string budget ($ 60.000) movie... It happens to be a brilliant movie for people who have kept alive the child in themselves.

John Landis has a talent for making comedies.

There are a number of fantastically executed gags in this one.

Very deadpan.

The body language of "Schlock" is absolutely hilarious.

If you're only interested in today's slick, over-produced comedies as well as romantic movies in which Hanks/Stiller/Grant get their girl or if you need CGI, car chases, shootouts and explosions to entertain yourself then stay away from this.

The bottom line and "theory" of this movie is symbolized in all the excerpts from "Blob" with a certain Steve McQueen. Here is a guy who evidently took himself serious and played some tough guys in his days.

YET: Steve McQueen was in "Blob"...

CONCLUSION: Don't take yourself so serious, people. Whether it's comedy or drama or action: it doesn't take 200 mio. dollars to be entertained.