A small town is terrorized by "The Banana Killer", which turns out to be the missing link between man and ape.A small town is terrorized by "The Banana Killer", which turns out to be the missing link between man and ape.A small town is terrorized by "The Banana Killer", which turns out to be the missing link between man and ape.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Eric Sinclair
- Joe Putzman
- (as Eric Allison)
Susan Weiser-Finley
- Betty
- (as Susan Weiser)
Jonathan Flint
- Bobby
- (as Jonathan A. Flint)
Emile Hamaty
- Professor Shlibovitz
- (as E.G. Harty)
Harriet Medin
- Mrs. Blinerman
- (as Enrica Blankey)
Phillip Levine
- Little Boy
- (as Phillip 'Da Baby' Levine)
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- Writer
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- TriviaJohn 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.
- GoofsAfter demanding his ice-cream, as the ape walks toward the cinema screen, the poster to his right changes completely. Then, as he takes the little boy to the toilet moments later and leaves after; the poster again changes, this time from The Animal World (1956) to King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) and then to, together, The Blob (1958) & Dinosaurus! (1960).
- Crazy creditsBaby Schlock as Itself
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Horror Hall of Fame (1974)
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Kinejin
This is a truly bad film in almost every conceivable way: Poorly scripted, amateurishly acted, badly directed, and incompetently edited, but is saved by director Landis himself: His largely improvised performance in Rick Baker's excellent "monkey suit" for most of the second half of the film is laugh-out-loud funny in places, truly saving an otherwise forgettable film.
Sadly, despite Mr. Landis's encyclopedic knowledge of early cinema, many opportunities to parody or pay homage to other monster movies are missed. For example, the sequence where Schlock is feeding the ducks at the pond is just asking for a reference to the "flower" scene from James Whale's "Frankenstein". (Or is this reference enough? Hmm.) Other similar opportunities are missed throughout.
Sadly, despite Mr. Landis's encyclopedic knowledge of early cinema, many opportunities to parody or pay homage to other monster movies are missed. For example, the sequence where Schlock is feeding the ducks at the pond is just asking for a reference to the "flower" scene from James Whale's "Frankenstein". (Or is this reference enough? Hmm.) Other similar opportunities are missed throughout.
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- Also known as
- The Banana Monster
- Filming locations
- Mason Ave. at Devonshire St., Chatsworth, California, USA(theater parking lot)
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- $60,000 (estimated)
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