The Mad Monster

The Mad Monster
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Newfield
Screenplay byFred Myton[1]
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
StarringJohnny Downs
George Zucco
Anne Nagel
Reginald Barlow
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh[1]
Edited byHolbrook N. Todd[1]
Music byDavid Chudnow[1]
Production
company
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation[2]
Release date
  • May 15, 1942 (1942-05-15)
Running time
77 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish

The Mad Monster is a 1942 American black and white horror film, produced and distributed by "Poverty Row" studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The film stars George Zucco, Glenn Strange, Johnny Downs, and Anne Nagel.

The film's storyline concerns a discredited mad scientist who plots to kill his colleagues one-by-one using a secret formula that transforms his simple-minded gardener into a murderous wolfman.

  1. ^ a b c d e Weaver 1999, p. 74.
  2. ^ a b c "The Mad Monster (1942)". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 16, 2023.