How to Make a Monster (1958 film)

How to Make a Monster
Theatrical release poster
by Reynold Brown
Directed byHerbert L. Strock
Written byHerman Cohen
Aben Kandel
Produced byHerman Cohen
James H. Nicholson
StarringRobert H. Harris
Gary Conway
Gary Clarke
Morris Ankrum
Paul Brinegar
Robert Shayne
John Ashley
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Music byPaul Dunlap
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • July 1, 1958 (1958-07-01)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100,000 (est.)[1]

How to Make a Monster is a 1958 American horror film drama. 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. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Teenage Caveman. It is notable for its inclusion of props and studios that created actual sci-fi horror movies.

The film is a follow-up to both I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. Like Teenage Frankenstein, a black-and-white film that switches to color in its final moments, How to Make a Monster was filmed in black-and-white and only the last reel (the fire scene finale) is in full color.

  1. ^ Lamont, John (1990). "The John Ashley Filmography". Trash Compactor. Vol. 2, no. 5. p. 26.