Mad Monster Party?

Mad Monster Party?
Theatrical release poster by Frank Frazetta
Directed byJules Bass[1]
Screenplay by
Story byArthur Rankin Jr.
Produced byArthur Rankin Jr.
Starring
CinematographyTadahito Mochinaga
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byEmbassy Pictures
Release date
  • March 8, 1967 (1967-03-08) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesUnited States[3]
Japan
LanguageEnglish

Mad Monster Party? is a 1967 stop-motion animated musical comedy film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions for Embassy Pictures.[4] The film stars the voices of Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, and Phyllis Diller.[5] It tells the story of a mad scientist who achieves the secret of total destruction as he summons all the monsters to his island home to show it off while planning to retire as the head of the "Worldwide Organization of Monsters".

Although less well known than Rankin/Bass's holiday specials, it has become a cult film.[6] The film is a camp homage to the classic monster movies of the 1930s-'40s. It was one of Karloff's final projects, and his last film in connection to the character Frankenstein.

  1. ^ "Mad Monster Party (1968)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  2. ^ Thompson, Howard (March 9, 1969). "Mad Monster Party (1968)". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Mad Monster Party (1968)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Stephen (2011). Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster. Tomahawk Press. pp. 474–475. ISBN 978-0955767043.
  5. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 189–190. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ Matheson, Whitney (5 October 2009). "Must-see Halloween classic: 'Mad Monster Party'". USA Today. Retrieved 7 October 2014.