Monster a Go-Go!
Monster a Go-Go!
| 01 July 1965 (USA)
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American astronaut Frank Douglas mysteriously disappears from his spacecraft as it parachutes to Earth. He is apparently replaced by or turned into a large, radioactive, humanoid monster. A team of scientists and military men attempt to capture the monster.

Reviews
ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises
Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Rainey Dawn This is one of world's worst films ever made - or so some say but I have seen worse.. so much worse than 'Monster A Go Go'. This film is not great at all but it is entertaining but drab at the same time. This is not a film I would recommend to anyone although I found it kinda neat in a way. This is an 'ok' bad b-film - not good but certainly not the worst.The film reminds me of a fairly good home movie... as if some inspiring filmmakers and actors made it. It has it's moments of being fun and interesting but I will admit it is a bit dry.If you really want to watch a drab but kinda entertaining bad b-film then you might like 'Monster A Go Go' - otherwise you can easily pass on this flick because you won't miss anything by not watching it.3/10
WakenPayne NOTE: I tried to be unbiased towards my opinion in this movie. But it is really hard when you're talking about your new vote for "worst movie of all time." This is without a doubt THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN! there really is no redeeming qualities for this one. I am in a High School Film and TV Class and I can assure everybody here that I could have made a better movie than this.Firstly, movies must have something we call a plot. This might be revolutionary to the people who made this because all we are ever seen is this big bald guy who's a walking ad for clerasil (sorry guys - monster) just walking. Nothing else, just walking. Then we also have pointless scenes on how to catch the thing, but most of the characters are dropped and replaced with new ones. This makes it one of the most boring movies I have ever seen, without any payoff to it (sometimes boring movies have payoffs - this doesn't).Secondly, when the camera is pointing to something at night we must also be shown what that thing is clearly. Because there are some night shots when all you can comprehend are dots and silhouettes of people that only appear once or twice. Other shots where it's completely black.Thirdly, Some of the dialogue is barely audible. These are situations when the dialogue is supposed to be the only audio on the screen and I needed subtitles to comprehend what is going on. Other times the dialouge is too stupid for words (like the quote I used in my title).Fourthly, the ending makes no sense whatsoever. "In the end there was no monster." THEN WHAT THE F##K HAVE WE BEEN WATCHING FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF!!!!!!!!!! Fifthly, The movie tells us what happened rather than showing us. Instead of showing shots of some scientist walking around in angles pointing at his legs, then coming back to see his research destroyed by the monster(and what exactly does this have to do with anything) I think we need to be shown this monster destroying the research. It would be better than any of the other crap we are shown. Oh and this is not the only time the "Show, don't tell" rule is broken.This movie is about as entertaining as watching water torture. Mystery Science Theater is really the only thing that made me sit down and watch all of it. It was really awful. If I had watched it without Mystery Science Theater I probably would have fast forwarded it to the end in about 20 minutes maximum. I don't recommend you watch it, but if you want to make an opinion of your own then go ahead but don't say I didn't warn you.
nuhc I watched the MST3K version of this movie, and I don't think I could have watched the original version. This was just too boring & confusing of a movie to watch without someone making fun of it. The audio was atrocious and it was hard to make out what the actors were saying, not to mention that some of the sound effects were way too loud for the action (which made not only Joel & the bots jump, but me as well). The one scene were the guy goes "brrring" before he answers the phone is priceless. I suspect they meant to overdub a ringing phone sound effect at that point but forgot to. The tiny space capsule was also quite laughable.The ending, though, is totally anticlimactic, pointless, and confusing. Two men in radiation suits are chasing the monster through the sewers when all of a sudden it disappears, and a telegram arrives saying that the missing astronaut was found safe & sound in the Atlantic Ocean. We're supposed to be left pondering whether or not the monster was the astronaut and how the monster disappeared the moment the astronaut was found. But it rather gives the impression that they didn't really have an ending for the movie and hurriedly wrote one.Overall, this is one of the worst movies of all time and deserves its spot in the bottom 100.
randylong1 For my first review, why not start with the worst? I've seen Manos and I've seen The Beast of Yucca Flats and I've seen 10 minutes of Superbabies 2 but this movie tops...uh...truly lives at the bottom of the barrel.Monster a-Go Go is one of those movies that just sits and dares you to fall asleep and I just couldn't resist so I missed 10 minutes but I am sure that I did not miss anything. Luckily, I did wake up to see the few seconds of random go-go dancing. Damn, I wish there was more go-go dancing because that was the best part of the film. And…then I went back to sleep because I couldn't handle the excitement! Ten minutes later I woke up to see two people I didn't care about talking at a restaurant. Okay, I suppose that I should discuss some plot points. Apparently, a spacecraft crashed and one of the pilots is presumed dead. Unfortunately, he is not dead and we have to proceed with the rest of the movie. Instead he has turned into a monster who we (very) occasionally see and we are told that he has done some bad things. Later, we meet a scientist in a white coat (scientists always look the same in z-grade movies) who drones on about the horrors of the monster. So, the authorities search for the monster only to discover the big plot twist.There never really was a monster. That's it! That's the plot twist! It has to be one of the biggest "screw the audience" moments in cinematic history. If you want more information, read some of the other reviews.In short, if you are having trouble sleeping this is the perfect movie. If you are looking for a good date movie, obviously you are very lost.