Film

Schlock

1973 · 1h 20m · Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction

The first musical monster movie in years.

IMDb

5.5

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.

John Landis

Schlock

Saul Kahan

Detective Sgt. Wino

Joseph Piantadosi

Ivan

Eliza Roberts

Mindy Binerman

Tom Alvich

Torn Cop

Walter Levine

Police Thief

Harriet Medin

Mrs. Blinerman

Eric Sinclair

Joe Putzman (as Eric Allison)

Charles Villiers

Cal

Ralph Baker

Dying Man

John Chambers

National Guard Captain

Gene Fox

Billy

Richard Gillis

Officer Gillis

Forrest J. Ackerman

Man in cinema

Susan Weiser

Betty

Jonathan Flint

Bobby

• John LandisWriter · Director
• Jack H. HarrisProducer
• James C. O'RourkeProducer
• George Folsey Jr.Editor · Executive Producer
• Robert E. CollinsDirector of Photography
• David GibsonOriginal Music Composer

Schlock ≣ 1973 ≣ TrailerThe Banana Monster (1973) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Release date

March 1, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

PG

Budget

$60,000

Genres

Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

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