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Man-Made Monster

Man-Made Monster

Horror · Science Fiction · 1941

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

Movie details

Man-Made Monster

“The most amazing monster the world has ever known.”

1941 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 0m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

George Waggner

Written by

Harry Essex · Sid Schwartz · George Waggner · Len Golos

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Dan McCormick

Lionel Atwill

Lionel Atwill

Dr. Paul Rigas

Anne Nagel

Anne Nagel

June Lawrence

Frank Albertson

Frank Albertson

Mark Adams

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

Dr. John Lawrence

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley

Ben Taggart

Ben Taggart

Detective Sergeant Regan

Court is in session

Put Man-Made Monster on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.