Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters | |
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Written by | William J. Keenan Lou Silverstone |
Directed by |
Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. |
Starring |
Allen Swift Bob McFadden Bradley Bolke Rhoda Mann |
Theme music composer | Maury Laws |
Country of origin | United States Japan |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. Basil Cox |
Running time | 66 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Rankin/Bass Productions Mushi Production |
Release | |
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Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters is a 1972 traditional animated comedy film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in the United States and Mushi Production in Japan. The special aired on September 23, 1972 as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie. It is a "prequel of sorts" to the 1967 stop motion animated film Mad Monster Party? which was produced by MOM Productions in Tokyo, Japan in association with Rankin/Bass.
After Baron Henry von Frankenstein creates a bride for his monster, he decides to make arrangements for a lavish wedding at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel. Many monsters are invited to the wedding including Count Dracula and his son, Ron Chanley the Werewolf, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man and his family, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Once the wedding guests arrive, they terrify guests and staff. Frankenstein's assistant Igor is jealous of the monster and wants the bride for his own. So Igor plots to steal her which doesn't go according to plan when the bride ends up snatched up by a Pterodactyl and lands in the clutches of a giant gorilla named Modzoola.
It was called "visually stunning" but because of the poor storyline a "disappointing outing".