Schlock (1973)

Director:

John Landis

Writer:

John Landis (writer)

Release Date:

17 September 1982 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Due to the horrifying nature of this film, no one will be admitted to the theatre.

Plot:

A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he's a giant dog. After kidnapping...

Plot Keywords:

Dead Children | Tunnel | Kidnapping | Massacre | Police

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

John Landis	...	Schlock
Saul Kahan	...	Detective / Sergeant Wino
Joseph Piantadosi	...	Professor Shlibovitz
Eliza Roberts	...	Mindy Binerman (as Eliza Garrett)
Tom Alvich	...	Torn Cop
Walter Levine	...	Police Thief
Harriet Medin	...	Mrs. Blinerman (as Enrica Blankey)
Eric Allison	...	Joe Putzman
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

Also Known As:

The Banana Monster
Monstruo de las bananas, El (Spain) [es]
Schlock - Das Bananenmonster (West Germany) [de]
Schlock - banaanihirviö (Finland) [fi]
Schlock jätteapan (Sweden) [sv]
Slok (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Agoura, California, USA

Company:

Gazotskie Productions

Trivia:

Director Trademark: ['John Landis' ] [SYNW]Four times the newsman plugs the "movie at 6 on 6", and each time the name of the film is "See You Next Wednesday", though it has different stars and a different description each time. It also appears on a poster in a theater lobby.

Quotes:

Joe Putzman: But surely, Professor Shlibovitz -
Professor Shlibovitz: No, that's Professor Shirley Shlibovitz. A strange quirk of my mother's.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Soundtrack:

Your Sudden Impulses

Well made

So this is a shoe-string budget ($ 60.000) movie... It happens to be a brilliant movie for people who have kept alive the child in themselves.

John Landis has a talent for making comedies.

There are a number of fantastically executed gags in this one.

Very deadpan.

The body language of "Schlock" is absolutely hilarious.

If you're only interested in today's slick, over-produced comedies as well as romantic movies in which Hanks/Stiller/Grant get their girl or if you need CGI, car chases, shootouts and explosions to entertain yourself then stay away from this.

The bottom line and "theory" of this movie is symbolized in all the excerpts from "Blob" with a certain Steve McQueen. Here is a guy who evidently took himself serious and played some tough guys in his days.

YET: Steve McQueen was in "Blob"...

CONCLUSION: Don't take yourself so serious, people. Whether it's comedy or drama or action: it doesn't take 200 mio. dollars to be entertained.