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About
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.
Theatrical
Mar 1, 1973
Budget
$60K
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 21, 2001
Director
John Landis
Producers
Jack H. Harris, James C. O'Rourke, George Folsey Jr.
Music
David Gibson
Studio
Gazotskie Productions
Themes
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Cast
Full credits →J
John Landis
Schlock
S
Saul Kahan
Detective Sgt. Wino
E
Eliza Roberts
Mindy Binerman
W
Walter Levine
Police Thief
H
Harriet Medin
Mrs. Blinerman
E
Eric Sinclair
Joe Putzman (as Eric Allison)
R
Ralph Baker
Dying Man
J
John Chambers
National Guard Captain
F
Forrest J. Ackerman
Man in cinema
D
Donald F. Glut
Movie patron
E
Emile Hamaty
Professor Shilbovitz
D
Dana Sue Collins
Duck Girl
R
Robert E. Collins
Bartender
R
Ryan Folsey
Extra
G
George O'Hanlon, Jr.
George
E
Edward Summer
Body on swing with red suspenders
S
Stuart Weiss
Arnie
