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How sad is this?

Absolutely Fantastic

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

An asteroid (aka: a flaming marshmallow) hits the moon (aka: a flashlight)! Pieces thereof shower the Earth, where Paul Carlson digs in the desert. That night, while watching the ensuing meteor display, Paul is hit in the head by something. He also finds a glowing, pulsating rock fragment. So, he does the smart thing and grabs it barehanded, to take home! This gives Paul a chance to introduce his new girlfriend, Kathy (Leigh Drake) to his lizard. Kathy is shocked by the gesture. Paul begins to suffer odd headaches, especially during a concert where a nondescript, hippie combo warbles, "California Laaaaaadyyyyyy" on and on, eternally, so it can eat its way into our souls like acid! Paul's headaches turn into somnambulistic events, scaring his lizard to no end! Paul transforms into... ?? A night of murderous marauding takes place! Still, anything's better than the aforementioned song! Police are baffled, calling in Paul's friend, Johnny Longbow. Longbow is a cooker of chili and teller of Navajo stories. He's also an anthropologist, worried about his lizard-owning friend. Kathy's worried too. Dear lord! Paul's lizard has escaped! Kathy is agog. Is Paul's lizard up to no good? Hmmm. Johnny Longbow is puzzled and deeply concerned. Kathy wears awesome shorts outfits! Is Paul going bananas from being lizard-less? More bloody deaths occur. TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST is prime, 1970's super-cheddar! It features Kathy's immortal utterance, "Moon rock?! Oh, wow!". There's also the hideous transformation sequence, where Paul turns into a toothy raisin! Johnny Longbow looks on, flummoxed, but unbeaten...

I didn't realise when I put this on that at time of writing it's presently down as IMDB's 60th worst movie ever and that's quite a feat.This 1970's b-movie sci-fi tells the story of a man hit in the head by a moon rock, this causes him to become the titular moon beast when the moon rises. Once changed he each time goes off on a killing spree and it's up to the authorities to stop him.As you can imagine this is deeply cheesy stuff and the monster looks like it was made by the crew of Blue Peter, the effects are naff and the whole thing couldn't be anymore hammy.I can confidently say that this isn't in my bottom 100 movies, likely wouldn't be in my bottom 250. Yes it's bad, but there is a lot worse out there.This creature feature is one for big fans of the genre only.The Good:Neat cover artThe Bad:Monster looks direDaft premiseSFX at the end are laughableThings I Learnt From This Movie:People need to see more movies if they think this is one of the worst, want bad? Watch Zombinator (2012)

Quite a few other reviewers are understandably laying into this seemingly traditional monster movie, After all, it is very easy to dislike something with very little to offer in the way of redeeming qualities. I totally agree that it is hampered by a poor script, bad directing, terrible performances and generally awful production value. I also cannot stress enough how rubbish the musical interlude actually is - I wouldn't torture my worst enemy with it. At this point, you'll be sensing a "however" looming on the horizon - and you would be correct!This movie has a ropey blend of sci-fi and horror, and given a Native American historical connection which neither makes sense or gives any greater understanding to the very shallow plot. But it's this connection, mostly delivered by the equally likable Johnny Longbone, which gives the whole film any originality at all. As most monster movies are, so this is too, rather silly and any attempt to inject "scientific" explanations appears futile. I believe at some point it is even suggested the monster is somehow related to a T.Rex!Despite all of it's many failings, I somehow enjoyed this movie. Perhaps that says more about me than it does about the film itself! It kind of reminds me of the sort of stories I used to read when I was a kid and used to attempt to copy them when having to do essays at school. My teachers always seemed to like them! But that was because I was 8 or 9 or 10. Maybe this underlines part of the problem with Track Of The Moonbeast - it looks like it was written by a young kid!

Chase Cordell and his muscular physique star in this monster on the rampage movie. You'll see Chase posing shirtless, ripping his shirt off and putting his shirt on. Chase in little white shorts and Chase in a very nifty pair of polka dot pyjamas. Occasionally he gets into a lizard outfit to terrorise all and sundry. The only possible reason for watching this effort is to let your gaze linger over his toned body but depending on your proclivities you may prefer to cast your eyes over the long legs of Leigh Drake. Those are the high spots folks! If you want good acting, a decent script, terrific special effects or anything else you'll have to look elsewhere!