Mad Monster Party |  | Director: Jules Bass
Actors: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller, Ethel Ennis
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 22958
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 25998
UPC: 012236104391
EAN: 0012236104391
ASIN: B002ECJZG2
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Release Date: September 8, 2009
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Genre: Family
Rating: NR
Release Date: 8-SEP-2009
Media Type: DVD
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 Great kid movie! March 6, 2010
F. Chiappetta
My son and I always have movie nite. I was sceptical at first this being a monster movie but both my son and I loved it. In fact I had to rent it again 2 days later due to the awful 24 hour restriction on it. Definitely a must see. Cannot understand how I never see this movie on tv during Halloween season. Kids would love it.
MAD MONSTER MUST November 30, 2009
Marc P. Johnson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia)
Synopsis:
"Baron von Frankenstein (Boris Karloff) invites his allied monsters to his island lab, to announce his retirement and to appoint his successor, who will inherit his new, secret, destructive formula. They all show up. Only the Baron's shapely assistant Francesca (Gale Garnett) knows that mild-mannered soda jerk Felix Flankin will be the new leader of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters, and she conspires with Dracula to take him out of the picture, against opposition from The Bride of Frankenstein. But Felix and Francesca fall in love, just as the monsters close in on both of them, and King Kong appears from the haunted lagoon ..." by Glenn Erickson
There are few classic puppet animation films to shout about and this is one of them. Mad Monster Party is a classic 1967 Puppet animation Film by the masterful creators Rankin & Bass. Artist Jack Davies drawn creations was masterfully animated by Japanese firm, MOM Studios with director' Kizo Nagashima. This feature brings to life a great selection of classic Monsters from the silver screen, It(King Kong), The Invisible Man, The Werewolf, Dracula, The Mummy, Creature From he Black Lagoon, Frankenstein's Monster and Dr Frankin (voices by Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller)to name but a few.
This energetic musical packs a Killer soundtrack (Original Music Maury Laws)and a slap stick story of fun and adventure. A family fun film with lighthearted moments of enjoyment, an Oscar winner ? No. A great classic animated must watch movie ? YES
 cool, but not as much as when I was 6 November 17, 2009
Ian Peter Duke (Frederick, MD)
I used to wait for this to be broadcast on tv every year with my older sister. We loved it, and it was a staple of the season. One year it never came back and we were bummed. Now I know why. It's not a great movie. Great stop motion only as Rankin Bass could do back in the day, and even has some decent writing for the music, but the story just moves too slowly to be of any interest to today's kids (including me :) ). I fell asleep in the middle of the day watching it and still don't recall how it ends... I am glad I bought it, as it was a childhood memory that I wanted to give my kids, who did watch and enjoy it some. Not their favorite movie, but if we watch it each year, maybe they will have fond memories of it and the other holiday classics that are from the era. It has some additional things I have not yet explored which I am sure are very cool to watch. Maybe soon, when the weather is too cold to be outside, I will revisit. Not a horrible purchase, just a small disappointment. If you have the other Christmas classics, this is a must. I thought it was lost forever.
Should have been more September 13, 2009
R. Monteith (Ft. Lauderdale, FL United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I completely agree with Joe brando's review. This is a disappointing release, most especially for the lack of even a mention of Gail Garnett, but also because the featurettes appear as rushed and shoddy things. You have to wonder why they even bothered. If you still own the previous DVD -- keep it. There was a nice booklet with the original release that really makes it overall better than this one. But both versions don't properly offer an anamorphic 16X9 transfer, which they should, and it would be nice if the soundtrack were "stereo-ized."
Great Movie - Somewhat Disapointing "Special Edition" September 10, 2009
Joseph Brando (NJ, USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Please note that this review is for the "Special Edition" DVD of Mad Monster Party, and not the actual movie, which is an easy 5-star animation classic.
The bonus material consists of 3 featurettes - a "Making Of"; a "Music Of"; and a "Secrets Of Animagic". While it was enjoyable to see Arthur Rankin talking about the history of the film, I found it almost unforgivable that the two surviving stars (Phylis Diller and Gale Garnett) were not interviewed for this. Especially when footage of Phylis speaking about MMP already exists and only had to be purchased and tacked on. What's even worse is that Gale Garnett's name was not even mentioned, I kid you not! Every other person involved with the making of this movie was talked about except for the voice behind two songs in the film, and the most memorable character, Francesca. Apparently it was a legal issue, but one that should most definitely have been resolved.
Also included is the theatrical trailer which was present on the previous release but the TV spots and photo stills gallery which were on the original DVD were omitted from this one. This "Special Edition" has a better cover but the first DVD has much more attractive menus. If you are a Rankin/Bass fan, you will probably still want to pick up this new release (even if you already have the other one) but I do feel that more effort could have been put out to make this "Special Edition" more special.
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