The Monitors (1969)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	10.21.09

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Unusual sci-fi invasion film, with a black-comedy twist: The Earth is taken over by The Monitors, aliens who run it like hall monitors in a 1950's high school, with overtones of Big Brother. The film follows the progress of the human underground rebellion. The twist is that as the film goes on, the audience's sympathies shift to the aliens, who are basically benevolent. When the humans manage to oust them, it's back to corruption and bribery by the usual suspects. Movie Tagline: If you don't like air pollution, war, body odor, hard pizza rolls, exercise, hairy musicians, sexy blonds, tooth decay, smiling heroes, population explosion... you'll love The Monitors. Title: Monitors, The Release Date: October 08, 1969 Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy All Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 4.7 Brimstone Pit Rating: 5.8 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With M MPAA Rating: PG Director(s): Jack Shea Cast: Guy Stockwell ...Harry Susan Oliver ...Barbara Larry Storch ...Colonel Stutz Avery Schreiber ...Max Sherry Jackson ...Mona Shepperd Strudwick ...Tersh Jeterax Keenan Wynn ...General Ed Begley ...President J.J. Barry ...Culp Martin Harvey Friedberg ...Newt Sid Grossfeld ...Gate Guard Burt Heyman ...Fink Helen Malone ...Mrs. Jordan Mike Nussbaum ...Exercise Chief Murphy Dunne ...Monitor Driver Peter Boyle ...Production Manager Alan Arkin ...Cameo appearance Adam Arkin ...Cameo appearance Matthew Arkin ...Cameo appearance Xavier Cugat ...Cameo Appearance Barbara Dana ...Cameo appearance Everett Dirksen ...Cameo appearance Stubby Kaye ...Cameo appearance Fred Kaz ...Cameo appearance Lynn Lipton ...Cameo appearance Mel Zellman ...Narrator Tom Erhart ...Narrator Jackie Vernon ...Cameo appearance Remaining Cast: Writer(s): Myron J. Gold Keith Laumer Composer(s): Fred Kaz More Photos from The Monitors More Movie Taglines: If you don't like air pollution, war, body odor, hard pizza rolls, exercise, hairy musicians, sexy blonds, tooth decay, smiling heroes, population explosion... you'll love The Monitors. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Alien, Rebellion, Military, Extraterrestrial, Comedy Troupe  ...[more] Keywords All: 1960s, Chicago Illinois, Second City, Alien Invasion, Satire, Improvisation, Independent Film Seen it? Rate it Currently 5.75/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 5.8 out of 10.0 - 52 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST