the audience applauded

not as good as all the hype

Am I Missing Something?

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

You have to approach this movie with humor and nostalgia. If you look only at the technical aspect of the film, yes you will find things to complain about. The humor in it, the one liners, the cameos, the nods to the classic monster movies, that's what this film was to me. Call it "Z-grade" all you want...I thought it was a nice tribute to the genre. There is no doubt this was a low budget film. Yes the SPX can hit the cheese level as can some of the acting. I looked beyond that though and saw some writing and scenes that got me chuckling. Every new cameo from a genre star got me to smile as well. I applaud the film makers for doing what they did on a small budget and doing it with some humor as well as some respect for the classic monster movies.

I remember in 1985, at a Science Fiction convention at a hotel in Fullerton, California (back when "V" was the "big thing" at the convention). I was 17 at the time, and found that it was hilarious. I have been waiting for it to come out on video (and now DVD), and have hunted for "Attack Of The B-Movie Monster" for years. Now it has gone beyond the 60 something minute film spoof, that it was back then. I can not wait to see this version as soon as it comes out on DVD and add it to my collection (great movie, but since it is pretty much an "art film", as much as a parody can be, I doubt it will have wide release in theaters). My favorite scene was one that the director of the film explained at the convention that was made "illegally" (they did not have a filming permit to film at the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California).... there were a group of Japanese tourists there in front of the Observatory... they knew NOTHING about the filming and were not "in on the joke"... they quickly set up a camera, the actors run in, point to the sky, and scream "Godzilla"... and the reaction from the Japanese Tourists was just "classic". This was an example of "Gonzo Film-making" at its best. It has been 20 years, but I remember the film as if I saw it just yesterday. Be it under its original name as the "short film" of 60 something minutes of "Attack of the B-Movie Monster" or be it under its new name of its feature length name of "The Naked Monster", I can not wait to see how it has come out as a finished film. It truly was some of the best acting of the "B-Movie" actors who did some of their last acting in this film. If you love the old "creature features" or "B-Movies", this is a movie you will enjoy. If you are a fan of parodies, you will love it even if you are not a "B-Movie" fan. I would give the original a 10, and I am sure this version is that and more.

NAKED MONSTERTed Newsom has been nursing a It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World homage to Sci-Fi and Horror called NAKED MONSTER . This script is right on,Very funny,Holds up well overtime and that's amazing with it's journey to DVD. 20 years in the making !(edited). There is some awesome scenes, Mostly involving Brinke Stevens. Brinke filmed some scenes 10 years apart,and it's uncanny how little she changed.We are even treated to a NUDE shower scene. Linnea Quigley steals the film playing a deaf girl in a make-out scene,and she throws in a boob flash. One disturbing scene being a huge "Monster of Piedras Blancas" fan,Newsom has Jeanne Carmen playing the wife of John Harmon,Who played her father in MPB. There are other movies like this with less dedication :Vampire Hunter's Club, and Double D Avenger. Imagine all the ways monsters were killed in all your favorite movies, and this film TRIES those methods one more time. NM is the last film of KENNETH (The Thing) TOBEY, JOHN (TARANTULA)AGAR, GLORIA (I Married A Monster) TALBOTT, John (Monster Of Piedras Blancas)Harmon, George (Groucho Marx ) Fenneman, Robert(Superman) Shayne, Les(Them) Tremaine and just a month ago Robert (Hideous Sun Demon) Clarke. There is amazing cameos by stars still with us,Imagine that : Brinke Stevens, Linnea Quigley, Jeanne Carmen, Lori Nelson, Ann Robinson, Forrest J.Ackerman, Paul Marco, Michelle Bauer and DANIEL ROEBUCK. To sum up,Kept on thinking,"Isn't this a fun movie ",and what heroes did they leave off no Hercules or Sindbads...Maybe saving for NAKED MONSTER 2 ,Brinke you up for it ???

I thank Ted Newsom for having finished this 12-year effort. Many of us are grateful to him.I believe that one must be familiar with vintage horror movies to really appreciate the jokes. Thanks to my guy (known as Tim Sullivan (V) to the IMDb crowd), I've been learning about vintage horror films for a couple of years, so I was primed.From the first moment I started laughing. Here is Ted Newsom, playing 'William Castle' (qv) to the hilt, with all the warnings about what audiences might find under their seats ... and yet parodying that old Castle-y buncum to the hilt! Yay, Ted! I laughed and laughed ... and when you came back to escort us away from the film, I cried.The dialogue (which I blame on Ted Newsom, though I don't know whether he wrote it with friends) is absolutely delightful. If you enjoyed the puns in "Batman," then you will find this script to be many times more, er, egregious. Since I love bad puns, I laughed out loud even when the delivery was not perfect: because I could see what the actors were *supposed* to carry off, even if they didn't, quite.Brinke Stevens, who has acted in nearly a hundred movies, is purely delightful (and sexy, for those of you who will enjoy the gratuitous sex; you might even enjoy the discussions among the characters about what constitutes gratuitousness). Ted, that was just plan brilliant.So many parodistic effects that I admired ... Let me mention the sexy, nearly-terrifying tryst of the young, deaf couple (I wish *I* had thought that one up!); the hilarious discussion between Doctors Howard, Fine, and Howard (breathes there a man, with soul so dead / Who never to himself hath said, / This is the type of movie to throw the 3 Stooges into!); and, of course, all of the veteran scientists recommending what would be best to do, based upon their own past movies! Ted Newsom, you have made me laugh until I cried, and I have seen it only twice. I need several more times to identify Every Single Movie being homaged here.I loved every pun, both verbal and visual. This is a brilliant movie. I congratulate you, Ted, and I hope that the eggs point toward a sequel!