The only feature film of Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass – who gained a kind of immortality through their stop-motion holiday specials – “Mad Monster Party” (1967) unites everyone’s favorite feature creatures – Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolfman, the Invisible Man, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon (among others) – with the voices of Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller.
Furthermore, the screenwriter and character designer are both from the stable of Mad Magazine. How could it possibly miss?
Well, maybe there is something to “too much of a good thing…”
But what’s a party without excess?
We are happy to announce that SciFi Distilled’s Mike and Marybeth will array themselves in their Halloween finery to join Roy and me for an undead discussion about the film and perhaps a reminiscence about some of our favorite Rankin-Bass creations, among other digressions.
We’ll do our best to breathe some life into “Mad Monster Party.” Our motion will be unstoppable, as we’re Rankin’ on Bass. Leave your Peter Lorre impressions in the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook, during a special crossover edition of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT!
