Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- campy
- surreal
- macabre
- cult movie night
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a campy, uneven horror anthology whose imaginative premise is undermined by silly humor, weak scripting, and intrusive pop music.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
A house band performs songs between each of the three supernatural stories told at the club.
The film presents gruesome tales, a flamboyant monster gathering, and broad comic performances in an intentionally heightened style.
A writer is invited to the Monster Club, where the episodic tales are narrated as entertainment for the assembled monsters.
The film comes from Amicus Productions and follows its established anthology-horror format with Vincent Price and other veteran genre performers.
Films like The Monster Club, and why
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
shared camp horror comedy, anthology structure, and supernatural monsters
From Beyond the Grave
shared British anthology horror, dark humor, and episodic supernatural storytelling
The House That Dripped Blood
shared Amicus-style portmanteau horror, macabre comedy, and monster-centered tales
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
shared musical interludes, cult sensibility, and playful gothic horror
Movie Details
- Director
- Roy Ward Baker
- Release Date
- 1981-04-11
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (127)
Cast
- Vincent Price
- John Carradine
- Donald Pleasence
- Stuart Whitman
- Britt Ekland
- Richard Johnson
- Anthony Steel
- Warren Saire
- Barbara Kellerman
- Simon Ward
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Monster Club about?
- A writer enters a decadent gathering of supernatural creatures where macabre tales, campy songs, and grotesque fantasy turn horror into a theatrical monster revue.
- What is The Monster Club like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Monster Club as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Monster Club violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Monster Club as mild.
- What did critics think of The Monster Club?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a campy, uneven horror anthology whose imaginative premise is undermined by silly humor, weak scripting, and intrusive pop music.
- Which films are like The Monster Club?
- Films with a similar feel include Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, From Beyond the Grave, The House That Dripped Blood, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- How long is The Monster Club?
- The Monster Club runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Monster Club?
- In United States, The Monster Club streams on Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
