Everyone has to start somewhere, and this is where Phil Tucker started. OK, so Phil’s directing career never really took off. The same year as Robot Monster, he made Dance Hall Racket with Lenny Bruce, so that is something.
I love the article about the Film opening at the Met Theater. Owner Steve Stein does his best to sell this crazy film! Good job Steve.
Whoever wrote the article for the Daily News didn’t appreciate this classic science-fiction classic!
Yes, many consider this the worse film of all time, But how many of us have seen it in its original Tru-Stereo 3D? Do you think that would make a difference, seeing those bubbles in three-dementions? And, when you this of it, how many films were released in 1953 that have been forgotten about, but Robot Monster continues to be watched!
June 22, 1953
‘ROBOT MONSTER’ THRILL FANTASY
“Robot Monster” science-fiction 3D film opening Wednesday, shows how inhabitants of earth are attacked by invaders from outer space. The engagement is slated for the Paramount Hollywood, the Orpheum, Downtown and the Manchester theaters.
Filmed in the Tru-Stereo 3-D process, “Robot Monster” was produced by Al Zimbalist.
June 25, 1953
“Robot Monster”
“Robot Monster:” now at the Orpheum Downtown, Paramount Hollywood and Manchester theaters, is just too ridiculous for words. This one is for the birds!
A so-called monster, with an outer space helmet and dressed in a bear skin, runs around the hills with some plans to do away with a few of the remaining persons on earth.
November 1, 1953
Man Battles Robot Monster In Co-Thriller At Met
The problem of what to do with deadly and terrifying visitors from space forms the theme of startling new Tru-Stereo 3-D science-Fiction production “Robot Monster” opening at the Met Theater Monday.
The picture, starring George Nadar, Claudia Barrett and Produced by Al Zimbalist, will be co-featured with another thriller, Captain Scarface” starring Barton MacLane.
Met Theater owner Steve Stein says “Robot is Monsters” is hailed as the most sensational screen offering of the decade.
The film has as its local an open countryside in America where a group of last remaining Americans battle robot monsters for life, while the world is contaminated and destroyed by the mysterious robots.
The subsequent happenings make for a breathless climax of the unusual picture, Stein said.
June 24, 1953
