The senior medical student Travis (Tobias Mehler) travels from California to New Purgatory to release his grandfather Lloyd Reeves (M. Emmet Walsh) from a mental institution. Lloyd is New Purgatory's hero with his performance in the franchise "Monster" and is convinced that the monster will return this year during the "Monster" Festival in the movie theater. Travis stops at a cafeteria and requests direction to the institution to the waitress Jill (Angela Keep). Her troublemaker brother Nate (Brendan Cowell) has a friction with Travis but Sheriff Billnick (David Paterson) resolves the case and gives a ride to Travis to the institution. He brings Lloyd home and he explains that New Purgatory is cursed and trapped in a loop every three years, when the monster comes back with new abilities and kills residents, until Lloyd destroys it. Surprisingly the population forgets the events and only Lloyd recalls what has happened along these days. Travis dates Jill and when the events foreseen by his grandfather happen, Travis and Jill believe him and tries to hunt down the monster.
"Monster!" is a TV movie with a homage to the films from the 50's. The plot is funny with M. Emmet Walsh in the role of an apparently crazy man that is indeed a hero that saves New Purgatory every three years from the attack of the monster. There is a great joke with screenplays, since his character knows the script and foresees the actions of the monster. The gorgeous Angela Keep is practically unknown by the viewers has good performance in the heroine role of the movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Um Monstro de Bilheteria" ("A Monster of Box Office")
"Monster!" is a TV movie with a homage to the films from the 50's. The plot is funny with M. Emmet Walsh in the role of an apparently crazy man that is indeed a hero that saves New Purgatory every three years from the attack of the monster. There is a great joke with screenplays, since his character knows the script and foresees the actions of the monster. The gorgeous Angela Keep is practically unknown by the viewers has good performance in the heroine role of the movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Um Monstro de Bilheteria" ("A Monster of Box Office")