Experiment TC-9585 is a short film. I discovered it and the creators, TBR Video, thanks to the poster pictured below. My love for 50s and 60s sci-fi has made me a sucker for Monsters Carrying Maidens movie posters.
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Movie Poster for Experiment TC-9585
Unlike many of the posters of its kind, this one pretty accurately depicts the monster AND the "Maiden".
Being just under ten minutes, the storyline of the movie is a simple one, familiar and yet handled very well. A mad scientist, trying to cure diseases, stumbles upon what he thinks is the perfect formula. Being a bit "mad" he works alone and so the human subject he experiments on is himself.
He has a great line when he figures out things have gone awry and I'll let you hear it for yourself when you watch the movie.
The creature is a "man is a suit", but what a suit it is. It makes my own rubber monsters, like The Crazy Fishman and Terrible Treeman pale by comparison. Seriously, I am astounded by this monster suit. It's simple, yet effective and everything you see in the poster and more.
The cast, small as it is, is very talented. Everyone turns in a capable performance with Crystal Meyer being the standout, mostly because her character carries over the movie from the comedic, self aware parody of older creature features that it is, to the eerie, dark horror movie it becomes by the end.
The location, creature and basic premise of stumbling across a scientist just as he turns himself into a shambling monster are all reminiscent of 1963's "Curse of the Swamp Creature", but unlike that movie, all of the elements work here. Director Todd Redenius certainly made the most of the reported $1500 budget.
The monster design is more effective (no ping pong ball eyes, although I personally love those). The acting is a step above. The humor is minimal, but effective and the pace, because this movie kept it short, is much quicker. It's sort of like a Saturday morning cartoon come to life, but with more nudity and violence.
Posting it below, but please, do visit the original YouTube page comment and let the producers know if you enjoyed it as much as I did.
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