Monstrosity

'Monstrosity' is the only Andy Milligan's film I have seen and I have to admit it's not so terrible like some people are saying. The plot is extremely simple to follow : Gang of thugs rules the streets of Hollywood and when the innocent girl is raped and later killed by the gang leader, her boyfriend with a help of his two pals creates golem like creature who will be killing all sort of criminals, drug dealers and other 'trash'... The movie itself is very cheesy and amateurish, but certainly it has some good moments. First 15 minutes are very promising, there is a big amount of violence and some bad (in a good way)nasty looking gore effects. Unfortunately after these 15 minutes 'Monstrosity' changes in something more like a black comedy than truly horror movie and sometimes it's very boring. If you have a chance to get copy of this rare flick give it a chance, but don't expect solid B class horror flick. 4 out of 10 for this little trash.

Can the cast act? Is it supposed to be day or night? Is there any continuity at all? Come on. Give it a rest.It's a Milligan film. It's not perfect,but that's kinda the point. Turn off your mind,relax,and enjoy.The Andy Milligan films I've seen have this strange almost out of this world quality to them that I really like,and this one is one of the strangest.Hal Borske is at it again with yet another set of goofy fake dime-store teeth.This time he's "Frankie" a lovable meat cleaver wielding maniac who chops the bad guys into little bits.Who couldn't love a child like creature who was built in a garage with spare parts from the morgue and animal vet with a red clown wig on? Sounds like fun to me.

What we have in store here is lots of cheezy gore ,violence,and downright hilarity.It's all done with a budget of about $37.62 not including the price of some of the local butcher's left-over guts.I just love stuff like this. Chances are you will too.This one is a real treat for lovers of drive-in cheeze.

8.75/10 on the drive-in-freak-o-meter...a must see 8)

I don't even know what to say about what I witnessed while viewing this film. It is a really bad movie, but worth being part of my collection. The gore scenes are entertaining, not bad, but not executed the best. This sort of has a Troma quality to it, that is the only comparison I can give it.

I believe this was Andy Milliagan's last film. He definitely went out in appropriate b-movie style...or should I say c-movie?

This is only for the viewer who has patience. A lot of patience. I sort of felt the same way I did after I saw my first porn video. You know, asking questions like, "Where did they get these people from- to do this on film".

Ok, so you guys thought Ed Wood was a hack? Worst director ever? I think you need to re-evaluate your previous ideals and look into Andy Milligan. Although I state worst director does not in return mean that I think he's horrible. I would like to see Milligan become another director with one of those cult like followings. Monstrosity was one of those films where I had to sit myself down and say "I only paid $7.99, I only paid $7.99," but I did enjoy it..for $7.99 (I bought the double feature dvd that also featured Weisman's Graverobbers aka Dead Mate). This is one of those films where you have to go in with an open mind...I was laughing...but I'm not even sure if it was a good laugh or an "I'm slowly going insane" laugh..The ending of the movie didn't seem quite right along with bits and pieces of the movie..but I'm sure that's just due to an extremely low budget. For hardcore horror fans and open minded movie lovers I suggest this film but with caution. May cause mild post traumatic stress disorder due to the extreme weirdness. Enjoy! And remember Frankie loves Teddy!

Effectively combining comedy and horror is a skill, one that Staten Island auteur Andy Milligan clearly never mastered. Monstrosity, one of the director's last movies, starts life as a straight-up exploitation flick, with a trio of thugs terrorising a Los Angeles neighbourhood, slashing the neck of an old man, hijacking a car, and beating and raping a young woman named Ronnie (Audra Marie Ribeiro). Then, to ensure that Ronnie doesn't identify them to the police, the gang's leader pays the girl a visit in hospital, cutting open her belly and yanking out her intestines (a messy moment guaranteed to please gore-hounds). Understandably, Ronnie's boyfriend Mark is a little upset and wants revenge.

At this point, Milligan abruptly changes tack, having Mark and his friends Scott and Carlos come up with a preposterous plot to even the score: build a 'golem' from human and animal body parts stolen from med school, and send him to kill the baddies. As the pals clumsily stitch together their creation, who they call Frankie, it quickly becomes apparent that Monstrosity is actually a horror comedy - a really inept one. As matters progress, Milligan proves time and time again that he is one of the worst film-makers ever, with scene after cringeworthy scene of utter drivel that is neither scary nor funny. Just when you think it can't get any worse, Milligan proves that it can. Building a monster for revenge is dumb; making him wear a bright orange afro wig and sweatband is dumber. Having Frankie (Hal Borske) fall in love with a mentally challenged punk called Jamie (Carrie Anita) is ridiculous; their marriage conducted by a guardian angel called Angelo (Joel Weiss) is even more so.

As with the other Milligan movies it has been my misfortune to see, the direction is terrible, the editing clumsy and the performances amateurish. According to Wikipedia, Milligan didn't drink and was anti-drugs, but its hard to believe that this is the work of someone not 'under the influence' - it's that bat-s**t crazy and so utterly dreadful. The aforementioned disembowellment is definitely the film's highlight, and there are a couple of other cheap but enjoyable gore effects, but none of that counts for much when the rest of the film is so bloody awful.

1.5/10, rounded up to 2 for IMDb.