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Stars: Charisma Carpenter, Josh Hopkins, Madison Horcher, Emma Rayne Lyle, Jeremy Aubrey | Written by Paulina Laguidi, Marc Prey | Directed by Paulina Laguidi

I will watch anything that features any of the main cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It actually hasn’t covered too much lately but in the case of Charisma Carpenter it has meant that I have watched a whole lot of average horror movies. But her featuring in a lead role here wasn’t the only reason I wanted to watch Mail Order Monster.

Here, a young girl is having some issues with life. Primarily, a bully at school and her Dad’s new girlfriend. It seems that help might be at hand though when a comic she is reading advertises a ‘Mail Order Monster’, that could be the answer to her problems. Yes, it does sound super cheesy but for a family-friendly movie, it’s also pretty perfect.

It's the Halloween season and Mail Order Monster is serving up a cool, kid appropriate Frankenstein-esque drama which feels like a wondrous mesh of E.T. and The Iron Giant on Digital November 6.

After witnessing her mother's death 3 years ago with her best friend Pj in the car, 12 year old Sam Pepper has never been able to move on. Her reclusive nature and nerd table membership leaves Sam an easy target for bullying. Trauma and puberty cause Sam and Pj to not only grow apart but become rivals.

Pj bullies Sam through ostracizing and humiliating her in front of their classmates. As Sam watches the school laugh at her through the slits of her locker, she realizes she's had enough. Sam orders the parts to build a "Monster" from a comic book ad, and is finally able to give Pj a taste of her own medicine.

Finally, her life's changing for the better.

"Sometimes friendship can't be explained." Film Mode Entertainment has debuted the first official trailer for a fun sci-fi indie comedy titled Mail Order Monster, which is the feature debut of producer-filmmaker Paulina Lagudi. The film is about a precocious young girl named Sam who is being bullied at school, and on top of that, her single father has just found a new girlfriend. To cope with her situation, she orders a a robot monster through the mail that promises to solve her problems. Hilarity ensues, and everyone learns some good lessons. Madison Horcher stars as Sam, and the cast includes Charisma Carpenter, Josh Hopkins, Emma Rayne Lyle, and Bill Billions. This looks like an amusing, good-for-all-ages fun time, and the robot monster looks so funky and goofy I can't help but smile whenever I see it. Check it out below. Here's the first official trailer for Paulina Lagudi's Mail Order Monster,...

Josh Hopkins (“Quantico”, “Cougar Town”) and Charisma Carpenter (“Angel”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) have joined the ranks of Mail Order Monster, per Deadline. The film is being directed by Paulina Lagudi, who co-wrote the film with Marc Prey, and will… Continue Reading →

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A “Frankenstein”-inspired tale assembled with a heart. “Cougar Town” alum Josh Hopkins and “Angel’s” Charisma Carpenter and have come aboard the sci-fi family drama Mail Order Monster, from helmer Paulina Lagudi and Jax Productions, Deadline writes. The pic stars Madison Horcher ( The pic is interesting as it stars Madison Horcher (Best Friends Whenever) as 12-year-old Sam Pepper, who lost her […]...

Cougar Town alum Josh Hopkins and Angel‘s Charisma Carpenter have come aboard the sci-fi family drama Mail Order Monster, from helmer Paulina Lagudi and Jax Productions. The pic stars Madison Horcher (Adventures -n Babysitting) as 12-year-old Sam Pepper, who lost her mother in a car accident, and her reclusive, quirky nature makes her an easy target for bullying. Realizing she’d had enough, Sam orders the parts to build a “Monster” from a comic book ad, and is finally…...