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4/10
Shoe-string budget horror.
michaelRokeefe15 September 2014
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When the Polonia brothers, Mark and John, scrape some money together and call a few friends to make a movie...it likens to a reunion. Prolific makers of little films and usually on a shoe-string budget. MONSTER MOVIE is no exception. An ordinary camping trip turns into something bizarre, when four friends set out to fish, drink and chill for a weekend. Destination is Cabin Lake in Pennsylvania and as the guys get closer, they find out that maybe a dozen residents of a small town in the area have gone missing. And half jokingly, there is talk of monsters. The reserved cabin is not what was expected, but the guys still set out to do some fishing and walking around in the wooded area near the lake. Reptilian monsters soon interrupt a relaxing fishing trip.

Mark and John Polonia write and direct this campy horror flick. To be exact, MONSTER MOVIE is the last project John worked on before his untimely death. The brothers always tried to make fun movies, not worrying about turning a profit. This movie fits the bill. Probably a budget made up of sofa change, herky-jerky 16mm scenes using huge plastic lizards, and a gathering of good friends. This unrated film runs 75 minutes and features the Polonia brothers and pals Brian Berry and Todd Carpenter. With all considered, this is a real hoot!
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1/10
AS EXCITING AS A HOME MOVIE WITH A RUBBER DINOSAUR
nogodnomasters20 May 2019
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This is a great movie if you are the type of person who loves to watch other people's home movies with a fake looking dinosaur in it. The film is shot on old 16mm film. It is grainy and at times you can hear the camera running. The guys take off to go to a lake home in Pa. on a vacation because they couldn't afford New Jersey. You have lots of footage of Pennsylvania's poorly kept roads and the inside of a car. The monster is described as a reptile on the box. Large carnivorous cold blooded reptiles could not survive in a temperate zone, nor would they be active in the cool evenings.

I found the movie as exciting as watching a stranger's home movie. If any of us had made this film, it would never have been picked up. The Polonia brothers have a reputation among indie films, so it got marketed.

No women in this film except for a glimpse of a naked girl on a drinking glass.

This was John Polonia's final film.
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