| THE MAN AND THE MONSTER |
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| This is one has a little more depth to it than most of the south of the border terrors. A pianist sells his soul to the devil to become the greatest composer/conductor/musician in the world.The catch is (and there always is)that his greatest song is his downfall. Whenever he plays it he turns into a drooling snarling, hairy wild monster.(I'm not talking teenager here). One of the drawbacks is the monster does look like Scooby Doo in a tuxedo having a bad hair day. Of course maestro has a beautiful young protege that he is in love with.She is to give a recital which will establish her as a great talent and he as a musical genius.But he is compelled to play that funky music white boy and try to kill her.Will he kill her before she gives a world wide recital? Will the hero be in time?Will the monster break out into a rendition of "Hair"? Actually there is a slight Oedipal touch to this film.While the man turns into a monster when playing his greatest piece only the touch of his mother will return him to his human form. The dubbing on this one is much better than usual. The sets are used to a nice advantage and the musical score is well done. The acting is good(as far as you can tell from the dubbing). |
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