Mad Mad Mad Monsters
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Director Jules BassArthur Rankin Jr. Release date September 23, 1972 (1972-09-23) Tagline |
Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters is a 1972 traditional animated comedy film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in the United States and Mushi Production in Japan. The special aired on September 23, 1972 as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie. It is a "prequel of sorts" to the 1967 stop motion animated film Mad Monster Party? which was produced by MOM Productions in Tokyo, Japan in association with Rankin/Bass.
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Plot

After Baron Henry von Frankenstein creates a bride for his monster, he decides to make arrangements for a lavish wedding at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel on Friday the 13th while having the hotel manager Harold write down the required foods. Many monsters are invited to the wedding including Count Dracula and his son, Ron Chanley the Werewolf, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man and his family, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon where the mailman Harvey delivers the invites. Once the wedding guests arrive, they terrify guests and staff. Frankenstein's assistant Igor is jealous of the monster and wants the bride for his own. So Igor plots to steal her which doesn't go according to plan when the bride ends up snatched up by a Pterodactyl and lands in the clutches of a giant gorilla named Modzoola.
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Reception

It was called "visually stunning" but because of the poor storyline a "disappointing outing".
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