Load of rubbish!!

From my favorite movies..

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Good. Gravy. Some of the notoriously bad movies I leave feeling almost robbed, since I find at least one worthwhile thing. Manos was inept on every level, but the story was at least an idea (note that I didn't say a good one). Zombie Nightmare at least had Adam West and Tia Carrere in it. Reefer Madness and Batman & Robin I find too silly to get really angry about. Monster a-Go Go... I've got nothing.This is first time I've gotten headaches and nausea from the cinematography alone. Not anything displayed on screen, the camera- work by itself was enough to make me sick. As if that weren't enough, every frame looks like the negative was photocopied 17 times and spliced together, the sound and dialogue made me think my ear buds had gone dead, and the concept itself makes no sense. Given that the project had been abandoned in 1961, then picked up, finished, and put out in 1965, it should come as a surprise to no one that the story is borderline incomprehensible - I'm talking trying to divide by zero while drunkenly stumbling through a hedge maze levels of confounded here. Of course, that's not even close to the biggest problem with the movie: the ending. Not since Robot Monster have I seen such a cop- out conclusion for a movie so mind- bogglingly lazy, out-of-place, nonsensical, and insulting to the audience.This thing is the current title holder for the worst movie ever made, in my own opinion. If there comes a film to dethrone it, I will retract this statement accordingly. However, I am convinced that it would have to consist of two hours of TV static with a cat hacking up in the background while a monkey takes a tire iron to my skull for me to even slightly consider it for my bottom spot, and even then it likely still wouldn't be as bad as Monster a-Go Go.

OK so basically this movie proceeds as follows; a space capsule (helicopter) crashes (the helicopter was apparently fine) and leaves an astronaut dead. That's the first few minutes. The next hour or so is comprised of a random dance scene, a few random kisses, people sitting in cars talking, a detective (I think) walking around inquisitively in random field in a sort of neo-noir style, a 3 second view of the "monster," astronaut thing, and some guys at a science lab saying things that don't make any sense. Oh its gets better.Then there are some firemen attaching something to a bridge and a few minutes of the torso/legs of the supposed monster walking around. Then...plot resolution? Nope the monster disappears, the astronaut appears perfectly healthy a few thousand miles away, the "movie" attempts to rip off the ending of a Twilight Zone episode, and the audience is left with a overwhelming feeling of sorrow coming from realizing that this was the work of human beings. The only thing that semi-happened the entire movie was wrenched away.So I lied, it didn't get any better.My friend tried to warn me by describing the movie as follows...OK Imagine the worst movie you've ever seen, remove the plot, remove the characters, remove any sort of continuity, add a helicopter, some people that can't act, a random dance scene, and some random kissing. Then, take away all of that by making the non-existent monster go away and by revealing the only character you might have formed an emotional attachment to that had died was fine, a few thousand miles away. Basically, make one insignificant thing happen, have an hour of discontinuous scenes, and then take what little there was away at the end.This movie could quite possibly be a part of the worst punishment a human being could endure. It's sort of like a birthday party. Well more like telling someone there's a birthday party planned for them, getting in your car and driving around trying to teach that someone a new language, and then revealing to them they don't actually exist, there is no birthday party and that you just wasted an hour of their life teaching them a language that isn't actually real.If that sounds like your type of movie go for it but if you would rather leave your view of the human race somewhat positive this probably should not be watched.

I watched the MST3K version of this movie, and I don't think I could have watched the original version. This was just too boring & confusing of a movie to watch without someone making fun of it. The audio was atrocious and it was hard to make out what the actors were saying, not to mention that some of the sound effects were way too loud for the action (which made not only Joel & the bots jump, but me as well). The one scene were the guy goes "brrring" before he answers the phone is priceless. I suspect they meant to overdub a ringing phone sound effect at that point but forgot to. The tiny space capsule was also quite laughable.The ending, though, is totally anticlimactic, pointless, and confusing. Two men in radiation suits are chasing the monster through the sewers when all of a sudden it disappears, and a telegram arrives saying that the missing astronaut was found safe & sound in the Atlantic Ocean. We're supposed to be left pondering whether or not the monster was the astronaut and how the monster disappeared the moment the astronaut was found. But it rather gives the impression that they didn't really have an ending for the movie and hurriedly wrote one.Overall, this is one of the worst movies of all time and deserves its spot in the bottom 100.

For my first review, why not start with the worst? I've seen Manos and I've seen The Beast of Yucca Flats and I've seen 10 minutes of Superbabies 2 but this movie tops...uh...truly lives at the bottom of the barrel.Monster a-Go Go is one of those movies that just sits and dares you to fall asleep and I just couldn't resist so I missed 10 minutes but I am sure that I did not miss anything. Luckily, I did wake up to see the few seconds of random go-go dancing. Damn, I wish there was more go-go dancing because that was the best part of the film. And…then I went back to sleep because I couldn't handle the excitement! Ten minutes later I woke up to see two people I didn't care about talking at a restaurant. Okay, I suppose that I should discuss some plot points. Apparently, a spacecraft crashed and one of the pilots is presumed dead. Unfortunately, he is not dead and we have to proceed with the rest of the movie. Instead he has turned into a monster who we (very) occasionally see and we are told that he has done some bad things. Later, we meet a scientist in a white coat (scientists always look the same in z-grade movies) who drones on about the horrors of the monster. So, the authorities search for the monster only to discover the big plot twist.There never really was a monster. That's it! That's the plot twist! It has to be one of the biggest "screw the audience" moments in cinematic history. If you want more information, read some of the other reviews.In short, if you are having trouble sleeping this is the perfect movie. If you are looking for a good date movie, obviously you are very lost.