Schlock
Schlock

Schlock

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1973
1h 20m
5.6(65 votes)
Comedy
Horror
Science Fiction

Overview

A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.

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41 members
Directing

John Landis

Schlock

John Landis
Production

Saul Kahan

Detective Sgt. Wino

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Joseph Piantadosi

Ivan

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Eliza Roberts

Mindy Binerman

Eliza Roberts
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Tom Alvich

Torn Cop

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Walter Levine

Police Thief

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Harriet Medin

Mrs. Blinerman

Harriet Medin
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Eric Sinclair

Joe Putzman (as Eric Allison)

Eric Sinclair
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Charles Villiers

Cal

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Ralph Baker

Dying Man

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Costume & Make-Up

John Chambers

National Guard Captain

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Gene Fox

Billy

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Sound

Richard Gillis

Officer Gillis

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Forrest J. Ackerman

Man in cinema

Forrest J. Ackerman
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Susan Weiser

Betty

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Jonathan Flint

Bobby

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Donald F. Glut

Movie patron

Donald F. Glut
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Amy Schireson

Barbara

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Emile Hamaty

Professor Shilbovitz

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Phillip Levine

Little Boy

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Shirley Levine

Woman Onlooker

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Mary Cortiz

Housewife

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Ivan Lepper

Ditchdigger

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Mitchell Tadross

Ditchdigger

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Carl Stone

Hippie

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Tonda Marton

Nurse

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Neil Forn

Doctor

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Dana Sue Collins

Duck Girl

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Harry Goins

Eye Doctor

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Norman Crawford

Night Driver

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Jackie Bonnhein

Joyce

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Camera

Robert E. Collins

Bartender

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Belinda Folsey

Goria

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Editing

Ryan Folsey

Extra

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Patty Holcomb

Patty

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Ian Kranitz

Piano Player

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George O'Hanlon, Jr.

George

George O'Hanlon, Jr.
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Billy Record

Dead Cop

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Edward Summer

Body on swing with red suspenders

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Stuart Weiss

Arnie

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Kevin Collins

Baseball Player

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