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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Also in keeping with genre standards.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Also MadScientist Dr. Cameron creates a monster. By the end of the film, he can no longer control the beast, resulting in keeping with genre standards.his downfall.
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* IntrepidReporter: Young reporter Tom GregoryGregory is able to connect the deaths, and realizes they are related to Dr. Cameron, even though nearly everyone he talks to denies that they can be connected.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She wants to be Creator/JudyGarland in the worst way.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She wants to be Creator/JudyGarland in Dr. Cameron's daughter Lenora lives with him, though she doesn't have any inclination for scientific pursuits. Her boyfriend the worst way.IntrepidReporter manages to solve the case, while Lenora contributes little to the plot.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevengeRoaringRampageOfRevenge: Dr. Cameron's motive throughout the film is to seek revenge on the scientists who slighted him in the past. He succeeds in killing some of them.
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* UnwittingPawn: Petro.Dr. Cameron transforms the simple-minded and gentle Petro into a beast, with the intention of using Petro to kill Cameron's enemies. Petro himself doesn't even know what is happening, since he is drugged during the experiments. Petro only has vague nightmarish memories after reverting to human form.
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* SickbedSlaying: Professor Fitzgerald is seriously mauled by the werewolf, but manages to barely cling on to life though he is left in an unconscious state. A doctor is called, but Dr. Cameron finishes him off in an unguarded moment to prevent him from talking.
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* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using The W Word]]: Only the superstitious old woman in the cabin uses the term "werewolf", although Cameron does call Petro a "wolf man".
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* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using The W the "W" Word]]: Only the superstitious old woman in the cabin uses the term "werewolf", although Cameron does call Petro a "wolf man".
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''The Mad Monster'' is a 1942 Horror BMovie produced and distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation.
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''The Mad Monster'' is a 1942 Horror SciFiHorror BMovie produced and distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation.
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''The Mad Monster'' is a 1942 Horror BMovie produced and distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation.
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* DeathOfAChild: Thankfully off screen; we only hear words to this effect afterward.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted, but thankfully off screen; we only hear words to this effect afterward.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Averted. Dr. Cameron wants to turn his already hulking gardner into a murderous monster; how are you going to control it? Simple; the doc has the antidote at hand.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Averted. Dr. Cameron wants to turn his already hulking gardner gardener into a murderous monster; how are you going to control it? Simple; the doc has the antidote at hand.
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Dr. Lorenzo Cameron is a discredited -- and quite mad -- medico who has discovered a way to turn his gardner, Petro, into a wolf man. The lycanthropic experiments succeed only too well, and although Dr. Cameron spouts plans of turning his discovery into a weapon in defense of the civilized world, he instead unleashes his creation on those fellow scientists who had engineered his ouster from academia in the first place.
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Dr. Lorenzo Cameron is a discredited -- and quite mad -- medico who has discovered a way to turn his gardner, gardener, Petro, into a wolf man. The lycanthropic experiments succeed only too well, and although Dr. Cameron spouts plans of turning his discovery into a weapon in defense of the civilized world, he instead unleashes his creation on those fellow scientists who had engineered his ouster from academia in the first place.
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* TheSociopath: Dr. Lorenzo Cameron, a MadScientist who considers the werewolf he created murdering a child to be a success, and intends to butcher the scientists who mocked his ideas. He even only describes his "love" for his daughter in terms of its benefit to him.
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* VillainProtagonist: Dr. Lorenzo Cameron, a MadScientist setting his werewolf creation on academic rivals who mocked his theories.
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* BigBad: Dr. Lorenzo Cameron, our lycanthrope-controlling VillainProtagonist.
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* RedHerring: The superstitious old woman keeps telling everyone within earshot that you can kill a werewolf only with a silver bullet. This never comes into play, though mainly because no one believes it's a real werewolf (and, in most respects, it isn't).
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* RedHerring: The superstitious old woman keeps telling everyone within earshot that you can kill a werewolf only with a silver bullet.SilverBullet. This never comes into play, though mainly because no one believes it's a real werewolf (and, in most respects, it isn't).
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Dr. Lorenzo Cameron is a discredited -— and quite mad -— medico who has discovered a way to turn his gardner, Petro, into a wolf man. The lycanthropic experiments succeed only too well, and although Dr. Cameron spouts plans of turning his discovery into a weapon in defense of the civilized world, he instead unleashes his creation on those fellow scientists who had engineered his ouster from academia in the first place.
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Dr. Lorenzo Cameron is a discredited -— -- and quite mad -— -- medico who has discovered a way to turn his gardner, Petro, into a wolf man. The lycanthropic experiments succeed only too well, and although Dr. Cameron spouts plans of turning his discovery into a weapon in defense of the civilized world, he instead unleashes his creation on those fellow scientists who had engineered his ouster from academia in the first place.
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* TheMockbuster: Following hot on the heels of the previous year's ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' from [[UniversalHorror Universal Studios]].
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* TheMockbuster: Following hot on the heels of the previous year's ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' from [[UniversalHorror [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Studios]].
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For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E03TheMadMonster episode recap page]].
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For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E03TheMadMonster episode recap page]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Johnny Downs (of ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' fame) as TheHero, Tom Gregory
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Johnny Downs (of [[TheLittleRascals Little Rascals]] fame) as TheHero, Tom Gregory
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She wants to be JudyGarland in the worst way.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She wants to be JudyGarland Creator/JudyGarland in the worst way.
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Dr. Lorenzo Cameron is a discredited -— and quite mad -— medico who has discovered a way to turn his gardner, Petro, into a wolf man. The lycanthropic experiments succeed only too well, and although Dr. Cameron spouts plans of turning his discovery into a weapon in defense of the civilized world, he instead unleashes his creation on those fellow scientists who had engineered his ouster from academia in the first place.
Before long, however, the good doctor is unable to control the wolf man, who threatens to kill everything in his path. Only newspaper reporter Tom Gregory and Lenora, Cameron's innocent daughter, may be able to stop the monster.
For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E03TheMadMonster episode recap page]].
!!Tropes:
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Averted. Dr. Cameron wants to turn his already hulking gardner into a murderous monster; how are you going to control it? Simple; the doc has the antidote at hand.
* ForScience: In step with other "monster/mad scientist" films of this vintage.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Johnny Downs (of [[TheLittleRascals Little Rascals]] fame) as TheHero, Tom Gregory
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Also in keeping with genre standards.
* ImmuneToBullets: Cameron's werewolf serum somehow gives Petro some tough skin armor.
* InfantImmortality: Averted, but thankfully off screen; we only hear words to this effect afterward.
* IntrepidReporter: Tom Gregory
* KillItWithFire: A [[ContrivedCoincidence very handy]] lightning strike does the work for us.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Petro really wouldn't hurt a fly... except under the influence of Dr. Cameron's lycanthropy cocktail, which he remembers only as a bad dream. And then the violent feelings begin affecting him even when he's "normal"...
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She wants to be JudyGarland in the worst way.
* TheMockbuster: Following hot on the heels of the previous year's ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' from [[UniversalHorror Universal Studios]].
* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using The W Word]]: Only the superstitious old woman in the cabin uses the term "werewolf", although Cameron does call Petro a "wolf man".
* RedHerring: The superstitious old woman keeps telling everyone within earshot that you can kill a werewolf only with a silver bullet. This never comes into play, though mainly because no one believes it's a real werewolf (and, in most respects, it isn't).
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Played With. Dr. Cameron does mention that the military could create nigh-unstoppable werewolf armies with his lycanthropy formula (and control said armies with the antidote), but right now he's just using it as a tool of revenge.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Dr. Cameron's ultimate demise by werewolf is depicted thusly.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Academia's reason for Dr. Cameron's ouster.
* TheyCalledMeMad: Gee, Doc, and your [[EvilLaugh maniacal cackling]] and tendency to talk aloud to figments of your imagination did '''nothing''' to convince them otherwise? Really.
* UnwittingPawn: Petro.
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Dr. Lorenzo Cameron is a discredited -— and quite mad -— medico who has discovered a way to turn his gardner, Petro, into a wolf man. The lycanthropic experiments succeed only too well, and although Dr. Cameron spouts plans of turning his discovery into a weapon in defense of the civilized world, he instead unleashes his creation on those fellow scientists who had engineered his ouster from academia in the first place.
Before long, however, the good doctor is unable to control the wolf man, who threatens to kill everything in his path. Only newspaper reporter Tom Gregory and Lenora, Cameron's innocent daughter, may be able to stop the monster.
For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E03TheMadMonster episode recap page]].
!!Tropes:
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Averted. Dr. Cameron wants to turn his already hulking gardner into a murderous monster; how are you going to control it? Simple; the doc has the antidote at hand.
* ForScience: In step with other "monster/mad scientist" films of this vintage.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Johnny Downs (of [[TheLittleRascals Little Rascals]] fame) as TheHero, Tom Gregory
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Also in keeping with genre standards.
* ImmuneToBullets: Cameron's werewolf serum somehow gives Petro some tough skin armor.
* InfantImmortality: Averted, but thankfully off screen; we only hear words to this effect afterward.
* IntrepidReporter: Tom Gregory
* KillItWithFire: A [[ContrivedCoincidence very handy]] lightning strike does the work for us.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Petro really wouldn't hurt a fly... except under the influence of Dr. Cameron's lycanthropy cocktail, which he remembers only as a bad dream. And then the violent feelings begin affecting him even when he's "normal"...
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She wants to be JudyGarland in the worst way.
* TheMockbuster: Following hot on the heels of the previous year's ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' from [[UniversalHorror Universal Studios]].
* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using The W Word]]: Only the superstitious old woman in the cabin uses the term "werewolf", although Cameron does call Petro a "wolf man".
* RedHerring: The superstitious old woman keeps telling everyone within earshot that you can kill a werewolf only with a silver bullet. This never comes into play, though mainly because no one believes it's a real werewolf (and, in most respects, it isn't).
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Played With. Dr. Cameron does mention that the military could create nigh-unstoppable werewolf armies with his lycanthropy formula (and control said armies with the antidote), but right now he's just using it as a tool of revenge.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Dr. Cameron's ultimate demise by werewolf is depicted thusly.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Academia's reason for Dr. Cameron's ouster.
* TheyCalledMeMad: Gee, Doc, and your [[EvilLaugh maniacal cackling]] and tendency to talk aloud to figments of your imagination did '''nothing''' to convince them otherwise? Really.
* UnwittingPawn: Petro.
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