History Film / TheBruteMan

For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E02TheBruteMan here]] ''.

** Helen, though, is nice. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished And look where it gets her.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Anticlimax}}: Oh you were expecting some kind of confrontation between Hal and Helen!? Nope, he goes zero to Creep in 3 seconds and almost strangles her with her back turned before the cops stop him, without so much as a word. And now let's end it with a joke instead!]]
* BlindAndTheBeast: Subverted.

* GrumpyOldMan: The shopkeeper.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* IdiotPlot: The entire film would've lasted maybe ten minutes if the police had bothered to identify themselves to a blind woman.

* PoisonousFriend
* RageAgainstTheReflection
* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatten, who suffered from acromegaly, was dying during filming, and passed away shortly after filming. [[OldShame Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent]] that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl
* VillainProtagonist

* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatten was dying during filming, and passed away shortly after filming. [[OldShame Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent]] that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film.

** Hal himself, blaming everyone but himself for his temper causing his change (plus being the Creeper and all). He also treats Joan, who is obviously crazy about him, like dirt.

* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatten was dying during filming, and passed away shortly after filming. Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film.

'''''The Brute Man''''' is a 1946 horror suspense film about a deformed man seeking out revenge. It stars Rondo Hatton and was directed by Jean Yarbrough.

** Hal himself, blaming everyone but himself for his temper causing his change (plus being the Creeper and all).

It was featured in the seventh season of MST3K along with the educational short ''{{The Chicken of Tomorrow}}'', about how eugenics and gasoline mean bigger chickens on your dinner table.

-->'''Servo:''' (as Commissioner) One of our sergeants does [the operation] part-time!

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!!The MST3K Treatment provides:

* BalefulPolymorph: After Pearl goes on a date with a sleazy CasanovaWannabe, Clayton slips him a mickey that turns him into "the Chicken of Tomorrow".
* BigNo / MoodWhiplash: When Pearl leaves with Sandy, Dr. Forrester has an odd reaction.
-->'''Forrester:''' Mother, '''''[=NoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOO!!!!=]''''' ''(shrugs, smiling)'' Ah, well. This isn't the ''first'' oily man to take Mother to the mat.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
--> '''Servo''': Turns out you can purchase one of these babies with no cash!
--> '''Mike''': With no cash?!
--> '''Servo''': Yep. It's called the "no-cash" method.
* {{Landlord}}: Servo spends the episode's host segments trying to buy a house with no funds ("It's called the No-Cash method") and no clue what he's doing so he can become one of these. Mike shrugs and says that Servo's going to jail because of this.
** CrankyLandlord: In a manner of minutes after closing the purchase after the movie, Servo officially becomes one of the ten worst landlords ever.
* NotSoStoic: Not perfectly stoic, but one of the few times Mike avoids a simple chuckle or snicker and instead doubles over and tries to muffle a series of laughs.
* OldShame: On the volume 22 DVD set, an interview with Mary Jo Pehl (who co-wrote the episode) revealed that she felt ''TheBruteMan'' was one of their weaker shows and probably shouldn't have been done. In particular, she felt the film had an uneasy quality to it, being that Rondo Hatton's disfigured face was basically exploited for the plot.
* OnlyAFleshWound: The crew remarks that Hal moved slowly before getting shot afterwards...he walks exactly the same: too slowly for them.
* ReallyGetsAround: When Helen tells The Creeper to go to her bedroom, to hide, Tom's reaction was pretty surprised.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Creeper's a distinctive figure on city streets, but people seem to pass him by without blinking an eye:
-->'''Servo:''' (as random citizen) Hey, Creeper!\\
'''Crow:''' (as Creeper) Hey, person.
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[[TheStinger "Creeper, Creeper, Creeper... you give]] ''[[TheStinger me]]'' [[TheStinger the creeps!"]]

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If there was facebook or Cupid then Pearl's annoying date would have known her son was mad scientist.

-->'''Forrester:''' Mother, ''[=NoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOO!!!!=]'' ''(shrugs, smiling)'' Ah, well. This isn't the ''first'' oily man to take Mother to the mat.

* OldShame: On the volume 22 DVD set, an interview with Mary Jo Pehl (who co-wrote the episode) revealed that she felt ''TheCreepingTerror'' was one of their weaker shows and probably shouldn't have been done. In particular, she felt the film had an uneasy quality to it, being that Rondo Hatton's disfigured face was basically exploited for the plot.

'''''The Brute Man''''' is a 1940s horror suspense film about a deformed man seeking out revenge. It stars Rondo Hatton and was directed by Jean Yarbrough.

* [[spoiler:{{Anticlimax}}: Oh you were expecting some kind of confrontation between Hal and Helen!? And now let's end it with a joke instead!]]

* GroinAttack

* {{Landlord}}
** CrankyLandlord: Tom Servo becomes one, despite Mike warning him that he's going to jail. In a manner of minutes he becomes one of the ten worst ones ever.
* NotSoStoic: Not perfectly stoic but one of the few times Mike avoids a simple chuckle or snicker and instead doubles over and tries to muffle a series of laughs.

* RealitySubtext: Hatten was dying during filming, and passed away shortly after filming. Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film.

* FreudianSlip: Police Lieutenant Gates says that he'll pass the bu--the word to the rest of the department.

* MissingEpisode: The film was missing for about thirty years.

The Brute Man is a 1940s horror suspense film about a deformed man seeking out revenge. It stars Rondo Hatton and was directed by Jean Yarbrough.

* EpicFail: How not to end a film.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Partially, Rondo Hatton suffered from acromegaly.
* ShoutOut: Inverted, Hatton's face was the inspiration for the Rocketer villain.