FilmPGComedy Horror Monster & Creature

Monster in the Closet1986

Name: Monster in the Closet
Genre: Comedy Horror, Monster & Creature
Released: 1986-05-15
Rating: 5.1

“It's Out! It's Out! It's Out!”

Directed by Bob Dahlin

5.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.9TMDB 4.9

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Year

1986

Runtime

90 min

Box Office

🏆 2 nominations

The premise

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic.

Horror Vault's take

Something deadly is lurking in the closets of a quiet community, and the body count is rising fast. A ragtag crew — including a tenacious reporter, a determined professor, her resourceful kid, and a bumbling academic — races to expose the truth before the creature strikes again. With the U.S. Army mobilizing and the public descending into hysteria, the film leans hard into its campy premise with knowing winks and broad laughs. It's a gleeful send-up of 1950s creature features wrapped around a cheeky allegorical core.

Content: Mild Creature Violence, Comic Gore