This movie actually has a decent plot.Most of the acting is terrible but the main character is good.I do find it odd that he was just a normal make-up artist for 20 years and as soon as he gets fired he becomes a mad scientist but whatever.Everything that happens is very predictable.Normally that would be bad but somehow it doesn't seem to hurt this movie.This movies does something I have only seen one other time, it goes from black and white to color.It's cool how they do it but there was really no reason for it.It just left me wanting the entire thing in color.I'm sure the director thought it was some great artistic expression but it was totally awkward.If you like old sci-fi/thrillers you should give this a chance.

Surprisingly good film, with an undercurrent of self-satire. If the potentially humorous aspects of the story had been pushed more, it might well have ended up a black comedy like Corman's Little Shop of Horrors, or Bucket of Blood. There are certainly some satirical bits that poke fun at the Hollywood system, but the overall storyline is presented seriously, favoring horror over humor.Robert Harris is brilliant as the veteran makeup man let go by the new owners of the movie company he has worked for most of his life. He brings a quiet dignity to his role of under-appreciated workman/artist, and never overdoes the insanity. Even at his most demented, at the climax of the picture, he avoids cackling craziness, and plays Pete Dumond as almost a tragic character.Many reviewers have commented on the homosexual undertones of the character, with his paternalistic attitude toward the young actors he refers to as his " boys". How much of this was intentional is hard to say, but it's there.This is a clever film, that offers AIP fans an in-joke by the studio. I wonder if the writer and producer dreamed up the idea after a few drinks at a Hollywood watering hole one night.

A make-up man named Pete Dumond(well-played by Robert H. Harris) seeks revenge on a group of new studio executives who fired him by unleashing his Frankenstein and Werewolf creations upon them! He controls the young actors in the costumes via a special make-up which turns the actors into Pete's zombies.This film is a little bit more serious than most of Herman Cohen's productions and a such just a little bit less fun. Still you can tell the actors/actresses involved here are enjoying themselves and their roles and this spirit does manage to come across to the audience. The color climax is wonderfully achieved and features some of Paul Blasidell's finest creations in a surprisingly intense sequence. Good solid B-entertainment.

Pseudo "behind-the-scenes" look at Hollywood from American International Pictures, filmed (naturally) on the cheap though still retaining a certain cheesy style that is both commendable and entertaining to watch. A nefarious make-up man for a movie-studio is up to no good, turning the actors he's working on into killers. Has some movie-monster camp appeal, and A.I.P. stable-hunk John Ashley has a fabulous scene midway through (singing "You Gotta Have That Eee-Uuu!" while surrounded by a bevy of fishnet-clad chorus girls!). It's a great bit, with Ashley snarling and snapping his fingers like a post-pubescent Elvis, but the rest of this horror outing is a bit too tame and talky. ** from ****