Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.
Practical Effects
The Ro-Man suit: gorilla costume + antenna helmet = nightmare fuel.
Direction
Phil Tucker shot this in four days with $16,000 and pure delusion.
Production
Bronson Canyon locations pretending to be post-apocalyptic everywhere.
Director
Phil Tucker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Phil Tucker was so devastated by reviews that he attempted to take his own life; he later credited the film's eventual cult status with saving him.
Shot in 3D during the brief 1950s boom, though most audiences saw it flat and confused. The bubble machine representing Ro-Man's communication device was reportedly a borrowed prop from another production.
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