A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.
Practical Effects
Landis in a Rick Baker ape suit eating real bananas on camera
Direction
21-year-old director somehow got funding for this nonsense
Writing
The banana peel murder signature — genuinely committed bit
Director
John Landis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Landis was 21 when he directed this, having lied about his age to work in Europe. The ape suit was Rick Baker's first feature film work.
The 'See You Next Wednesday' fake movie poster in Schlock became Landis's signature Easter egg, appearing in nearly every film he made including The Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London.
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