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In New Mexico mineralogist student Paul Carlson is struck in the head by a tiny shard of a meteor causing him to unknowingly transform into a bloodthirsty reptilian creature.In New Mexico mineralogist student Paul Carlson is struck in the head by a tiny shard of a meteor causing him to unknowingly transform into a bloodthirsty reptilian creature.In New Mexico mineralogist student Paul Carlson is struck in the head by a tiny shard of a meteor causing him to unknowingly transform into a bloodthirsty reptilian creature.
Leigh Drake
- Kathy Nolan
- (as Donna Leigh Drake)
Joe Blasco
- The Moon Beast
- (uncredited)
Frank Larrabee
- Lead Singer
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaFrank Larrabee and his band performed their song "California Lady" in the film after they were coerced by the filmmakers. The film crew and the band were both staying in the local Ramada Inn in Albuquerque where the performance footage was shot.
- GoofsIn the hospital scene with Paul, Longbow and McCabe, there is not a single piece of medical equipment in the room. There's a bed, a chair and a privacy curtain. That's it. There isn't even one of those tables that slides across the bed.
- Quotes
Janet Price: This is a great stew, what's in it?
Johnny Longbow: Lots of things. Chicken. Corn. Green peppers. Chili.
[sigh]
Johnny Longbow: Onions... well, it's an old recipe around here.
- Crazy creditsThe movie has no ending credits at all, not even the traditional 'the end' title card. The final scene just fades to black.
- Alternate versionsFor its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1999 some scenes were edited from Track of the Moon Beast. Most notably a scene of Johnny Longbow and his students examining a mysterious "flaw" in one of Kathy's photographs from the museum is cut.
- ConnectionsEdited from FrightMare Theater: Track of the Moon Beast (2016)
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Reminds me of the moon - no atmosphere.
Track of the Moon Beast has a simple story to tell you, a meteor falls turning a man into a lizard beast when the moon is full.
At the start some jokers make a howling noise in the hills to mildly surprise their friends. When they emerge after this merry jape they gobble up about ten minutes of screen time explaining the whys and wherefores of this little gag. But it doesn't end there, the entire film is littered with explanations of things you neither care about nor really need to know. Oh remember when you did this? What about the time this happened? Show it, or shut up about it! Most of it isn't relevant anyway.
The acting in this one is just horrible and the script is full of moments where they all laugh and share a warm moment that excludes the audience because what they are laughing about isn't funny and what's going on is really drab and boring. The monster is a joke, day turns to night and night to day randomly and the whole thing alternately looks like it was filmed about six inches from the sun or inside a black hole depending on whether or not they remembered to turn the lighting on before shooting a scene.
This is one boring pointless movie, so little happens that within fifteen minutes of it ending you'll be hard pressed to remember one significant scene. Even bad movie fans will struggle to find anything entertaining with this one.
At the start some jokers make a howling noise in the hills to mildly surprise their friends. When they emerge after this merry jape they gobble up about ten minutes of screen time explaining the whys and wherefores of this little gag. But it doesn't end there, the entire film is littered with explanations of things you neither care about nor really need to know. Oh remember when you did this? What about the time this happened? Show it, or shut up about it! Most of it isn't relevant anyway.
The acting in this one is just horrible and the script is full of moments where they all laugh and share a warm moment that excludes the audience because what they are laughing about isn't funny and what's going on is really drab and boring. The monster is a joke, day turns to night and night to day randomly and the whole thing alternately looks like it was filmed about six inches from the sun or inside a black hole depending on whether or not they remembered to turn the lighting on before shooting a scene.
This is one boring pointless movie, so little happens that within fifteen minutes of it ending you'll be hard pressed to remember one significant scene. Even bad movie fans will struggle to find anything entertaining with this one.
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- Sep 20, 2008
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- The Lunar Analog
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- Sandia Peak, New Mexico, USA(mountain-location)
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