I can only assume that MONSTER MAN was made as a JEEPERS CREEPERS clone. If so, then that’s cool, because JC wasn’t very good and it would therefore be an easy idea to improve upon. Or so you would think. I originally saw MONSTER MAN, back when it was a New Release on DVD, and (I think) I remember kinda liking it. (I most likely did because I own an ancient copy of it.) But time hasn’t been kind to MM and sitting through it again for this review was a fucking chore. Mainly because the two main characters are insufferable. Especially the dude named Harley. He wasn’t on the screen for even 15 seconds before I wanted to dropkick his goofy ass into the Creeper’s dead body pipe hole.
Slow pace, extremely annoying dialogue, zero nudity, very little blood or gore, most of the movie tinted in a weird orange and/or blue filter, overacting galore, weak direction, a very dude-heavy cast, disappointing ending, a lot of lines delivered as though they were jokes even though they weren’t funny…so maybe MONSTER MAN is actually a horror comedy? Fuck, I don’t know. I do know that I didn’t laugh at all and spent most of my time just wishing something would goddamn happen. It never did.
MONSTER MAN isn't a bad film as much as it's just a nothing film. Like, what’s even the artistic point of making a JEEPERS CREEPERS rip-off if all you’re gonna do is make an even shittier, weaker version?
Watch it if you want, just don't expect much.
