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Robot Monster is a 1953 film about the monstrous Ro-Man who attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter. It is widely regarded as a cult film and one of the worst movies ever made.
Directed by Phil Tucker. Written by Wyott Ordung.
Monsters Attack Earth! taglines
Ro-Man
I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot!
Your people were getting too intelligent. We could not wait until you were strong enough to attack us; we had to attack you first.
The child is impertinent.
I will re-calculate. Your deaths will be indescribable.
Show yourselves, and I promise you a painless death.
Hu-mans, listen to me. Due to an error in calculation, there are still a few of you left
Others
Carla: Is Alice going on a date with Ro-Man?
Johnny: [to Ro-Man] You look like a pooped out pinwheel.
The Professor: [Roy walks up to the group and collapses] He's dead, and there's nothing we can do.
The Professor's Assistant: I'm bossy? You're so bossy you oughta be milked before you come home at night.
Dialogue
Great One: Have you made the correction?
Ro-Man: I need guidance, Great One. For the first time in my life, I am not sure.
Great One: You sound like a hu-man, not a Ro-Man. Can you not verify a fact?
Ro-Man: I meshed my LIP with the view-screen auditor, and picked up a count of five.
Great One: Error! Error! There are eight!
Ro-Man: Then the other three still elude me. Is it possible they have a counterpower?
Great One: Attention. Attention, extension XJ-2. Attention. Attention, extension XJ-2.
Ro-Man: We hear you, Great Guidance.
Great One: Earth Ro-Man, you violate the laws of plans. Fact: you have captured the girl and not destroyed her. Fact: you have delayed accepting the surrender of the orders. this verges on failure.
Ro-Man: There is one thing you do not understand, Great Guidance.
Great One: You reject the plan?
Ro-Man: I wish to make an estimate of my own.
Great One: To think for yourself is to be like the hu-man.
Ro-Man: Yes! To be like the hu-man! To laugh! Feel! Want! Why are these things not in the plan?
Great One: You are an extension of the Ro-Man, and a Ro-Man you will remain. Now, I set you into motion. One: destroy the girl. Two: destroy the family. Fail, and I will destroy you!
Johnny: I think you are just a big bully, picking on those smaller than you are!
Ro-Man: Now I will kill you.
Ro-Man: I am ordered to kill you. I must do it with my hands.
Alice: How is it you're so strong, Ro-Man? It seems impossible.
Ro-Man: We Ro-Mans obtain our strength from the planet Ro-Man, relayed from individual energizers.
Ro-Man: Great Guidance, I have a favorable report. I have already eliminated one of them.
Great One: Good.
Ro-Man: Force was necessary. It was a simple matter of strangulation. That leaves four.
Great One: [buzzer sounds] Error! Again! Five!
Ro-Man: Four - and one more on whom I have made an estimate in relation to our strategic reserve. The plan should include one human being for reference in case of unforeseen contingencies.
The Professor: He's impervious!
Alice: Unless we find his weak spot!
Taglines
Monsters Attack Earth!
Moon monsters launch attack against Earth! How can science meet the menace of astral assassins? New Science Fiction Thrills!
Adventures Into The Future in New TRU-3 Dimension
Cast
George Nader - Roy
Claudia Barrett - Alice
Selena Royle - Mother
John Mylong - The Professor
Gregory Moffett - Johnny
Pamela Paulson - Carla
George Barrows - Ro-Man the Monster/Great Guidance
External links
0046248 Robot Monster
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Category:Cult films
Category:Films about alien invasions
Category:1953 American films
Category:1953 English-language films
Category:American 3D films
Category:American independent films
Category:American monster movies
Category:American robot films
Category:American science fiction horror films
Category:English-language science fiction horror films
Category:American exploitation films