Showman Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) proudly unveils his creature feature masterpiece “Mant!” to a raucous, thrilled theater packed with panicked teenagers. Director Joe Dante crafts an unadulterated celebration of cinema gimmickry, allowing John Goodman’s towering charismatic presence to turn high-strung Cold War anxiety into infectious theatrical joy.
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During the height of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a flamboyantly creative b-movie producer travels to Key West, Florida, to premiere his latest gimmick-filled horror spectacle. As nuclear anxiety mounts among the townspeople, his outlandish theatrical antics unleash pure, joyful chaos upon a theater full of eager teenagers.
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