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Track of the Moon Beast

Track of the Moon Beast

The Rising Moon Creates a Monster
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Overview:

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.
Released: 1976-01-01
Duration: 01:30:00
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Keywords: Komodo Dragon, Moon Rock, Psychotronic Film, ...
Director: Richard Ashe
Writer: Charles Sinclair, Bill Finger
Cast: Patrick Wright, Leigh Drake, Chase Cordell, ...
Director: Richard Ashe
Writer: Charles Sinclair Bill Finger
Cast: Patrick Wright Leigh Drake Chase Cordell Gregorio Sala Francine Kessler Timothy Wayne Brown Crawford MacCallum Alan Swain Fred McCaffrey Tim Butler Gary Kanin Frank Larrabee Joe Blasco
Genre: Horror Sci-Fi
Keywords: Komodo Dragon Moon Rock Psychotronic Film Navajo Indian Creature Feature Meteor Full Moon Student Native American Tyrannosaurus Rex Legend X-ray Archeologist Transformation Murder Man Beast
Description

The film takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where mineralogist Paul Carlson (Chase Cordell) is struck by a lunar meteorite while observing a meteor shower. Lodged in his brain, the meteorite causes him to transform into a strong and vicious lizard (the titular "moon beast") whenever the moon comes out. In his lizard form, Paul loses all traces of his human self and goes about killing people at random. While human, Paul is subject to spells of dizziness and nausea, causing his girlfriend Kathy Nolan (Donna Leigh Drake) and friend and former anthropology professor, Johnny "Longbow" Salinas (Gregorio Sala), to become concerned.

Eventually it is shown that Paul is the monster, and deduced that the meteorite fragment in his brain is the cause of his transformations. Plans are made to remove it from his skull, but the NASA brain surgeons realize, after another X-ray and Johnny remembering some Native American legends documenting similar phenomena, that the meteorite has disintegrated and will eventually cause Paul to self-combust. When Paul learns of this, he escapes into the desert on a motorcycle, presumably to kill himself so he will not cause any more harm. When Johnny recalls that Paul's favorite place was always Sandia Crest, Kathy, Johnny, and local law enforcement officers follow him there. Johnny shoots him with an arrow made of the original meteorite, which causes him to explode.

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