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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:TrackoftheMoonBeast.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/TrackoftheMoonBeast.jpg/220px-TrackoftheMoonBeast.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/TrackoftheMoonBeast.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="372" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Richard Ashe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Finger" title="Bill Finger">Bill Finger</a></li> <li>Charles Sinclair</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Ralph T. Desiderio</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Chase Cordell</li> <li>Leigh Drake</li> <li>Gregorio Sala</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">R. Kent Evans</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">Robert G. Orpin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Lizard Productions Inc.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>June 1, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1976-06-01</span>)</span> (US)</li></ul> </div><sup id="cite_ref-RT_2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">81 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Track of the Moon Beast</b></i> is a 1976 <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror film</a> directed by Richard Ashe and written by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Finger" title="Bill Finger">Bill Finger</a> and Charles Sinclair. It concerns a <a href="/wiki/Mineralogist" class="mw-redirect" title="Mineralogist">mineralogist</a> who is hit in the head by a meteor, which subsequently turns him in to a vicious, reptilian creature during the full moon.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_of_the_Moon_Beast&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv/220px-seek%3D130-Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="4854" data-mwtitle="Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="400" data-height="300" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv/Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="400" data-height="300" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv/Track_of_the_Moon_Beast.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption><i>Track of the Moon Beast</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The film takes place in <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>, where mineralogist Paul Carlson (Chase Cordell) is struck by a lunar <a href="/wiki/Meteorite" title="Meteorite">meteorite</a> while observing a <a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">meteor shower</a>. 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. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion" title="Spontaneous combustion">self-combust</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Sandia_Crest" title="Sandia Crest">Sandia Crest</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Explosion" title="Explosion">explode</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_of_the_Moon_Beast&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Chase Cordell as Paul G. Carlson</li> <li>Leigh Drake as Kathy Nolan (as Donna Leigh Drake)</li> <li>Gregorio Sala as Prof. John 'Johnny Longbow' Salinas</li> <li>Patrick Wright as Police Captain McCabe</li> <li>Francine Kessler as Janet Price</li> <li>Timothy Wayne Brown as Dr. Sutton</li> <li>Crawford MacCallum as Dr. Lawrence</li> <li>Jeanne Swain as Caroline Harris</li> <li>Alan Swain as Sid Harris</li> <li>Fred McCaffrey as Dr. Rizzo</li> <li>Tim Butler as Budd Keeler</li> <li>Gary Kanin as The Newscaster</li> <li>Frank Larrabee as Lead Singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Blasco" title="Joe Blasco">Joe Blasco</a> as the Moon Beast</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_of_the_Moon_Beast&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Track of the Moon Beast</i> was produced by Ralph T. Desiderio and written by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Finger" title="Bill Finger">Bill Finger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller_2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was shot in locations around <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This statement needs to be supported by a citation of a reliable source. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Frank Larrabee and his band, who were staying at the same <a href="/wiki/Ramada" title="Ramada">Ramada Inn</a> as the movie crew, performed the song "California Lady" in the movie.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="These statements need to be supported by a citation of a reliable source. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The performance was shot at the hotel.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This statement needs to be supported by a citation of a reliable source. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_of_the_Moon_Beast&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Track of the Moon Beast</i> was made in 1972 (and a copyright notice with that date appears onscreen) with the expectation that it would be released theatrically.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_2013_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This information is not in the source given. (July 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> It was never picked up by a distributor, however, and finally premiered on television on June 1, 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_2013_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This information is not in the source given. (July 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> It was first released on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> in 2001 by American Home Treasures, along with <i><a href="/wiki/Creature_(1985_film)" title="Creature (1985 film)">Creature</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Snowbeast" title="Snowbeast">Snowbeast</a></i>, in the set <i>Classic Creature Movies II</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-worldcat_2013-1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldcat_2013-1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has since been packaged with other <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> movies in several DVD releases, including <i>Chilling Classics</i> (Mill Creek Entertainment, 2005),<sup id="cite_ref-worldcat_2013-2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldcat_2013-2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>50 Fright Classics</i> (Emson, 2006),<sup id="cite_ref-worldcat_2013-3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldcat_2013-3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Drive-In Classics</i> (<a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Entertainment_Group" title="St. Clair Entertainment Group">St. Clair Entertainment Group</a>, 2007).<sup id="cite_ref-worldcat_2013-4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldcat_2013-4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_of_the_Moon_Beast&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Critical response has been predominantly negative. <a href="/wiki/John_Kenneth_Muir" title="John Kenneth Muir">John Kenneth Muir</a> considered the film to be "a failure in every way", criticizing its special effects, acting, and story. Muir did note that despite its numerous negative aspects, the movie had a quirky charm to it, similar to that of other low-budget 1970s films such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Crater_Lake_Monster" title="The Crater Lake Monster">The Crater Lake Monster</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Giant_Spider_Invasion" title="The Giant Spider Invasion">The Giant Spider Invasion</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMuir2002441–442_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMuir2002441–442-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i> panned the film, saying, "Although this premise is ripe with comedic opportunities, the production is hampered by classically inept film-making, and the story unfolds so slowly one begins to think the film is running in reverse. The acting is even worse. Still, horror fanatics might find some interest in Joe Blasko's lizard makeup".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Oh the Horror!</i> gave it a negative review, panning the film's execution, dialogue, and script, and deeming the movie "embarrassing" and its ending "ridiculous".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mystery_Science_Theater_3000"><i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_of_the_Moon_Beast&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mystery Science Theater 3000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film is featured in a Season 10 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" title="Mystery Science Theater 3000">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></i>. Fodder for mockery includes, but is not limited to, the "brain-dead" expression of the lead actress, the "horrible" dialogue, and the suggestive name and unctuous nature of the character Johnny Longbow—whom the <i>MST3K</i> characters repeatedly refer to as "Johnny Long<em>bone</em>". An entire host segment with <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Nelson" title="Michael J. Nelson">Mike Nelson</a>, in the style of <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Music" title="Behind the Music">Behind the Music</a></i>, is devoted to "The Band That Played 'California Lady'". The scene in which Johnny names ingredients in his stew quickly becomes a running gag, and is one of the writers' favorite moments from the series. Writer <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murphy_(actor)" title="Kevin Murphy (actor)">Kevin Murphy</a> said that Johnny's world-weary sigh of "onions<span class="nowrap"> </span>..." made him one of the "best" characters they had ever encountered.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <i>Track of the Moon Beast</i> episode was included in the 38th <i>MST3K</i> DVD set, released on March 28, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_of_the_Moon_Beast&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Redsploitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Redsploitation">Redsploitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of films in the public domain">List of films in the public domain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stew" title="Stew">Stew</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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