Monster Man (TV series)

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Monster Man
GenreReality
StarringCleve Hall
Theme music composerDevo
Opening themeMonsterman by Devo
ComposerDevo
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersDierdre Gurney
Scott Gurney
ProducerGurney Productions
Running time60 minutes
(42 minutes excluding commercials)
Original release
NetworkSyfy
ReleaseMarch 14 (2012-03-14) –
April 18, 2012 (2012-04-18)

Monster Man is a reality television series shown on Syfy.

Plot[edit]

Monster Man follows the work and life of special effects artist Cleve Hall and his family as they work at SOTA F/X designing special effects for various projects.[1] It was first broadcast in March 2012.[2]

Episodes[edit]

Ep #TitleOriginal air date
101"Siamese Twins/2 Headed Shark"March 14, 2012 (2012-03-14)
Cleve Hall is contacted by Sean Cunningham and his son Noel to make a prosthetic torso for a scene where two conjoined twins come apart as part of their upcoming movie. Afterwards, The Asylum contacts SOTA to create a Two-Headed Shark for their movie 2-Headed Shark Attack.
102"Forbidden Werewolf"March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21)
Thomas J.Churchill approaches Cleve Hall and his family to make a werewolf costume for a film he is making called "Hallow Pointe." The film involves practical effects. Afterwards, Richard Elfman contacts SOTA to design the face for the hideous character Princess Polly for the sequel to Forbidden Zone.
103"Monster Infestation"March 28, 2012 (2012-03-28)
Tony Randel approaches Cleve Hall and his family to help make a biomechanical cockroach creature. Afterwards, rising Indie star Petro Papahadjopoulos contacts SOTA to design an exploding demon ant.
104"Between Arachnid and a Hard Place"April 4, 2012 (2012-04-04)
Art director Josh Separzedeh comes to SOTA to look for special make-up for an upcoming movie called "Pretties for You." Mike Mendez then has SOTA design a giant flesh-eating spider for his film Mega Spider.
105"Wee Boots"April 11, 2012 (2012-04-11)
Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña of Jackass fame approaches SOTA to help make a large-brained alien for a movie that he is making. DreamWorks then has SOTA make the foam boots for the premiere of Puss in Boots.
106"Devoman vs. Clevezilla"April 18, 2012 (2012-04-18)
SOTA collaborates with Devo to help out with Devo's next music video by making space suits for the band, a costume of the giant lizard monster (which Cleve had to modify so that he can breathe in the suit), and the outfit for a superhero that fights the giant lizard monster.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Neil Genzlinger (13 March 2012). "Up to His Neck in Blood, Shark Heads and Deadlines". New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  2. ^ "SyFy Filming Of Their Reality Show 'Monster Man' Begins". 17 July 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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