Monster Man

Monster Man

Year: 2003

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Davis

HorrorCrude humor and satireHorror the undead and monster classicsGory gruesome and slasher horrorFunny jokes and crude humor

On this highway the roadkill… is human! Two guys and a female hitchhiker are terrorized by a monstrous looking man driving a giant monster truck.

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1

Road trip to tell Betty-Ann he loves her

Adam and Harley drive a red 1970 Chevrolet Kingswood across the country in a bid to tell Adam's ex, Betty-Ann, that he still loves her before her wedding. The drive starts as a casual road movie, but their journey quickly grows ominous as strange events disrupt the trip. The goal of confessing love anchors the escalating peril they will face.

on the road
2

Pub stop after hearse encounter

After a hearse brushes past them, the pair stops at a roadside pub to regroup. They watch a monster truck rally on TV and Harley mocks the spectators, heightening their tension. The mood foreshadows the monstrous danger looming over their trip.

pub
3

Monster truck attack on the highway

Leaving the pub, a giant monster truck suddenly drives them off the road in a terrifying assault. Adam and Harley scramble to escape as the truck repeatedly threatens their car. The incident foreshadows the relentless pursuit they will endure.

highway
4

Abandoned RV discovery and occult tracks

They siphon gasoline from an abandoned RV, only to find a mutilated body inside and pentagram-like truck tracks circling the vehicle. The driver’s strange presence and the ominous symbols suggest a supernatural threat that’s following them. Harley even urinates inside the monster truck cab in a reckless gesture. The encounter heightens the sense of imminent danger.

roadside
5

Hotel arrival and Sarah joins the group

At a hotel they wake up to find roadkill in their beds, a gross omen of danger. They later meet hitchhiker Sarah sleeping in the backseat when they get back into the car. Sarah’s arrival immediately complicates the trio’s dynamic and sense of safety.

hotel
6

Sarah and Adam become intimate

Sarah sleeps with Adam, signaling a shifting alliance as the trio continues the dangerous journey. The encounter adds human complexity to their fragile group. The event is later framed as part of the ritual that seeks to pull Adam into the killer’s plans.

car
7

Monster truck kills a man and the limb-lover reveals himself

They witness the monster truck run over a man and meet an armless man who explains that the driver takes limbs but leaves victims alive. The revelation confirms a ritualistic, bodily-horror threat at work. The trio realizes their fate is entangled with the killer’s appetite for bodies.

road
8

Ghost town scarecrows and human flesh revelation

The trio travels through a ghost town filled with scarecrows and discovers a diner where they’re eating human flesh. They panic and flee as the gruesome truth sinks in. Their car is ultimately destroyed in the chaos as they try to escape.

ghost town/diner
9

Pursuit in the woods and Harley’s presumed death

After escaping the diner, a chase leads them into the woods. The pursuer shoves Harley into a tree, seemingly killing him, and kidnaps Sarah. Adam hides and prepares to confront the threat alone.

woods
10

Shack full of pentagrams and the resurrection plan

Adam follows to a shack covered with pentagrams, severed limbs, and a crushed torso corpse. Sarah and Bob explain they revived two others using black magic, then plan to harvest limbs for new bodies. The disturbing revelation reveals that Adam is being prepared as next donor.

shack
11

Escape, death of Sarah, and defeat of Fred

Bound to a table, Adam hears Sarah and Fred explain their plan. He breaks free, kills Sarah, and defeats Fred in a brutal struggle. Bob locks the door and eats the key, but Adam retrieves the key and escapes.

shack
12

Final betrayal and Bob’s demise

Outside, Bob chases Adam but is run over by Harley’s monster truck. Harley reveals he had been playing dead and apologizes for everything. He offers Adam the chance to drive Bob’s monster truck, and Adam agrees, then runs over Bob again for good measure.

road
13

New alliance and the plan to abandon Betty-Ann

Adam thanks Harley for the surreal trip and abandons any plan to win Betty-Ann’s love. The two decide to keep traveling together toward an uncertain horizon. Bob’s crushed corpse’s taunt, You Can’t Kill Me, lingers as a grim coda.

road
14

The taunt and implied ending

As they drive away, Bob’s crushed corpse taunts them with the line You Can't Kill Me while The End? flashes on the screen. The film hints at ongoing horror beyond the story’s closure. The mood remains irredeemably dark and comic.

on the road / screen
15

Post-credits tease: Fred alive and unsatisfied

The post-credits gag reveals Fred is still alive, complaining that he never got to have sex with his sister. This punchline undercuts any sense of finality and hints at further misfortune to come. The joke lands as a bleak, darkly comic note to end on.

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