A new regime takes over this movie studio and fires the guy who does all the monster makeup. "My nephew will be creating all our monsters via cartoon effects from now on," says one of the new bosses. "He'll be ten in two weeks." Ha ha! I'm kidding, of course. This isn't Sci-Fi Pictures. The real reason they give is that monster movies are "out", which I suppose makes sense except I'm pretty sure that people who do monster makeup can do regular makeup, too. They couldn't just assign him to some past-her-prime bag who needs the extra attention? I'm sure there were plenty of 29-year-old actresses around in 1958.

I suppose it's all moot though; he's been shit-canned and there's nothing he can do about it. Well, except get revenge. But instead of sending all of his co-workers a computer virus hidden in e-mails individually tailored to trick each person into opening it ("Pictures of Friskers' new kittens! So cute!"), he decides to take it to the next level. First he develops this paste that makes people more susceptible to hypnosis, then he mixes it into his monster makeup, then he puts the makeup on some of the actors who are disgruntled because they might be losing their jobs too, and finally he gives them like a post-hypnotic suggestion that they should kill the new suckers in charge. The whole thing seems unnecessarily complicated (just buy a gun), but it works and before long "monsters" are bumping off everybody. Of course a detective is on the case, but he doesn't seem to be good for much except stating the obvious. "A Hollywood murder is okay on the screen but not in the studio," he says at one point. I wonder what other pearls of wisdom he has for the public? "Stabbing a police horse: don't do it." "Check local laws before robbing a bank." "Friskers the cat is not an acceptable substitute for a healthy, adult relationship." (I'll admit, I wish I would've heard that last one before it was too late.) He manages to figure it all out though, or at least enough of it to know whose house to raid, but by the time the pigs get there the makeup guy has already died ironically. The end.

Incidentally, this is a black & white movie, but the last few minutes are in color. As if that's gonna wake anybody up.