Loudon Wainwright III wrote his essay “Monsters” in 2021 and has been performing it in his live shows for about a year. His friend and longtime music producer Dick Connette felt that the piece should be captured on film and throughout this September and October with the help of Ross Mayfield and Alex Venguer the video “Monsters” was brought to life. It’s a ten minute audio/visual examination of Wainwright’s obsession with monster movies, in particular the classic black and white Universal horror films made in Hollywood in the 1930s and those produced in color in England by Hammer Ltd. in the late 1950s. Wainwright considers these movies a sort of cinematic touchstone that helped him “grapple with his prepubescent psycho-sexual fixations”. He also examines the enhanced humanity that movie monsters paradoxically possess. In addition to Loudon’s serio-comic performance “Monsters” features archival photos and posters, film clips, as well as orchestral music and sound effects.

"Monsters" written and performed by Loudon Wainwright III.

Directed by Dick Connette.
Director of Photography/Editor - Ross Mayfield
Sound Design - Alex Venguer
Mastered by Oscar Zambrano
Assistant Videographer - Samantha Dagnino
Audio Engineer - Colin Mohnacs
Hair and Makeup - Faye Lauren
Filmed and Recorded at GB's Juke Joint. 

Watch the film HERE