How bad is it? It's barely a collection of random images, much less a film.
Should you see it? Yes.
This mess was filmed silent, with hilariously bad narration added. There's some poorly-explained secret agent story at the beginning, which has Tor Johnson (the ex-wrestler made famous in "Plan 9 From Outer Space") being hit by a nuke in the desert. The others are killed, Tor gets a few burns and apparently goes mad. He wanders off to a cave, he chase kids with a stick, he throws a boulder in frustration - this last is quite funny and endearing - and he fights the authorities when they come. He ends up dying, cuddling with a bunny. Yes, you read that right.
The film was reportedly made for $3000, but if "Robot Monster" was truly made for $580.25, as was reported, at least $2900 of the budget must've gone to Tor. This film is very much like an Ed Wood, Jr. film, from the actors to the narration to the poor effects to the plotlessness.
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