The Beast From twenty thousand Fathoms. A Ray Harryhausen classic.

[the ringo kid]

Last night since nothing much was on,I watched: The Beast From twenty thousand Fathoms. It had a few familiar Sci Fi "faces"in it. Also,two unbilled personnel included: James Best--who was in several scenes near the beginning of the movie--and then Lee Van Cleef--in several scenes near the end.

I dont know if to laugh or cry at something said in it--between the professor and Lee Van Cleef--who was the guy who was chosen to shoot something into the monster.

Anyway, heres how a brief exchange went:
The Professor to Lee Van Cleef:" Do you know how to use a grenade rifle?"

Lee Van Cleef: "I pick my teeth with them." Thankfully I wasnt drinking or eating anything at the time, because it would have ended up on the TV, the floor--etc.

Also,that ""grenade rifle"" was the naked version of an MI carbine--or so it looked to me.

 

[GatorFarmer]

A shame that more giant monster movies are not made. I believe that a Beast from 20000 Leagues sequel came out in the form of a graphic novel a few years ago. I remember downloading it on my Kindle.

 

[the ringo kid]

A shame that more giant monster movies are not made. I believe that a Beast from 20000 Leagues sequel came out in the form of a graphic novel a few years ago. I remember downloading it on my Kindle.

Id like to see more ""big monster""movies too--but not in the King Kong and Godzilla vein. The last of this type I saw--was a cheapo one made by the SciFi channel and what I liked about it--was that Danny Bonaduce-was killed by a giant Bigfoot.This movie had him at rivals with "Greg" from the Brady Bunch.

 

[LVSteve]

That's some good stuff, for kids of all ages.

 

[soFlaNative]

Love those movies.
Valley of Gwangi (?) with the cowboys roping the T-Rex is can't miss entertainment.

 

[Mydogmax]

I miss the old monster (si fi ) movies also. My favorites were the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Creature Walks Among Us, etc.

 

[e3mrk]

I love those old Monster Movies.
Some of My Favorites are.

Kaltiki the immortal Monster.
From Hell it came.
Twenty Million Miles to Earth.
Them,with James Arness and Fess Parker and James Whitmore.
The Giant Behemoth.
They don't make them like that anymore.

 

[Grayfox]

I grew up on this stuff and still love it.

 

[WR Moore]

Undoubtably the source for the term "creature feature" to describe the genre.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Id like to see more ""big monster""movies too--but not in the King Kong and Godzilla vein. The last of this type I saw--was a cheapo one made by the SciFi channel and what I liked about it--was that Danny Bonaduce-was killed by a giant Bigfoot.This movie had him at rivals with "Greg" from the Brady Bunch.

Cloverfield was a stinker on some levels, but worth watching, as was Pacific Rim.

 

[kaaskop49]

The older creature features can't be topped IMHO. Just finished re-watching for most of the past week "The Crawling Eye" aka "The Trollenberg Terror" in Britain. A favorite of mine, and maybe campy, but the actors gave it their all and it puts the modern giant snake/shark/croc flicks to shame. Also IMHO.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[stormbringerr]

i wish they would make more horror movies with gargoyles in them.
[ i Frankenstein ] was a good one. i like gargoyles. frank and the gargoyles are the good guys in this movie.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftTlMv9szYg&spfreload=1"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftTlMv9szYg&spfreload=1[/ame]

 

[walkin jack]

We love those campy old rubber monster movies. A couple of my favorites are The Attack of the 50' Woman and my all time favorite "20 Million Years to Earth". I can not think of the guys name but he played Raymond Burr's private detective on the old Perry Mason tv show. tall gray haired distinguished lookin' guy. Probably the worst actor in the history of movies but it proves the old saying, "a pretty face will take you a long way in life.

 

[e3mrk]

His name was William Hopper,He died a couple of years ago.
I dont know about Him being the worst Actor in Movies,There were a few really bad ones out there.
One stinker was when Ken Curtis(Festus) played a part in the original attack of the killer shrews,I dont see how He ever worked again after that movie.

 

[the ringo kid]

I miss the old monster (si fi ) movies also. My favorites were the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Creature Walks Among Us, etc.

Speaking of The creature--recently at Walmart--I saw a dvd set of the movies. I know at least two were made but apparantly there was a third made.I THINK this set was for sale for five bucks--or no more than a sawbuck. They also have a dvd set of the original Frankenstein movies--seven or so movies--for around ten.

 

[the ringo kid]

I love those old Monster Movies.
Some of My Favorites are.

Kaltiki the immortal Monster.
From Hell it came.
Twenty Million Miles to Earth.
Them,with James Arness and Fess Parker and James Whitmore.
The Giant Behemoth.
They don't make them like that anymore.

Ive never seen the first on your list but will at somepoint. WM also has a two movie set for a five spot--which has: The Beast From twenty thousand Fathoms and THEM. Im watching THEM tonight before the two hour premier of season two of: Turn.

 

[the ringo kid]

The older creature features can't be topped IMHO. Just finished re-watching for most of the past week "The Crawling Eye" aka "The Trollenberg Terror" in Britain. A favorite of mine, and maybe campy, but the actors gave it their all and it puts the modern giant snake/shark/croc flicks to shame. Also IMHO.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

I havent seen The Crawling eye--for at least thirty or so years and dont remember anything. It reminds of of that one with a craling hand--kind of like: THING--from the Addams Family.The hand kills people its attached to--or somehting like that?

There is a Caesar Romero classic thats availabe too--but I cant think of its name off-hand?It has something to do with a few astronauts who get lost in space somewhere--and eventually wind upon a planet inhabited with dinosaurs. This one might even have John Agar too--but I cant recall correctly?

 

[the ringo kid]

i wish they would make more horror movies with gargoyles in them.
[ i Frankenstein ] was a good one. i like gargoyles. frank and the gargoyles are the good guys in this movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftTlMv9szYg&spfreload=1

TCM recently showed one that was British made and I THINK--madein the late fifties or early sixties? anyway,it was in color--had someting to do with a three person crew landing on some planet that had creatures sort of like Gargoyles--but looked more like ""to me"" large Crickets without wings. The only actors name I remember in this one is: Lionel Jeffries. Anyway, this one was pretty good.

 

[the ringo kid]

We love those campy old rubber monster movies. A couple of my favorites are The Attack of the 50' Woman and my all time favorite "20 Million Years to Earth". I can not think of the guys name but he played Raymond Burr's private detective on the old Perry Mason tv show. tall gray haired distinguished lookin' guy. Probably the worst actor in the history of movies but it proves the old saying, "a pretty face will take you a long way in life.

I THINK thats the tittleI couldnt remember when i was replying to stormbringers post--before I made it down this far. If it is? then Lionel Jeffries is your guy.

 

[the ringo kid]

His name was William Hopper,He died a couple of years ago.
I dont know about Him being the worst Actor in Movies,There were a few really bad ones out there.
One stinker was when Ken Curtis(Festus) played a part in the original attack of the killer shrews,I dont see how He ever worked again after that movie.

Its sad to say that John Agar,made a few stupid movies moves after doing great in Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima and a few others.