With its thick legs, protective scales, spiked back and laser-sharp teeth, the 200-foot-long fictional Rhedosaurus is a terrifying creature.
As the title character of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), it carries one of the most entertaining and important films in horror/sci-fi history.
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Directed by Eugene Lourie Written by Lou Morheim and Fred Freiberger from a story by Ray Bradbury 1953/USA Jack Dietz Productions First viewing/Netflix rental A prehistoric monster devours New York City. Could this have been the inspiration for Godzilla? A group of sci read more
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Sep 20, 2011
Most holidays worth their while encompass entire seasons, such as Christmas, for example. However, as you may have noticed there is a corporate push every year for us to think about the next holiday even sooner. While this has many negative side effects I figure I may as well embrace it. Since Labor read more
Production Notes The budget for the film was 210,000 dollars. An extremely low budget for a film with such lofty ambitions. The live action sequences were shot in a two week period. The special effects however, took significantly longer to perfect, to shoot, and to merge into the live action sequenc read more
Dr. Elson, now much more willing to consider the fact there just may be a monster on the loose, sits in on a meeting at the office of Col. Evans navy friend. According to him a fishing vessel has sunk for no apparent reason near the Grand Banks, another was destroyed, a lighthouse was destroyed in read more
You’ve had a really rotten day at work. The dog ate your favourite slippers, the kids are howling, your mother-in-law, who you thought was your best buddy after your wife, is rumbling that you are no good lazy schnook, and somebody stole your charge card number and just bought a boat that maxe read more
