The Giant Claw (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Fred F. Sears |
| Producer(s) | Sam Katzman |
| Top Genres | Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction |
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The Giant Claw (1957) was a Fantasy - Horror Film directed by Fred F. Sears and produced by Sam Katzman.
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THE GIANT CLAW On Blu-ray From Arrow
By Dan Day, Jr. on Nov 25, 2021 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogSince this is Thanksgiving morning, I might as well present one of the biggest (literally and figuratively) cinematic turkeys of all: THE GIANT CLAW (1957).This is by far the most notorious film included in Arrow Video's COLD WAR CREATURES: FOUR FILMS FROM SAM KATZMAN Blu-ray set. Its notoriety come... Read full article
Classics of the Corn: The Giant Claw (1957)
By Lindsey on May 23, 2015 From The Motion PicturesSome B-movies are dull, some are hilariously bad, and some walk the line between “so-bad-it’s-good” and brilliant. The Giant Claw belongs to that last type — incredibly?corny, and at the same time 100% enjoyable. The film opens with some paranoid narration about how the world... Read full article
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Lt. Gen. Edward Considine:
It's hard to come up with answers when you don't even know what the question is.
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In 1957, Columbia Pictures theatrically distributed this film on a double bill with The Night the World Exploded.
The producers originally planned to use a stop-motion model created by Ray Harryhausen for the bird. However, due to budgetary limitations they were forced to use a marionette.
Screenwriter Samuel Newman re-used the character name "Dr. Karol Noyman" (here played by Edgar Barrier) for an entirely different character played by John Carradine in the 1959 film Invisible Invaders, which Newman also wrote.
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The producers originally planned to use a stop-motion model created by Ray Harryhausen for the bird. However, due to budgetary limitations they were forced to use a marionette.
Screenwriter Samuel Newman re-used the character name "Dr. Karol Noyman" (here played by Edgar Barrier) for an entirely different character played by John Carradine in the 1959 film Invisible Invaders, which Newman also wrote.
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