The first spaceship sent to Venus crash-lands off the coast Sicily while carrying a very peculiar specimen of what seems to be alien form of life, entrapped in a green hard goo. A lizard-like creature soon escapes out of the goo and starts roaming free on Earth, maximizing in size with the help of the oxygen and spreading chaos wherever it stands...
A more than interesting piece of old-school Sci-Fi from the forgotten 50's, this film was directed by Nathan Juran. More important, though, is the fact that this film employs the amazing skills of Ray Harryhausen in the art of stop-motion animation. It may not be computer-aided, HD animation but it certainly gets its thing done, leaving you scared shitless of the monster (as I imagine people were back then)!
The main protagonist here is none other than the monster itself but still William Hopper, military and fearless stud, and Joan Taylor, old-school Sci-fi scream queen, still a bit of its glory. The two actors fall in love while fighting the monster (wow I did not see that coming) but my best feelings go tot the monster. It just wants to break stuff and chill out and these motherfuckers don't let it be. I mean, it traveled 20 million miles for it...
Must watch this : on a laid-back Sunday, right after the barbeque, with a cool beer in your hand and your girl sleeping on your laps. Feel totally relaxed and Zen while being careful not to scare her with the monster...
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050084/
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| Mmmmm, how much cash can I make out of that shit?! |
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| Who's a pretty monster? You are, you are! |
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| Hey guys, wanna play fetch? |
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