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Featuring the considerable animation of Ray Harryhausen and based on a short epic by Ray Bradbury, this 1953 film has been re-released and should bring pleasure to Harryhausen fans and devotees of classic monster films. The best things about this movie are that the monster appears early and often, and that there are lots of curious scenes, such as the fictional Rhedosaurus’s attacks on a lighthouse, Unusual York City, and the Coney Island roller coaster. The acting and dramatic tension are only mediocre, but the creature is lots of fun.
DVD extras are brief but consuming — trailers for Harryhausen films currently being released on dvd; a 6-minute making-of featurette; and a terrific 17-minute conversation between Harryhausen and Bradbury, reminiscing on their friendship and careers.
The film can be heard in English or French, and subtitled in English, French or Spanish.
Special effects by the legendary Ray Harryhausen and a yarn by favorite science fiction author Ray Bradburry… this was destined to become a sci-fi classic. This was the first, and probably best, in the long line of prehistoric monster movies that followed and became share of sci-fi film history in the process.
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The set begins as a nuclear scientist sees his partner killed by a giant, prehistoric creature while monitoring an atomic blast advance the north pole. Naturally, nobody believes him until a paleontologist, played by Paula Raymond, helps him link several sea and beach disasters (I particularly enjoyed the attack made by the creature on a lighthouse) to the beast and display there is a trusty monster on the loose. Finally, the animal surfaces at the NYC docks arrive Wall Street, destroying buildings, cars and people in his wake. After more mayhem and the discovery of a mysterious disease the animal carries which won’t permit it to be destroyed by old weapons, the creature meets it’s fate when it’s cornered within the broken-down Coney Island rollercoaster.
This film is exceptional primarily due to the genius of Ray Harryhausen. His special effects in this film are outstanding, especially when you reflect this film was made in 1953 on a budget that wouldn’t pay the cost of one days electric bill on most movie shoots these days. The scenes where the creature has been awakened by the arctic atomic test and his (or is it a her? ) tear benefit to it’s prehistoric breeding grounds off the mouth of the Hudson River are respectable. The intensity of the action never stops and has seldom been equalled. It begins with the opening scenes in the snowy arctic, continues with attacks on several fishing boats, the lighthouse and reaches a highlight when the creature comes ashore in Unusual York City. We’re even treated to a live action fight between a shark and an octopus, at least until the beast appears looking for lunch! Also, the acting by the stories human characters is advantageous as well. Most of the actors (like Kenneth Tobey) will be recoginzed from other classic horror/sci-fi films of the period.
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If you’re looking for a precise blast from the past and a movie considered by many (myself included) to be the best “prehistoric monster on the loose” flick ever made, you can’t go nefarious with The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.
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