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A truly frightening monster

posted 20 years ago by crittercat
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I saw this when I was 14. The threat of nuclear Armageddon was never completely out of our thoughts during this period and the monster–especially when it was revealed that he was the radiation-altered husband of our heroine–was particularly frightening to me: the multiple eyes, the drippy horns, the awful row of teeth, its shambling walk... As my uncle managed the Lyric Theater in Chester, Pennsylvania where such things were shown, I got to see the thing for free and, of course, returned at least a half-dozen times during its initial release just to steep myself in the awfulness of what might happen if I got horribly irradiated during an atomic war. I never got over feeling a bit creepy as the creature crawled through that irradiated haze of post-end of the world night.

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[–] gpeltz 20 years ago

I was eight years old when I saw this at the theater, and I had to hide my eyes whenever the monster was near, seen mostly in shadows at first, I was terrified to see it when they at last showed it towards the end of the film.

[–] paul-fisher-ctr 18 years ago

The lead monster was very effective considering the $29.95 budgeted for his make-up. I still can see the M-1 GARRAND open sight picture shot of the monster coming closer yard by yard and shaking off the impact of the .30 cal slugs......

[–] gary_overman 18 years ago

There are many things about this film that are notrealistic, but this idea is one of the most glaring. Exposure to massive amounts of high-energy radiation would certainly not have the effects portrayed in his film; the effect would be death. This would sometimes happen in a matter of hours.

[–] JPfanatic93 17 years ago

I didn't think it was frightening, but I do liked the design of the creature and the suspenseful way in which it was used.

[–] starry-messenger 15 years ago

That is what I kept telling Godzilla.

[–] BecJ5 15 years ago

The way his rubbery horns wiggle-waggle when he walk gives me nightmares to this day. They are like their own little entities on top of his head. They might make a good dildo/vibe though.