It was produced by gene corman, roger cormans brother. This is a horror film with a crime story background. And an odd little creature feature called beast from haunted cave 1959, 72 minutes plays the shell game with its plot in much the same way. In the late 1960s, chris robinson used to turn up at forrys place occasionally, but i havent seen him in years. Synapses disc represents the definitive video release of beast, culled from superior source materials, so if you plan on buying the title, this is the. In a skiing station in dakota, a gang of criminals leaded by alexander alex ward plans the heist of golden bars from a small bank. Haunted cave commentary track by star, michael forest, wasp woman commentary track by filmmakers, fred olen ray and david. Creature from the haunted sea is a 1961 horror comedy film directed by roger corman. It was 1959, when i was a mere seven years old, when i saw it at a local movie theater on a double bill with roger c o r m a n s the wasp woman. Created as a project for filmgroup, which was run by bmovie. Beast from haunted cave dvd, 2001 for sale online ebay. Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew moviefone.
Beast from haunted cave special extended version 1959. Beast from haunted cave ingyenes filmeket kozvetit francia felirattal. Hellmans beast from haunted cave is another interesting tale. Beast from the haunted cave was filmed backtoback with cormans ski troop attack, which utilized the same cast and much of the same crew and snowbound locations. Beast from haunted cave special extended version 1959synapse films. A gold thief frank wolff and his gang use a skiers michael forest lodge and meet a monster covered with cobwebs.
Beast from haunted cave 1959 article 1818 by dave sindelar viewing date. Beast from haunted cave was such an interesting film from late 1950s. Horror, science fiction, fantasy, spy, superhero, jd, thriller and noir films, thats what we like, and a recurring theme in a lot of those kinds of movies has always been music. It had more character development than most exploitation horror movies of the era. Beast from haunted cave dvd, 2012 for sale online ebay. The story begins with a team of gold thieves hiding out in a ski resort cabin. The trio of crooks are trying to escape with the gold to canada.
Beast from haunted cave full movie roger corman 1959. Legendary cult filmmaker roger corman has directed over 50 films and produced nearly 400 more. Beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman releases. Everyone is in danger of the cobweb covered blood guzzling monster that appears out of no where in a variety of. I was pleased with the image provided here, as the print looks much cleaner than expected, which is terrific news indeed. Buy beast from haunted cave movie posters from movie poster shop.
Monte hellman is one of the great independent filmmakers, making a name for himself on remarkable films before nick cassavetes began making films. Regardless the film zips along with an energy that comes from cormans thriftness and execution. Apollo shows up and aimlessly wanders about the cave. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorgangsterheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff, richard. This horrifying featurefilm debut from director monte hellman twolane. A complete list of all the new years eve marathons on tv this year. Seeing it again all these years was not disappointing. Griffith, the film is a parody of spy, gangster, and monster movies mostly creature from the black lagoon, concerning a secret agent, xk150 played by robert towne under the pseudonym edward wain, who goes under the code name sparks moran in order to infiltrate. Beast from haunted cave teljes film magyarul online. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 film about a group of gold thieves who pull off a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster directed by monte hellman. One cobill toplined the wasp woman, surely one of cormans most endearing nobudget efforts. Four hoods mosey into a sleepy mountain village posing as vacationers looking to do a bit of crosscountry skiing. It was a bit of a favorite to us kids who were of the monster kids generation that had access to so many wonderful hosted horror movies on local tv stations in the 1960s. Filmed in south dakota at the same time as ski troop attack, it tells the story of bank robbers fleeing in the snow who run afoul of a giant spiderlike monster that feeds on humans.
Despite a low budget, beast from haunted cave successfully combines the crime and monster movie genres. The film was expanded to over 70 minutes for television airings, and the complete version is represented on this dvd. Beast of yucca flats beast from haunted cave family video. Beast from haunted cave 1959 directed by monte hellman genres horror, science fiction subgenres creature film, crime thriller run time 75 min. While the lover of alex, gypsy boulet, goes to an isolated cabin with the ski instructor gil jackson, a time bomb explodes a cave to divert the attention of the locals and the gangsters steal the gold. Beast from haunted cave is one of my favorite movies. Beast from haunted cave movie and vintage film posters. Beast from haunted cave 1959 teljes film online magyar. A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. Beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman synopsis. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff and richard sinatra. Its a creepy little movie thats perfect for late night movie viewing on a cold winters night.
Beast from haunted cave 1959 fantastic movie musings. But the explosion releases a spiderlike monster and. Beast from haunted cave was just as i remembered it. Films like this one can be approached either as a complete garbage or you can appreciate their unique charm. Starring michael forest atlas, viking women vs the sea serpent and frank wolff the wasp woman, the story tells a genuinely scary tale of a hideous bloodsucking thing from a lonely cave that terrorizes a group of thieves as. Far from the greatest film ever made its just an enjoyable little horror film. The same plot was used again in a tropical setting for creature from the haunted sea, also with a monster, but now it was a comedy. Presented as a special extended version, beast from haunted cave contains additional footage hellman shot three years after the film was originally released, and stretch the runtime to a still meager 73 minutes. Michael forest is great and until recently i didnt realize he was adonais in the classic star trek episode, who mourns for adonais. Good acting and nice photography of the black hills in south dakota help this film, but its.
He eventually stumbles upon the spider and starts shooting it while martini girl proves she is not completely useless and throws rocks at it. Monstercreature feature full length horror movies youtube. After beast from haunted cave was released theatrically, hellman filmed additional scenes with the original actors for the television broadcast a few years later. There were rockin clubs and cafes with cool jukeboxes, teen poolside parties with local bands, sometimes it was a seedy bar with a sleazy torch singer, a beatnik coffeehouse, maybe dancing somewhere in. Griffiths script, a group of bank robbers run into hell itself when they plan a diversion that awakens a big spiderlooking monster from deep within a gold mind.
Finally available on dvd in the uncut extended version containing almost ten minutes of additional footage, beast from haunted cave is a treat for fans of monte hellmans work and. This was also the first film by the extremely talented, but eccentric director, monte hellman, who went on to direct a pair of existential westerns starring jack nicholson and the. Beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 youtube. First the title font seemed familiar, then the music. Horror, science fiction, heist film, gangster film. These may not be the best looking bluray representations of 1950s horror movies out. In reality, theyve concocted an elaborate scheme perhaps too elaborate. Gill stumbles across a gang of thieves who are using his isolated cabin as a hideout.
As soon as they flee into the snowy wilderness, they are pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. Beast from haunted cave page 5 classic horror film board. Fischers rating of the film beast from haunted cave. It was a fun experience just waiting for the beast to be shown on screen. Monster, werewolf and animal horror, classic and new. Synapse films dvd of beast from haunted cave shows that companys continued good faith effort to present their titles with the highest possible quality. With michael forest, sheila noonan, frank wolff, wally campo.
Neither film is overly grainy or overly waxy, but the clarity and detail are satisfactory and beast from haunted caves outdoor scenes impress the most. Later old man and shutterbug 2 show up they find shutterbug 1, the housekeeper and apollobut the spider finds them all and eventually kills old man. Director monte hellman who would later direct a young jack nicholson on two lowbudget westerns earned his lowbudget wings on filmgroups bizarre fusion of hostagecrime thriller and bigrubbermonster flick a quirky juxtaposition employed to similar effect 35 years later in from dusk till dawn. Nezd meg a filmet online, vagy nezd meg a legjobb ingyenes 1080p hd videokat az asztalon, laptopon, notebookon, lapon, iphoneon, ipadon, mac proon es tobb.
Cleverly written, this wellperformed horror yarn is directed by cult favorite monte hellman. Television prints back in the 70s were so dark that savant never was able to make it all the way through. It is not going to win any awards, but if you liked those old scary. Beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 director monte hellman release date october 1959. Beast from haunted cave full movie roger corman 1959 portuguese subtitles. Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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