The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Irvin Berwick

Writer:

H. Haile Chace (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

MAN-MONSTER FROM THE SLIMY DEATHS!

Plot:

The monster, which looks like a nastier version of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," invades a sleepy lighthouse town...

Plot Keywords:

Lighthouse | Monster | Lighthouse Keeper | Sea Monster | Murder

Cast

Les Tremayne	...	Dr. Sam Jorgenson
Forrest Lewis	...	Constable Matson
John Harmon	...	Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper
Frank Arvidson	...	Kochek, the Storekeeper
Jeanne Carmen	...	Lucy
Don Sullivan	...	Fred
Pete Dunn	...	Eddie / The Monster
Joseph La Cava	...	Mike
Wayne Berwick	...	Little Jimmy

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated | UK:X

Filming Locations:

Cayucos, California, USA

Company:

Vanwick Productions

Trivia:

The monster suit looks like the one from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), mainly because the creator of The Creature, Jack Kevan, produced and supervised the make-up effects on the film. Much is credited to Universal-International's standard make-up credit of Bud Westmore, but he had little to do (other than posing for publicity photos) with the great monsters from that studio in the '50's.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the monster is trying to break through the steel door at the top of the lighthouse, it is a single door. But when he breaks through, it is a double door.

Quotes:

Fred: There's been another murder.
Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper: Who?
Fred: Kochek. We found his body this afternoon.
Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper: He talked too much.

Movie Connections:

Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 2: The Deuce (2006) (V)

scary

I insisted on seeing this movie when it came out in the 1950's, I was 7 years old. I got to the theatre late and the movie had already started. As I opened the doors to enter the screening room a strange feeling came over me, could it have been that the room was pitch black and 500 people were screaming at the top of their lungs? Somehow I found my way to a seat trying not to look at the screen. In a few minutes the monster comes waltzing out of some industrial size refridgerator carrying some guys head in his hand.....that was all it took....as the blood rushed to my head I did the 50 yard dash to the doors in world record time and never looked back. Decades later (1990's) I had the chance to watch the movie again on cable. This time my girlfriend was with me so I was able to get through it........