Caltiki - il mostro immortale (1959)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Riccardo Freda
(more)

Writer:

Filippo Sanjust (writer)

Release Date:

20 September 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Slimy Glob of Doom Engulfs The World!

Plot:

Archaeologists investigating some Mayan ruins come across a blob-like monster. They manage to destroy it with fire...

Plot Keywords:

Comet | Monster | Fire | Police Officer | Blob

Cast

John Merivale	...	Dr. John Fielding
Didi Perego	...	Ellen Fielding (as Didi Sullivan)
Gérard Herter	...	Max Gunther
Daniela Rocca	...	Linda
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Prof. Rodriguez's assistant
Daniele Vargas	...	Bob (expedition member)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vittorio André	...	Prof. Rodriguez (as Victor André)
Nerio Bernardi	...	Police inspector (as Black Bernard)
Arturo Dominici	...	Nieto (expedition member)
Gail Pearl	...	Indian dancer
Deirdre Sullivan
Tom Felleghy	...	Astronomo (uncredited)

Directed by
Riccardo Freda		(as Robert Hamton)
Mario Bava		(uncredited) (completed film)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Filippo Sanjust		writer (as Philip Just)

Produced by
Sam Schneider	....	producer (as Samuel Schneider)
Bruno Vailati	....	producer

Original Music by
Roberto Nicolosi		(as Robert Nicholas)
Roman Vlad

Cinematography by
Mario Bava		(as John Foam)

Film Editing by
Salvatore Billitteri

Sound Department
Lee Kresel	....	dubbing director: US version
Maurice Rosenblum	....	sound recordist: US dubbing

Special Effects by
Mario Bava	....	special effects (as Marie Foam)

Other crew
Paolo Gozlino	....	choreographer (as P. Gozlino)
Michele Malaspina	....	voice dubbing: Vittorio André

Production Companies

• Climax Pictures
• Galatea Film
• Lux Film

Distributors

• Allied Artists Pictures (1960) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• International Film Distributors (1961) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Crimson Cult Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• J&J Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Caltiki the Undying Monster (USA)
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (USA)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Climax Pictures

Trivia:

Riccardo Freda would later claim that he abandoned this project so that Mario Bava, who he knew could be a good director, would have a chance to direct.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in La cabeza viviente (1963)

Better than the Blob

This movie was better than Steve's McQueens Blob movie which was okay, but i thought Caltiki's story was more interesting and the effects was very good for the period of time that it came out. The effects was a okay in my book and when i saw it as a kid in the early 1960's, it scared the day lights out of me! I think it is one of the best movies of blob like movies that i ever did see. There's a lot of good movies within the past 60 some odd years that had blob like creatures or single cell protoplasm creatures in them. This i feel is one of the BEST films i ever did see. None hold barred! Caltiki the Immortal Monster is the best movie i ever saw and i highly recommend it to anyone!