A defecting Soviet scientist is hit by a nuclear explosion near Yucca Flats and roams around as a beast.
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A defecting Russian scientist is transformed by an atomic test into a hulking monster (Tor Johnson, of course). Not much else except some people are killed, boys get lost, and a rabbit sniffs Tor's corpse. This film was used for Mystery Science Theater 3000. Written by Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com>
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Commies made him an atomic mutant!Parents Guide:
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2 May 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Narrator: Always on the prowl. Looking for something or somebody to kill. Quench the killer's thirst.See more »
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I had no idea when I started watching this movie what it was about but I was very well surprised by the extremely low quality of the movie.
It consists of no on screen dialog, a speaker-voice reads an pretensious load of crap as Tor Johnson staggers around as a confused Russian scientist harmed by a nuclear-test. Even if someone for some bizarre reason would WANT to make such an insane movie they would not have been able to come up with something like this.
Only a truly deranged mind could make such a movie. A genius in its own world of badness, competing with brilliant filmmakers like Ed Wood and others but Coleman Francis outnumbers them all!!