 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Eugene Lourie
Cast: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods, Jack Pennick, Lee Van Cleef, Steve Brodie, Ross Elliott, Frank Ferguson, Mary Hill, Michael Fox
Nuclear testing in the Arctic results in the release of a frozen, prehistoric monster (a rhedosaurus), but when Tom Nesbitt (Paul Hubschmid), who saw the creature, tries to warn the people, his warnings fall on deaf ears. People start to believe when the monster heads down the East coast of the U.S. and invades New York from the sea. It is finally dealt with on Coney Island. Good early special effects and a glimmer of what would lie ahead in the monster world (e.g. Godzilla).
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Mesa of Lost Women 1953   N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Lost Women
Lost Women of Zarpa
Director: Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos
Cast: Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis, Mary Hill, Robert Knapp, Lyle Talbot, Tandra Quinn, Chris-Pin Martin, Harmon Stevens, Nico Lek
A race of superwomen is the goal of mad scientist Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan). On the plateaus of New Mexico, he plies his trade of creation by growing gigantic spiders in order to inject the women. 1 User Review
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| | We love Tandra Quinn!!! | rmoore080 02/01/2007 | If you love B-movies (C-movies?), MESA is a must-see! The highlight of the movie is Tandra Quinn, absolutely one of the most beautiful women (IMO) to appear on screen. You have GOT to see her spider-dance (elbows hiked above her head, and two fingers of each hand rhythmically stabbing in front of her face). Absolutely gorgeous woman.
The plot of the movie is delightfully meaningless, and the movie builds up and climaxes in about 20 seconds. Oh, and watch carefully for the death of Wu - he dies about four seconds after he turns away from a conversation with Dr Arranya - I had to rewind it to watch it - it came out of nowhere.
Harmon Stevens does a great job, too. |
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| 1. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
2. Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
aka: Lost Women
aka: Lost Women of Zarpa
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