Behemoth, the Sea Monster (1959)

Directed by

Douglas Hickox, Eugène Lourié

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, B movie, adventure film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A giant radioactive sea monster attacks ships and threatens a coastal city. Scientists and the military race to stop the creature before it causes more destruction.

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What happens

The Giant Behemoth (originally titled Behemoth the Sea Monster) is a 1959 monster film directed by Eugène Lourié and Douglas Hickox, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien, Pete Peterson, Irving Block, Jack Rabin, and Louis de Witt. The film stars Gene Evans and André Morell. The screenplay was written by blacklisted author Daniel Lewis James (under the name "Daniel Hyatt") with director Lourié. Originally a story about an amorphous blob of radiation, the script was changed at the distributor's insistence to a style similar to The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), though elements of the original concept remain in the early parts of the film and in the "nuclear-breathing" power of the titular monster. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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