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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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