The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

Directed by

Ray Kellogg

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

B

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A giant lizard terrorizes a small town. A young man tries to warn the locals and stop the creature.

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What happens

The Giant Gila Monster is a 1959 American monster film directed by Ray Kellogg and produced by Ken Curtis. A famous B-movie of the era, the film stars Don Sullivan, a veteran of several low budget monster and zombie films, and Lisa Simone, the French contestant for the 1957 Miss Universe, as well as comedic actor Shug Fisher and KLIF disc jockey Ken Knox. The effects included a live Mexican beaded lizard, instead of a Gila monster, that was filmed on a scaled-down model landscape. The film was released by McLendon Radio Pictures on July 15, 1959. It played on a double feature with The Killer Shrews (1959). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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