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
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 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)
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The Killer Shrews (1959)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.