Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)

Directed by

Monte Hellman

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, monster film, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gang of bank robbers escapes into a snowy wilderness. They hide in a cave where a giant spider-like creature hunts them for food.

coldcreepylow-budgetslowmonster-filledsnowytensegritty

What happens

Beast from Haunted Cave is a 1959 horror heist film directed by Monte Hellman and starring Michael Forest, Frank Wolff and Richard Sinatra. It was produced by Gene Corman, Roger Corman's brother. Filmed in South Dakota at the same time as Ski Troop Attack, it tells the story of bank robbers fleeing in the snow who run afoul of a giant spider-like monster in a cave that feeds on humans. The film was released on June 10, 1959 in a double feature with The Wasp Woman (1959). The movie began an association between Roger Corman and Monte Hellman that lasted for fifteen years. Hellman would work on several of Corman's films and he would finance several movies that Hellman would direct. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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