The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)

Directed by

Coleman Francis

Genre

horror film, B movie, independent film, science fiction film, monster film, science fiction horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

54 min

Rated

NR

Rating

2.3 of 10 from 99 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet scientist defects and runs into a nuclear test site where radiation turns him into a monster. He wanders the desert attacking people while a narrator explains what is happening.

slowawkwarddatedminimalistcheesylow-budgetunpolisheddisjointedatmospheric

What happens

The Beast of Yucca Flats (released to television as Atomic Monster: The Beast of Yucca Flats) is a 1961 American B-movie horror film written and directed by Coleman Francis. It was produced by Anthony Cardoza, Roland Morin, and Jim Oliphant. The film stars Swedish former wrestler Tor Johnson (in his final film role) as the titular "Beast". It also stars Anthony Cardoza, Coleman Francis, and Jim Oliphant in bit parts, as well as Conrad Brooks in a minor role. Director Francis cast his two sons (Ronald and Alan Francis) in the film as the two lost boys. The plot concerns a Soviet scientist named Joseph Jaworsky (Tor Johnson), who defects and flees to a Nevada Test Site called Yucca Flats, only to be turned into a mindless monster by atomic radiation, stalking the desert. The film has very little dialogue and most of the speech is omniscient narration. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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