A few years after beast with a million eyes was released, fredric brown published a short novel called the mind thing in 1961, a story which bears more than a passing resemblance to the film s plot. Having a date farm in indio isnt exactly wifeys idea of living. A dysfunctional family operating an isolated date farm in the california desert is threatened by the arrival of an extraterrestrial. The beast of the city 1932 invisible man in mexico 1958 the anonymous. One response to the beast with a million eyes 1955 osmosis says. From what i have read in horror books the director took a coffey pot and added scratches to the film to make it look like rays,plus a sock puppet was added. The beast with a million eyes 1955 the last drive in. The beast with a million eyes is a film i have a lot of trouble dealing with fairly. With this assault on the viewer, the beast with a million eyes begins. Movies like the beast with a million eyes 1955 the vampires ghost 1945 the strange door 1951 the monster 1925 the last man on earth 1964 the crawling eye 1958 the hidden hand 1942 the tomb of ligeia 1964 the bat 1926 the premature burial 1962 the boogie man will get you 1942. This is the third of a three picture deal roger corman agreed to do for american releasing corporation before it became aip. The beast with a million eyes 1955 the movie database. The beast with a million eyes 1955 cast and crew an alien lands by spaceship and makes birds, cows and other animals attack a ranch family.
An extraterrestrial lands by a spaceship and makes birds, cows, and other animals attack a family operating an isolated date farm in the california desert. Aip had a library of b movies from the 1950s and 1960s that were science fiction, horror, and exploitation films. A rancher discovers that a mysterious creature with a million eyes is feeding. Phantom from 10,000 leagues and beast with 1,000,000 eyes have been given newer transfers complete with subtitles for those who need them. The beast with a million eyes 1955 david kramarsky, lou. The basic premise of the script is an intelligent one. The beast with a million eyes 1955 regarder film complet. The beast with a million eyes letterboxd social film. Beast with a million eyes page 12 classic horror film. The phantom from 10,000 leagues 1955 full horror movie kent taylor, cathy downs, michael whalen duration. The damage is insideand im not talking about the broken glassesim talking about my wife.
The beast with a million eyes discussion moviechat. The beast with a million eyes 1955 movie moviefone. Aliens, whose craft has crashlanded in the desert, take over the minds of the locals. Narration and voice of the beast is by bruce whitmore, and, is the only movie he ever worked on. The beast with a million eyes the beast with 1,000,000. A rancher discovers that a mysterious creature with a million eyes is feeding on the animals brains. The original the haunting and house on haunted hill are two of my favorites. Im not accusing brown of cribbing it from corman and co. The beast with a million eyes 1955 show notes brian. The alien takes over the minds of some of the local humans and animals. Beast with a million eyes classic horror film board. The beast with a million eyes turner classic movies. The beast with a million eyes 1956 stars paul birch, lorna thayer, dona cole and the beast.
Dubbed little hercules by blaisdell, the creation was not meant to be the beast with a million eyes who was, by nature, invisible but its slave. The original ad art featured a nevernever creature with a body containing an endless array of eyes adorning a body that disappeared off the edge of the poster. Scorpion releasing has announced that it will release the cheesy scifi, the beast with a million eyes 1955 on bluray. With paul birch, lorna thayer, dona cole, dick sargent.
The beast with a million eyes may indeed have a pathetic space ship that looks like a coffee percolator, but the film itself is an understated and serious attempt to deal with issues as diverse as individualism, loneliness, guilt, and spirituality. The beast with a million eyes san mateo productions 1955. Because of ackerman, blaisdell got his first film job designing the alien creature for the the beast with a million eyes 1955. Scorpion releasings bluray of the beast with a million eyes is being distributed as a ronin flix exclusive. The beast with a million eyes 1955 and you call yourself. The beast with a million eyes 1955monster shack movie. Arkoff of arc received the beast with a million eyes he was unhappy that it did not even feature the beast that was implicit in the title. Aug 28, 2016 the beast with a million eyes is a film i have a lot of trouble dealing with fairly. Some film sources have said that the film was codirected by lou place. The beast with a million eyes 1955 thunder crashing beast. Jan 31, 2014 and because i see all of your most secret acts, you will know me as the beast with a million eyes. I bought this tape for the beast with a million eyes.
Its a horror and independent movie with a low imdb audience rating of 3. Despite having no experience in special effects, animation, or monstermaking, blaisdell and his wifepartner jackie sculpted and cast a quarterscale puppet extraterrestrial to be filmed in miniature and edited into the beast with a million eyes. Dec 20, 2016 that is, the basic premise of the film was intelligent, even if it fell apart in every other way. The beast with 1,000,000 eyes is one of my favorite 1950s alien invasion films set in an ugly, desolate landscape shot for wide screen in terrorscope in indio and californias coachella valley the screenplay by future novelist tom filer who also played jack nicholson. The beast with a million eyes movie 1955 tv passport. The beast with a million eyes cast starring paul birch, dick sargent, lorna thayer, dona cole, leonard tarver. You say a lot of things you dont mean but you still say them doncha. Roger corman was the ultimate baitandswitch producer, in this regard and got a lot of mileage out of kalliss talents. Dick sargent of bewitched is somewhere in this film too. This film takes place on a dude ranch in the american southwest. The beast with a million eyes 1955 david kramarsky.
The beast with a million eyes movie tv listings and. This one reads more like a soap opera than a horror, scifi adventure. Sep 04, 2008 an alien space craft lands in the desert. The beast with a million eyes 1955 stream and watch. Why the answer, my friends, is the beast with a million eyes. Midnite movies is a line of b movies released first on vhs and later on dvd by mgm home entertainment. The print quality ranges from excellent to very good on all 4 films. The beast from another world possesses the creatures and sees through all their eyes.
To call this film cheesy or imply that it is worse than ed wood is absurd. You will come to know me as the beast with a million eyes. The beast with a million eyes 1956 initiating his filmmaking career by overseeing two low budget programmers released in 1954 by lippert pictures and american releasing corporation, roger corman was quick to learn that he could maximize creative control over the films he. Dont expect a great looking monster,the poster is the best thing about the monster. The beast with a million eyes 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Cast the beast with a million eyes 1955 dick sargent filmography. The beast with a million eyes 1955 watch on prime video, tubi. A farmer and his family have a ufo soar through the sky over their property. He actually helped the project out because at the point he came on board, there wasnt any little alien yet in the movie at all, which would have to be problematic. There are no real extras but the price is certainly right. The beast with a million eyes 1955 rotten tomatoes. On one hand, the film is cheap and tacky to a point that makes it hard to enjoy, and wearisome in its execution. You can watch the beast with a million eyes online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english.
The beast with a million eyes and the phantom from 10,000 leagues are two early examples of classic a. Watch the beast with a million eyes starring paul birch in this science fiction on directv. The beast with a million eyes 1955 bluray kultcinema. But im convinced that the show was originally screened as widescreen anyway. Soon after, the animals become psychotic, attacking people.
The beast with a million eyes 1955 where are my other 999, 999, 997 eyes. The beast with a million eyes 1955 cast and crew moviefone. The beast with a million eyes 1955 passed 1h 15min horror, scifi 15 june 1955 usa a dysfunctional family operating an isolated date farm in the california desert is threatened by the arrival of an extraterrestrial. This film was a disappointment to me when i saw it on late night tv in the 60s, but at least i saw it before i ever laid eyes on the advertising artwork and thus was spared the great poster, lousy movie letdown that theatergoers experienced back in 55. There are no dashing heroes, no military might, no dark avenger. I loved the characters in this second movie, including a cow, an old farmer, and a smart german shepherd. The beast with a million eyes by professor kinema from. Ruddy, would go one to cocreate both hogans heroes and walker, texas ranger and, most. This creature plans to dominate earthlings by mind. And on the beast with a million eyes, he tried to deliver a monster movie with no monster in it, his excuse being that the monster manifests itself through the animals that it controls and his distributor, american releasing corp.
It was made on a very low budget but the acting is solid and the plot entertaining. The phantom from 0 leagues the beast with 000 eyes. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. The opening monologue plays over somewhat chaotic imagery of space and earth, making for one of the best openings ive ever seen for a scifi film. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1955 movies 1955. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the beast with a million eyes near you. The beast with a million eyes, full movie full movie 1955. Theyre a record of 1950s fringe filmmaking at a resourcechallenged level of production. The beast with a million eyes 1955 an alien lands by spaceship and makes birds, cows and other animals attack a ranch family. Yet despite this, the film had some very interesting story elements and i found myself actually enjoying this filmthat is until the movie degenerated into a cheesy. It goes on to explain the entire plot of the movie, how it will come to earth and take over the minds of animals and watch everything that we will do.
The beast with a million eyes suffers the common challenge of any movie for which albert kallis ever made poster artwork. Most of the time they are stylized so well that they scare you without ever having an actual monster or ghost. The beast with a million eyes 1955 film complet en. The beast with a million eyes 1955 directed by roger corman. There are a couple of other interesting names hidden in the credits for the beast with a million eyes. From what i have read in horror books the director took a coffey pot and added scratches to the film to make it look like rays. The beast with a million eyes directed by roger corman, david kramarsky, lou place.
The unseen is a 1955 independently made american blackandwhite science fiction film, produced and directed by david kramarsky, that stars paul birch, lorna thayer, and dona cole. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The new hd transfer is flat, a decision that makes sense when we see how low the line is in the 1. Meanwhile, the film s art direction is credited to albert ruddy who, as albert s.
Jun 18, 2016 the beast with a million eyes film en streaming cherchezvous a regarder alors telecharger the beast with a million eyes cinematographe dans flux ceci cinematographe levant rare mise selon liberte et a recu une commentaire. Most are from popular movies from the 70s and 80s, but there are also really old ones and relatively new ones as well. An alien lands by spaceship and makes birds, cows and other animals attack a ranch family. Directed by david kramarsky, roger corman, lou place. The beast with a million eyes 1955 movie trailer plot. The countryside is invaded by a series of weird events birds go after humans. The beast with a million eyes official trailer all is well for the kellys, who live in the desert, until an alien lands in a space ship. Animals thatll do you as soon as look at you the beast with a million eyes is a film i have a lot of trouble dealing with fairly. Released 1955, the beast with a million eyes stars paulbirch, lornathayer, donacole, dicksargent the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Dick sargent, leonard tarver, chester conklin, paul birch, lorna thayer, dona cole et bruce whitmore.
One interestingly unique little film from the 1950s that ive always had an affection for is the beast with a million eyes 1955. Despite the confusing voiceover introduction, david kramarskys 1 the beast with a million eyes a. Find local tv listings for the beast with a million eyes on tvpassport. The line was begun by mgm in march 2001 following its acquisition of orion pictures, which bought out filmways, the owner of american international pictures. Apr 01, 2012 what kind of film would be the finished product. The beast with a million eyes 1955 horror, scifi movie. The beast with a million eyes the beast with 1,000,000 eyes. After an alien spaceship passes over the ranch, dogs, chickens, and even cows turn against the humans, killing anyone in their path. The countryside is invaded by a series of weird events.
That is, the basic premise of the film was intelligent, even if it fell apart in every other way. The unseen is a 1955 independently made american blackandwhite science fiction film, produced and directed by david. The beast with a million eyes the beast with 1,000,000 eyes is a film directed by david kramarsky, lou place. After an alien spaceship passes over the ranch, dogs, chickens, and even cows turn against. I feed on fear, live on human hatred i, a strong mind.
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