Lovecraft used the mammoth cave as the setting of his story the beast in the cave, in which one of the tourists gets separated from the group to find themselves stalked by a vicious humanoid creature. The haunted cave beast is the main antagonist of the 1959 american horror film beast from haunted cave. Synapse has done a terrific job with beast from haunted cave. It doesnt go wrong because the gangsters girlfriend grows a heart of gold. Presented as a special extended version, beast from haunted cave. Griffith who was also responsible for roger cormans the little shop of horrors, it conquered the world, not of this earth, attack of the crab monsters, and many, many others, beast from haunted cave was filmed backtoback with cormans ski troop attack, which utilized the same cast and much of the same crew and snowbound locations. Theres the gold heist plot, which involves a trio of. The unnamed creature featured in the 1959 film beast from haunted cave was found inhabiting a.
Michael forest, sheila carol, frank wolff, richard sinatra, wally campo writer. Horror, science fiction, heist film, gangster film. Four hoods mosey into a sleepy mountain village posing as vacationers looking to do a bit of crosscountry skiing. Beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman synopsis. These may not be the best looking bluray representations of 1950s horror movies out there, but we certainly found them enjoyable enough. Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Despite a low budget, beast from haunted cave successfully combines the crime and monster movie genres. In reality, theyve concocted an elaborate scheme perhaps too elaborate. Beast from haunted cave 1959 the movie database tmdb.
While the lover of alex, gypsy boulet, goes to an isolated cabin with the ski instructor gil jackson, a time bomb explodes a cave to divert the attention of the locals and the gangsters steal the gold. 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. Gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into a snowy wilderness, but their getaway is cut short as they are pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. The authors original working title was the trance of diana love. Hey, i caught some of 1941 last night too beast from haunted cave is one of my favorite movies. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff and richard sinatra. Feb 14, 2009 beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 director monte hellman release date october 1959. Beast from haunted cave 1959 changes the movie database. Beast from haunted cave michael forest, sheila noonan.
Beast from haunted cave nonalien creatures wiki fandom. Filmed in south dakota, it tells the story of bank robbers fleeing in the snow who run afoul of a beast that feeds on humans. Madacy entertainment group beast from haunted cave. Beast from haunted cave was just as i remembered it.
The story begins with a team of gold thieves hiding out in a ski resort cabin after a heist. About a young surgeon who experiments illegally with the. 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 spiderlike monster that feeds on humans. Griffiths script, a group of bank robbers run into hell itself when they plan a diversion that awakens a big spiderlooking monster from deep within a gold mind. It was a fun experience just waiting for the beast to be shown on screen. Nov 26, 2007 the plot was recycled from thunder over hawaiinaked paradise, only with a snowy setting rather than hawaii, and a monster added. Creature from the haunted sea has the proper sendup of the situation, hellman here makes it melancholy and poetic. Television prints back in the 70s were so dark that savant never was able to make it all the way through the movie. Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew moviefone. Watch beast from haunted cave online vimeo on demand. Presented as a special extended version, beast from haunted cave contains additional footage hellman shot three years after the film was originally released, and stretch the runtime to a still meager 73 minutes. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorheist film directed by monte hellman and starring. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 film about a group of gold thieves who pull off a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster directed by monte hellman.
Beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 youtube. Worldwide 1959 a group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider like monster. You can keep your nose out of it, unless you want a. Seeing it again all these years was not disappointing. From this point of view, the films real strengths come to light. In the late 1960s, chris robinson used to turn up at forrys place occasionally, but i havent seen him in years. Beast from haunted cave is one of my favorite movies. Neither film is overly grainy or overly waxy, but the clarity and detail are satisfactory and beast from haunted caves outdoor scenes impress the most.
Beast of yucca flats beast from haunted cave family video. Hellmans beast from haunted cave is another interesting tale. A group of gold thieves hiding in a wilderness cabin encounter a spiderlike monster. Beast from haunted cave 1959 approved 1h 12min crime, horror, thriller 30 october 1959 usa a group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. This is a horror film with a crime story background. As soon as they flee into the snowy wilderness, they are pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. Beast from haunted cave 1959 letterboxd social film. The film also marks the directorial debut of monte hellman, who is best known for his cult road movie, twolane blacktop 1971.
With michael forest, sheila noonan, frank wolff, wally campo. Dec 15, 2017 jack shadow features beast from haunted cave. Beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman releases. Beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 director monte hellman release date october 1959. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 film about a group of gold thieves who pull off a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. Starring michael forest atlas, viking women vs the sea serpent and frank wolff the wasp woman, the story tells a genuinely scary tale of a hideous bloodsucking thing from a lonely cave that terrorizes a group of thieves as they. Beast from haunted cave 1959 article 1818 by dave sindelar viewing date. It was 1959, when i was a mere seven years old, when i saw it at a local movie theater on a double bill with roger c o r m a n s the wasp woman. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorgangsterheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff, richard sinatra, and sheila carroll. In a skiing station in dakota, a gang of criminals leaded by alexander alex ward plans the heist of golden bars from a small bank. This horrifying featurefilm debut from director monte hellman twolane blacktop, cockfighter is an enjoyable monster on the loose classic.
Beast from the haunted cave was filmed backtoback with cormans ski troop attack, which utilized the same cast and much of the same crew and snowbound locations. But the explosion releases a spiderlike monster and due to a storm, the group becomes trapped in gils cabin and threatened by the creepy beast. It was a fun experience just waiting for the beast to be shown. Created as a project for filmgroup, which was run by bmovie producer kings. After beast from haunted cave was released theatrically, hellman filmed additional scenes with the original actors for the television broadcast a few years later. The beast from haunted cave was a member of an asofyet unidentified species of webspinning predator living in a seaside cave where it kidnapped humans to drink their blood. Watch beast from haunted cave 1959 full movie free online.
No it goes wrong because the gangsters didnt count on running into a giant spiderbeast. I was pleased with the image provided here, as the print looks much cleaner than expected, which is terrific news indeed. Synapse films dvd of beast from haunted cave shows that companys continued good faith effort to present their titles with the highest possible quality. A gold thief frank wolff and his gang use a skiers michael forest lodge and meet a monster covered with cobwebs. Griffith, the film is a parody of spy, gangster, and monster movies mostly creature from the black lagoon, concerning a secret agent, xk150 played by robert towne under the pseudonym edward wain, who goes under the code name sparks moran in order to infiltrate a criminal gang led by. Gene corman, roger corman, charles hannawalt director. Everyone is in danger of the cobweb covered blood guzzling monster that appears out of no. When a webswathed victim suddenly opens her eyes as the wind screeches and howls, a tacky effect becomes a cocteau evocation. The trio of crooks are trying to escape with the gold to canada.
The cave attracted so much spooky lore that the author h. In a skiing station in dakota, a gang of criminals leaded by alexander. Beast from haunted cave 1959 rotten tomatoes this is a horror film with a crime story background. It was produced by gene corman, roger corman s brother. Chiller night theater beast from haunted cave youtube. Alex frank wolff, a smalltime gangster, his girlfriend, gypsy sheila carol, and his two henchmen wally campo and richard sinatrafranks unfamous cousin visit snowy south dakota, planning to pull a heist from a bank. And an odd little creature feature called beast from haunted cave 1959, 72 minutes plays the shell game with its plot in much the same way. This was also the first film by the extremely talented, but eccentric director, monte hellman, who went on to direct a pair of existential westerns starring jack nicholson and the. Films like this one can be approached either as a complete. The same plot was used again in a tropical setting for creature from the haunted sea, also with a monster, but now it was a comedy. It captures the gangsters one by one, and stores them in a huge spider web for later consumption. Created as a project for filmgroup, which was run by bmovie producer kings roger. And no it doesnt go wrong because the handsome ski instructor foils their plans. Regardless the film zips along with an energy that comes from cormans thriftness and execution.
Gill michael forest stumbles across a gang of gold smuggling thieves who are using his. Beast from haunted cave was produced by gene corman, younger brother of. Staring michael forrest, wally campo, sheila carol and frank wolff. Michael forest is great and until recently i didnt realize he was adonais in the classic star trek episode, who mourns for adonais. The film follows the story of a prostitute, diana love duncan, who is put into a hypnotic trance by psychic quintis dufour, thus causing her to regress to a previous life. Beast from haunted cave 1959 fantastic movie musings. Beast from haunted cave is a film about a bank heist that goes wrong. Beast from haunted cave page 5 classic horror film board. It is not going to win any awards, but if you liked those old scary. Gill stumbles across a gang of thieves who are using his isolated cabin as a hideout. Beast from haunted cave the grindhouse cinema database.
Special extended version on dvd 654930301197 from synapse films. This might have been a really good movie if they had left out the left over prop from the monster store room and im not really sure it came from there. It doesnt go wrong because the police break up the plot. Beast from haunted cave 1959 fantastic movie musings and. No it goes wrong because the gangsters didnt count on running into a giant spiderbeast living in a haunted.
Shot in just twelve days on locations in the black hills of south dakota, beast from haunted cave juggles three storylines in its brief 72minute running time. Creature from the haunted sea is a 1961 horror comedy film directed by roger corman. Beast from haunted cave 1959 directed by monte hellman genres horror, science fiction subgenres creature film, crime thriller run time 75 min. The undead is a 1957 horror film directed by roger corman and starring pamela duncan, allison hayes, richard garland and val dufour. Made in 1959, it is billed as and pretends to be another example of the 50s creaturefeatures, but it largely eschews the standard formatting of those films for a. Beast from haunted cave 1959, directed by monte hellman was produced by roger corman in deadwood, south dakota. The characters are written as though they could be actual people and not just devices to move the plot. A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster.
Finally available on dvd in the uncut extended version containing almost ten minutes of additional footage, beast from haunted cave is a treat for fans of monte hellmans work and. A done on the cheap, mindless, old school creature feature. Legendary cult filmmaker roger corman has directed over 50 films and produced nearly 400 more. But the explosion releases a spiderlike monster and due to a. Director monte hellman who would later direct a young jack nicholson on two lowbudget westerns earned his lowbudget wings on filmgroups bizarre fusion of hostagecrime thriller and bigrubbermonster flick a quirky juxtaposition employed to similar effect 35 years later in from dusk till dawn. The plot and dialogues are ridiculous, so is the monster itself.
995 1164 1276 1106 323 199 1114 687 372 853 521 685 1408 1507 423 1075 145 715 1450 197 812 815 45 1119 917 1182 1511 30 1219 1492 1129 415 258 978 435 143 136 428 263