Monster of the Day #1914

Updated on April 26, 2019 By Ken Begg 12 Comments

This is easily the best of the lot (although the Krimi is great!). I showed this at T-Fest one year, and except for Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake, might have been the be received “modest little movie that everyone kinda loved.”

Crazy cast; Cameron Mitchell (starting the road from How to Marry a Millionaire to Nightmare in Wax or a hundred other crap titles), Anne Bancroft, Oscar winner Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Burr and Lee Marvin.

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  • I love this little flick. I was lucky enough to get to see it in 3D when Count Gore de Vol showed it in the early 80s.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    Saw this a long time ago, and seem to remember it was fairly good. Another name: Barney Slater, who wrote about half the episodes of “Lost in Space.” (Not including “The Great Vegetable Rebellion,” though.)

  • Gamera977

    Ah, Raymond Burr’s other gorilla movie.

    I’m assuming no gorillas appeared on Perry Mason…

  • Kirk

    This one was pretty fun at T-fest. I actually beat The Rev. to a Simpsons joke.

  • zombiewhacker

    This film stemmed from a fleetingly brief period in Cameron Mitchell’s career when he was a Hollywood leading man. That alone makes this a film curiosity worth seeking out. Mitchell actually wasn’t a bad actor at all. He simply had one of those “looks” that resulted in him being forever typecast as psychos and baddies.

  • bgbear_rnh

    Anne Bancroft and Lee Marvin have Oscars too.

  • Rock Baker

    A lot like Raymond Burr, actually. Though he managed to escape such type casting by virtue of landing Perry Mason.

  • Eric Hinkle

    I remember this one. Saw it once, but it stuck in my mind. It’s pretty decent for a B-movie and has some clever twists.

    BTW, if you want to see how low indie film-making can go, you have to check out the trailer for ‘Velocipastor’ on YouTube. It’s the story of a priest who can turn into a velociraptor, fights ninjas, and falls in love with a hooker. Oh, and he eats unrepentant sinners in confession. I swear I’m not making that up

  • zombiewhacker

    Good point. I guess in a funny way Godzilla must have seemed like a breath of fresh air to him.

  • Ken_Begg

    Good point!

  • The Rev.

    It is a sign of my eroding sanity that I really want to see that despite knowing it probably doesn’t live up to the description you’ve provided.

  • Eric Hinkle

    The film itself makes Sharknado look like the original Star Wars in comparison.