The monster of piedras blancas is a 1959 film about a monster that terrorizes a beach. If you like this area, do a search for the grade b horror flick, the monster of piedras blancas. The monster of piedras blancas page 8 classic horror film. When the renaldi brothers are found dead on the beach, the townspeople are horrified by the condition of their mutilated corpses. Monster of piedras blancas, the the slpy little lighthouse community of piedras blancas has a big problem when bodies begin piling up thankfully theres the ice room at kocheks store for meats and groceries and a scale from a thoughttobeextinct prehistoric amphibian is found nearby. A monster pete dunn which looks like a nastier version of the creature from the black lagoon invades a quiet lighthouse town. Lucille jeanne carmen is a free spirit that openly loves fred don sullivan. Its a shame that awesome monster suit was so under utilized. The monster really freaked me out when i was a kid. The superstitious lighthouse keeper john harmon, worried for the safety of his beautiful teenage daughter jeanne carmen, decides to leave food for the monster who lives in. If youre a fan of jack arnolds creature, youll certainly want to see this cheaper variant.
Jeanne carmen, led tremayne, john harmon, don sullivan, forrest lewis, irvin berwick. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 bluray director. He leaves food for a sea monster who lives in a nearby cave. Rediscovering monster of piedras blancas and other movie. The story revolves around bella played by tess endersby, a young surfer girl who like dorothy is transported to a surreal world where munchkins, tin men, lions and witches are. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 irvin berwick, les tremayne, forrest lewis, john harmon, horror, scifi november 6, 2017 the monster, which looks like a nastier version of the creature from the black lagoon, invades a sleepy lighthouse town.
The monster of piedras blancas 1959 movie trailer plot. When work started to dry up at universal in the second half of the 1950s, kevan and berwick formed their own production company, vanwick, and the monster of piedras blancas was their first project. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 fantastic movie. A doctor les tremayne, a sheriff forrest lewis and a biologist pursue a creature hanging around a lighthouse. The well constructed monster is considerably less sympathetic than his black lagoon compatriot. The monster of piedras blancas 1958 a doctor les tremayne, a sheriff forrest lewis and a biologist pursue a creature hanging around a lighthouse. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 rare movie coll. The lighthouse keeper, newly widowed and estranged from the town folk, has been leaving food out for the monster for years, unaware of. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the monster of piedras blancas near you. Watch monster of the piedras blancas online 1959 movie.
Themonsterfromgreenhellmovieposter, themonsterofpiedrasblancasmovieposter, themonstersquadmovieposter. Soon after, town constable george stores the renaldis remains in a meat cooler at the grocery, where storekeeper kocheck frightens his customers by claiming that the mysterious deaths are the result of the legendary monster of piedras blancas. The monster of piedras blancas page 8 classic horror. Monster of piedras blancas, the dvd 1958 dvd empire. Cleaver, host of meet cleaver theatre on time warner cable channel 4. The first movie to cash in on the gillman concept from universals 1954 creature from the black lagoon, and sometimes cited as one of the seminal gore films, the monster of piedras blancas has been on 1950s science fiction fans digital wants lists since the dawn of the dvd format, previously. The monster, which looks like a nastier version of the creature from the black lagoon, invades a sleepy lighthouse town. The monster of piedras blancas 1958 is more famous for its publicity photos such as the one above than anything that happens in the film. The locals disregard him at first, but they begin to take notice when the bodies of people killed by the monster are found on the beach. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 irvin berwick, les. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 bluray dvd drivein.
Jeanne carmen in the monster of piedras blancas 1959. The monster of piedras blancas is a 1959 independently made american blackandwhite science fictionmonster film, produced by jack kevan, written and. The monster of piedras blancas page 3 classic horror. Original mono version the monster of piedras blancas 1959 soundtrack original film music extracted from the movie. Shera always thought it would be cool to show it in town as a benefit for the library. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 vostfr film complet. The monster of piedras blancas dvd 1958 olive films. The monster of piedras blancas, the classic monster movie that starred pinup icon jeanne carmen, makes another appearance in american pop culture. The monster of piedras blancas the official jeanne carmen. The producers missed a bet by not hiring their lead actor, radio star les. Joe dante on the monster of piedras blancas youtube.
A generally underrated monster flick from 1959, the monster of piedras blancas is often compared to the undeniably similar creature from the black lagoon, with this film invariably coming out. The monster of piedras blancas bluray 1958 olive films. Halfman, half crab, it lives in a cave near piedras blancas and only comes out of its cave to eat the offerings of the enigmatic lighthousekeeper sturges, whom everyone else considers crazy and. Berwicks and kevans connections in the industry allowed them to draw on some very able talent from the affordable end of the acting and. Jul 31, 20 monster of piedras blancas would always come up, weeks said. Monster of the piedras blancas is available to watch and stream, download, buy on demand at flixfling, flixfling vod online. The monster of piedras blancas poster for 1959 vanwick film bjtbbj from alamys library of millions of high resolution. With les tremayne, forrest lewis, john harmon, frank arvidson. Low rent but affectionately made by professional monster movie fans, this modest creature imitation didnt garner many theatrical playdates but had a long afterlife on tv double chiller programs. The monster of piedras blancas page 4 classic horror.
Jeanne carmen and don sullivan in the monster of piedras blancas 1959. If they took out a lot of the useless exposition and added in a few good monster kills this one could have been a bmovie classic. Nov 20, 2017 the monster of piedras blancas takes the idea of sexuality beyond the confines of the films monster. That episode was directed by ricou browning, the shows creator, who coincidentally was best known for playing the gillman in creature from the black lagoon 1954, which was the inspiration for monster of piedras blancas. The movie showing at the drivein in the foxtv remake of grease called grease live. The superstitious lighthouse keeper john harmon, worried for the safety of his beautiful teenage daughter jeanne carmen, decides to leave food for the monster who lives in a nearby cave. It lists the production as flipper, director as ricou browning which he was, in addition to being in the monster suit in this, and dp as lamar boren, who did shoot most of the shows though not this one. The monster of piedras blancas page 4 classic horror film. The monster of piedras blancas 1958 movie moviefone.
Joe is also the frequent cohost of trailers from hells official podcast, the movies that made me, available everywhere podcasts are streamed and downloaded. Butch cleaver brings another incredible movie trailer to meet cleaver theatre, this episode features the monster of piedras blancas. Can the investigating scientist les tremayne prove his bizarre theory that the slayings are the work of some kind of humanoid, amphibious missing linkor more to the point, will he live to. The superstitious lighthouse keeper is worried for the safety of his beautiful teenage daughter, so he leaves food for the monster, who dwells in a nearby cave. Apr 26, 2014 the movie showing at the drivein in the foxtv remake of grease called grease live. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the monster of piedras blancas with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 photo gallery imdb. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 indie horror online. The monster of piedras blancas page 5 classic horror.
A distinctly subpar effort, the monster of piedras blancas only item of interest is the monster suit, which has a face like a wild boar, the body of a lobster, and hands stolen from the costumes. Apr 25, 20 interestingly enough, the redemption of the monster from piedras blancas is being touted as modern wizard of oz instead of a retro monster flick by the film makers. The monster of piedras blancas made the rounds ages ago on vooms late, great monsters hd, but i cant imagine those satellite broadcasts looking anywhere nearly as magnificent as this. Sturges harmon is the lighthouse keeper of the town and is very superstitious and concerned for the safety of his teenage daughter, lucy carmen. The main audience for the monster of piedras blancas 1959 are those with an appreciation for the monster movies of that eraespecially those shot in glorious bw. The monster, which looks like a snarling creature from the black.
The monster of piedras blancas cast and crew tv guide. Now from the piedras blancas beast we turn our attention to graver matters. Jul 08, 2009 daryl learns sign language for connie the walking dead classic scene duration. Not only was he purely merciless, but the ripping off heads thing, really scared the crap out of me back when i was young and they aired the movie frequently on saturday afternoons.
The monster of piedras blancas poster for 1959 vanwick. Apr 26, 20 now, after many decades, the monster is ready to surface again in a new short film entitled the redemption of the monster of the piedras blancas. The superstitious lighthouse keeper is worried for the safety of his beautiful teenage daughter, so he leaves food for the monster, which dwells in a nearby cave. The monster of piedras blancas san luis obispo tribune. The monster of piedras blancas the official jeanne. The monster of piedras blancas, directed by irvin berwick malibu high, costars forrest lewis all that heaven allows, frank arvidson the 7th commandment and wayne berwick the naked monster and is photographed by philip lathrop, twotime academy award nominee for best cinematography the americanization of emily, earthquake. Famous monsters of filmland 003 1959 warren publishing scribd. Italian 22 russian 8 hebrew 2 japanese 2 turkish 2 danish 1. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 soundtrack youtube. Monsters are a precious natural resource and they shouldnt be.
Daryl learns sign language for connie the walking dead classic scene duration. An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fishman by feeding it scraps and fish. The lighthouse keeper, newly widowed and estranged from the town folk, has been leaving food out for the monster for years, unaware of its blood lust. Streamcloud the monster of piedras blancas 1959 deutsch. Olive films bluray release certainly looks as if its sourced from a brand new master rather than whatever monsters hd was airing more than a decade ago. The only thing i change is the improper link for piedras blancas which is the only reason i reverted edits. The monster of piedras blancas by irvin berwick irvin. The monster, which looks like a snarling creature from the black lagoon, invades a sleepy seaside town. Monsters are a precious natural resource and they shouldnt be wasted. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 the movie database tmdb. The monster of piedras blancas is a 1958 released 1959 american science fiction horror feature film about a prehistoric creature terrorising a. Nothing much ever happened in the little seaside town of piedras blancas. The locals disregard him at first, but they begin to take notice when the bodies of.
The monster was featured on a promo ad for the legendary band talking heads for a show at the roxy nightclub on the sunset strip in west hollywood. The monster of piedras blancas, dvd, horrormonsters, 8870901261. The monster of piedras blancas is a 1959 independently made american black andwhite science fictionmonster film, produced by jack kevan, written and. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 the movie database. The redemption of the monster from piedras blancas its. The monster of piedras blancas 1958 rotten tomatoes. She does this without any feelings of regret or shame. The monster of piedras blancas is a 1959 independently made american blackandwhite science fiction monster film, produced by jack kevan, written and directed by irvin berwick, that stars jeanne carmen, les tremayne, john harmon, don sullivan, forrest lewis, and pete dunn. This sculpture of the monster of piedras blancas was done by my friend rick gibson aka guitarik.
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