His feature films include the howling, piranha, matinee, the burbs, looney tunes back in action, the hole. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 directed by irvin. The monster of piedras blancas alchetron, the free social. The monster of piedras blancas takes the idea of sexuality beyond the confines of the film s monster. Microwave massacre is a 1983 dark comedy horror feature film directed by wayne berwick a child actor in the monster of piedras blancas. The monster of piedras blancas page 4 classic horror. One of my favorites is that they put the dead bodies in the meat locker of the local super market eeee. The monster of piedras blancas 1958 rotten tomatoes.
The monster of piedras blancas absolutely belongs in your collection. It graced the pages of countless horror magazines and still haunts the memories of older monster kids, myself included. The monster of piedras blancas, their first film, was designed as a takeoff on uis popular creature from the black lagoon, whose iconic monster suit kevan had helped manufacture. 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.
Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The monster of piedras blancas page 5 classic horror. The creature suit is pretty darn cool albeit bowlegged. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The monster of piedras blancas is a gillman knockoff, with some real pedigree thanks to producer and creature designer jack kevan, who had worked on creature from the black lagoon, this island earth, and the mole people. I can sort of see how a question about monster of piedras blancas could end up here in the universal folder. The monster of piedras blancas page 2 classic horror. 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. The film has languished in obscurity for entirely too long, deprived of a home video release for more than a quarter of a century, and its a thrill to rediscover it on such an achingly gorgeous bluray release. Watch and share yuen biao the champions 1983 vostfr film. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 trailer media graveyard.
The monster of piedras blancas 1958 a doctor les tremayne, a sheriff forrest lewis and a biologist pursue a creature hanging around a lighthouse. Ive never seen the movie, only the still of the creature holding that head and the monster sure looks like the creature from the neck down. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 vostfr film complet by one night at the drivein. The new batch, innerspace and small soldiers for producer steven spielberg.
The monster of piedras blancas 1958 movie moviefone. Cast and crew credits for the monster of piedras blancas, 1959, directed by irvin berwick, with les tremayne, forrest lewis, john harmon, at turner classic movies. The ghost galleon aka horror of the zombies 1974 promotional art. I know nothing of the background of this flick but i bet they gave jack kevan a producer credit in return for a bargain price for the monster suit. Watch and share ma cite va cracker film complet vf gifs on gfycat. The hands and feet are piedras blancas leftovers, too. The shadow of the cat 1961 classic movie posters, horror posters.
When the renaldi brothers are found dead on the beach, the townspeople are horrified by the condition of their mutilated corpses. Pete dunn in the monster of piedras blancas 1959 john harmon in the monster. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 indie horror online. 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.
Connoisseurs of retro lowbudget horror may notice that the strangelooking sea creature from 1959 irvin berwickdirected film the monster of piedras blancas, bears something of a resemblance to several other bmovie monsters of old. The creation of the humanoids 1962 vostfr film complet. Watch and share the monster of piedras blancas 1959 vostfr film complet gifs on gfycat. A pair of scientists and the sheriff are baffled at the cause of these slayings until they run into a creature of the black lagoon style monster. There is a reason that this hasnt been on dvd or bluray. Watched it but got a little distracted, but all and all a pretty damn good film for what it was. I recall a point where some character mentions that they found another headless body drained of its blood and in frustration i yelled at the scene, why the hell didnt. The monster, which looks like a nastier version of the creature from the black lagoon, invades a sleepy lighthouse town. Its pretty obvious that it isnt the asturian, spanish, piedras blancas nor any of the latin american ones. The film was influenced by the creature from the black lagoon 1954.
Not that ben chapman, the other one, who worked on the superman show. With les tremayne, forrest lewis, john harmon, frank arvidson. The monster, which looks like a snarling creature from the black lagoon, invades a sleepy seaside town. The movie stars veteran movie actor les tremayne as dr. These words hooked me for olive films release of the monster of piedras blancas 1959. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 horror, scifi full length film by cult cinema classics. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 bluray director. Its a town on the central california coast, and it does have a lighthouse that was used in this film, but only for exterior shots. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 vostfr film complet gifs. When the meats not there, the monster gets to show more than its shadow. Back to the late 1950s, when bmovies were in their prime.
The monster of piedras blancas 1959 horror, scifi full length film duration. During the premiere of this film, jeanne carmens dress was nearly torn off by a gang of rowdy young boys. The film was shot not at the actual point piedras blancas, which is north of san simeon on the california coast. Dumpsterpiece theatre presents the monster of piedras. Note to horror film makers if you have a cool monster for your monster movie then use the damn thing. Sam jorgensen, forrest lewis the lovable hard of hearing trombone player in the mayberry band episode of the andy griffith show as constable george matson, john harmon as sturges, the lighthouse keeper, jeanne carmen as lucy sturges. The monster of piedras blancas film the monster of piedras blancas 22 april 1959. Their scenes together are provocative for the time. The monster, which looks like a snarling creature from the black lagoon, invades a.
The monster of piedras blancas 1959 your life in film. Who owns the rights to this film and why are they sitting on it. Lucille jeanne carmen is a free spirit that openly loves fred don sullivan. Berwick and kevan formed vanwick productions and became independent producers. He gives his mutant diplovertebron monster elements of these other monsters. He got his start cutting trailers for roger corman and later directed the hit movie gremlins, as well as gremlins 2. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 turner classic movies. The monster from piedras blancas stars les tremayne as dr. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 vostfr film complet one night at the drivein. This 1996 episode features les tremaynes 1959 cult classic film the monster of piedras blancas. Shouldnt the article be corrected for having that link. It turns out that the grumpy lighthouse keeper has been feeding the monster for the last ten years.
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. According to keep watching the skies by bill warren, the movie was not shot at piedras blancas but was shot at point conception. The lighthouse locations were shot at the point conception lighthouse near lompoc, and the films town was in fact the seaside city of cayucos, about 30 miles south of the real piedras blancas. If youre a fan of man in suit creature features of the days of yore.
The makeup effects were done by jack kevan, the same creator of the monster suit in creature from the black lagoon. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 trailer youtube. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 vostfr film complet. I suspect many monster fan remember the infamous publicity still from the monster of piedras blancas, with the titular creature holding a decapitated head. The monster of piedras blancas is a 1959 science fictionhorror film written and directed by irvin berwick and starring les tremayne, forrest lewis, and pete dunn. The monster of piedras blancas is another fun costumedmonster feature involving a small seaside mexican villages willingness to give out raw meat in some almost ancient ritual. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the monster of piedras blancas near you.
Microwave massacre is a 1983 dark comedy horror feature film directed by wayne berwick a child actor in the monster of piedras blancas, sound. Sam jorgenson and forrest lewis as constable george matson, don sullivan as fred, john harmon as sturges. And they dont hardly get more prime than 1959s the monster of piedras blancas really nothing more than a blatant ripoff of the earlier creature from the black lagoon, this film followed bmovie formula pretty closely including the hero kissing the girl at the end, but it does offer a few new twists. The monster really freaked me out when i was a kid. 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. Yuen biao the champions 1983 vostfr film complet gif. One of my favorite old monster movies, the monster of piedras blancas, is getting set to make its disc debut on bluray and dvd, and were elated to bring you the. As a result, she vowed never to be in a horror film again. The crabman, was designed by jack kevin, who also helped to design the gillman in the creature from the black lagoon 1954. The monster of piedras blancas is a 1959 independently made american blackandwhite science fictionmonster 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. The monster of piedras blancas classic horror film board. So with the hope of a stunning transfer and some bmovie flare, i sat down to watch the monster of piedras blancas. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 plot summary imdb. An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fishman by feeding it scraps and fish.
Complet vostfr, a bill of divorcement film en entier francais streaming vf. 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. 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 1959 vostfr film complet gif. She does this without any feelings of regret or shame. This means, at best, you might be able to find this film on vhs at a flea market. The monster of piedras blancas is a 1959 independently made american black andwhite science fictionmonster film, produced by jack kevan, written and.
The monster is a missing link between waterbreathing and landbreathing creatures and is prehistoric. Streamcloud the monster of piedras blancas 1959 deutsch. There are all kinds of goofy goingson in piedras blancas. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 photo gallery imdb. Joe dante is a lifelong film buff who turned his obsession into a career. Tell me if im wrong, but it seemed most of the monster scenes happened very fast. Given the context and the angloamerican cast and the names of the characters, isnt the piedras blancas from the title piedras blancas light station. The monster of piedras blancas 1959 bluray dvd drivein.