The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Reviews

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
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A longtime "dream" project of production designer-turned-director Eugene Lourie, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms sees the titular beast unleashed on the world via nuclear testing. Making its way from the Arctic Circle, the monster-a carnivorous "rhedosaurus"-begins advancing towards New York. It stomps its way around Wall Street, pausing to have a policeman for lunch. By the time it has reached Coney Island, the rhedosaurus is more of a danger than ever because of the deadly bacteria it carries within its system. It's up to researcher Paul Christian and sharpshooter Lee Van Cleef to try to liquidate the beast with a grenade chock full of radioactive isotopes. Beast From 20,000 Fathoms represented effects artist Ray Harryhausen's first solo effort, after assisting Willis O'Brien on Mighty Joe Young (1949). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, (more)
Director(s):
Eugène Lourié
Format(s):
DVD
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Lee G.

Another Ray Harryhausen classic (Earth vs. the flying Saucers, Jason and the Argonauts) Before CGI there was stop motion and RH was the king. I love these movies, these are the ones I grew up watching.

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Lavina W.

good for its time. love the classics. don't count this movie out

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Terry B.

better than japanese godzilla etc.also like gorgo,king kong more realistic.

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Michael L.

Great classic monster movie with the talent of Ray Harryhausen doing the special effects. It has both the black and white and color versions that makes it nice to see the original and the colorized movie.

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Mark H.

Another of Harryhausen's children runs amok! ;) Seriously, this was one of the better monster movies from the fifties. It was based on the short story "The Foghorn" by Ray Bradbury. If you have a love of giant monster movies like I do, definitely give this one a look.

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Mr C.

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms is one of my favorite 50's monster flicks. The animation is pretty good for the time period. Overall it's worthy of a 4/5

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Jane P.

Very fun Ray Harryhausen film, stop motion animation is terrific and the actors are good and better than most for this genre. If you're a film buff and like old monster movies, this is one of the better B films and I'm sure you will enjoy it- and don't miss the extras that include an interview with Harryhausen!

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Richard M.

fabulous monster movie loved it

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    Lee G.

    Another Ray Harryhausen classic (Earth vs. the flying Saucers, Jason and the Argonauts) Before CGI there was stop motion and RH was the king. I love these movies, these are the ones I grew up watching.

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    Lavina W.

    good for its time. love the classics. don't count this movie out

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    Terry B.

    better than japanese godzilla etc.also like gorgo,king kong more realistic.

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