The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
1h 11m | PG-13
An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.
Director: Irvin Berwick
Studio: Vanwick Productions
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Video: 720p
Cast
Les Tremayne
as Dr. Sam Jorgenson
Forrest Lewis
as Constable George Matson
John Harmon
as Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper
Frank Arvidson
as Kochek, the Storekeeper
Jeanne Carmen
as Lucille Sturges
Don Sullivan
as Fred
Reviews
OK, so the shadowy monster looks like something straight out of an episode of "Scooby Do", but that doesn't make this daft sci-fi yarn any worse than a great many of it's contemporaries - indeed it's actually quite fun to watch as 'Dr. Sam Jorgenson" (Les Tremayne) and hunky "Fred" (Don Sullivan) set out on the trail of a mysterious murderer that is clinically decapitating it's victims leaving no trace of blood, nor of it's identity. The story moves along swiftly for 70 minutes, with some seriously ropey dialogue and effects, but with a bit of suspense too - especially the last ten minutes or so when I defy you not to smile. Sure it isn't at all scary now, but it might just have had you down behind the sofa in 1959.