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The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Director: Coleman Francis
Writer: Coleman Francis
Cast: Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Bing Stafford, Tor Johnson
Genre: low budget monster film
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Director: Coleman Francis
Writer: Coleman Francis
Cast: Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Bing Stafford, Tor Johnson
Genre: low budget monster film
A Hungarian scientist escapes the iron curtain only to be found by Soviet agents in Yucca Flats, USA. Just as the communist agents are about to neutralize the rogue scientist, a nuclear blast strikes them...transforming the scientist into a killer...CR
Wow! was this one helluva stupid movie or what! The Beast of Yucca Flats has been called the worst film ever made....and I believe it. And this isn't one of those so cheesy it's fun films, it's just crummy cheapo film making.
Coming in at an hour long, this was shot on a shoe string budget and without sound, probably because a) the actors weren't real actors and couldn't act, so who needs sound...and b) it's cheaper to pay one guy to narrate the film than it is to drag sound equipment out into the desert.
I like to say this movie at least had an idea and it did! To make money for nothing! The creative title got this movie showings at drive-in theaters, making the film makers some good money.
The Beast of Yucca Flats is so bad that the monster, played by Tor Johnson the Swedish wrestler who made films with Ed Wood, kills his first victim BEFORE he turns into a monster. Say what?.......The film describes him as a family man whos family has been killed by the evil commies and is on the run...It's only after he's exposed to a nuclear blast that he becomes a killer monster. So why this scene? Because It made money!
The producer needed something flashy so after the filming was done he paid a girl to be briefly topless. That will pack them into the theaters! He edited the scene into the beginning of the movie where it makes no continuity sense and yet it's the best scene in the movie.
I could go on, buy why? We get horrible acting, idiotic people and poor Tor Johnson struggling around the desert. Tor was older at the time and can be seen using a big stick as a walking cane. Sadly this movie killed his movie career, and he was only paid $300 for his troubles.
I'm giving this half a rating, and that's for the topless shot and additional cleavage...Oh and for the cute bunny too.
Coming in at an hour long, this was shot on a shoe string budget and without sound, probably because a) the actors weren't real actors and couldn't act, so who needs sound...and b) it's cheaper to pay one guy to narrate the film than it is to drag sound equipment out into the desert.
I like to say this movie at least had an idea and it did! To make money for nothing! The creative title got this movie showings at drive-in theaters, making the film makers some good money.
The Beast of Yucca Flats is so bad that the monster, played by Tor Johnson the Swedish wrestler who made films with Ed Wood, kills his first victim BEFORE he turns into a monster. Say what?.......The film describes him as a family man whos family has been killed by the evil commies and is on the run...It's only after he's exposed to a nuclear blast that he becomes a killer monster. So why this scene? Because It made money!
The producer needed something flashy so after the filming was done he paid a girl to be briefly topless. That will pack them into the theaters! He edited the scene into the beginning of the movie where it makes no continuity sense and yet it's the best scene in the movie.
I could go on, buy why? We get horrible acting, idiotic people and poor Tor Johnson struggling around the desert. Tor was older at the time and can be seen using a big stick as a walking cane. Sadly this movie killed his movie career, and he was only paid $300 for his troubles.
I'm giving this half a rating, and that's for the topless shot and additional cleavage...Oh and for the cute bunny too.