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The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)

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User Rating: 2.5/10 (395 votes)

Overview

Writer:
Tom Filer (writer)
Release Date:
15 June 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Screaming Terror! more
Plot:
An alien space craft lands in the desert. The alien takes over the minds of some of the local humans and animals and is able to see through them... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
So bad it goes beyond "so bad it's good" and lands right back on so bad more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Paul Birch ... Allan Kelley
Lorna Thayer ... Carol Kelley
Dona Cole ... Sandra Kelley
Leonard Tarver ... Carl (segment "Him")
Dick Sargent ... Deputy Larry Brewster
Chester Conklin ... Ben Webber
Bruce Whitmore ... The Beast (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes
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Runtime:
USA:75 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #17594) | Germany:BPjM Restricted
Filming Locations:
Indio, California, USA
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Trivia:
James H. Nicholson had come up with a tremendous ad and title and pre-sold the movie to exhibitors. Then they made the movie. When the distributors viewed the finished film, they were disappointed because the ads were so much more interesting. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "HBO First Look: The Haunting (#6.6)" (1999) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
So bad it goes beyond "so bad it's good" and lands right back on so bad, 8 April 2007
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Author: woid

This ten cent production just ran on TCM. It's one of the worst movies they've ever shown... but like everything they program, it's worth at least a sidelong look. That doesn't mean sitting through it -- it's a *very* long 75 minutes. In fact, I can't imagine how anybody made it through this bomb in a theater or drive-in.

Essentially what happens is this: A teakettle with an antenna lands in the desert. Our star, a portly man with his belt riding high, and his family of wooden wife and daughter, are menaced by their farm animals. This consists of closeups of cows mooing or dogs barking, with reaction shots of the actors screaming and running away. The best special effect comes when the chickens turn on their masters, which involves somebody off-camera throwing chickens at one of the actors. There's also a mute weird guy, for some (no) reason. And most surprising, there's Chester Conklin, who started his career playing opposite Charlie Chaplin in his early silents, continuing through Modern Times in the 30s. He's the finest screen presence here, which is faint praise indeed.

The soundtrack is classical music needle drops that have nothing to do with what's happening on screen (the climax to a symphony while somebody walks through the desert), plus ultra-cheapo sound effects.

On second thought, it's a masterpiece... of what Frank Zappa called "Cheepnis." (http://www.cupandblade.com/ cheepnis/cheepnis.mp3)

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