The She-Creature (1956)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Director:

Edward L. Cahn

Writers:

Lou Rusoff (screenplay)
Lou Rusoff (story)

Release Date:

August 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Hypnotized! Reincarnated as a monster from hell!

Plot:

A mysterious hypnotist (Chester Morris) reverts his beautiful assistant (Marla English) back into the...

Plot Keywords:

Reincarnation | Murder | Creature | Monster | Spirit

Cast

Chester Morris	...	Dr. Carlo Lombardi
Marla English	...	Andrea Talbott
Tom Conway	...	Timothy Chappel
Cathy Downs	...	Dorothy Chappel
Lance Fuller	...	Dr. Ted Erickson
Ron Randell	...	Police Lt. Ed James
Frieda Inescort	...	Mrs. Chappel
Frank Jenks	...	Plainclothes Sgt. with Lt James
El Brendel	...	Olaf, the butler
Paul Dubov	...	Johnny, the barker
William Hudson	...	Bob, the ex-fiancé (as Bill Hudson)
Flo Bert	...	Marta, the Maid
Jeanne Evans	...	Mrs. Brown
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Police dr. with Prof Anderson
Jack Mulhall	...	Lombardi's Lawyer

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Ryder Sound Services)

Certification:

USA:Unrated (video release) | USA:Approved (PCA #18168) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA

Company:

Golden State Productions

Trivia:

In 1956, American International released this film on a double bill with It Conquered the World (1956).

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie, Tom Conway is "chased" by the She-Creature. It looks like he is using a standard .38 caliber, six shot pistol. He fires the weapon seven times without reloading.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Horrible Honeys (1988) (V)

Danger from the ocean

The She-Creature is typical of the stuff American International were making at this time and is one of their better efforts.

A series of murders are the result of a rather nasty prehistoric monster that keeps coming up from the ocean. This is actually a woman in a past life, under hypnosis. As more killings take place, the hypnotist gets the blame for the murders but the monster kills him at the end and everything returns to normal.

The monster suit looks surprisingly quite good and was the responsibility of Paul Blaisdell, who designed and played a lot of the monsters in these sort of movies.

The movie has quite a good cast: Chester Morris, Falcon actor and sci-fi/horror regular Tom Conway (Cat People, The Atomic Submarine), Cathy Downs (The Amazing Colossal Man, Missile To the Moon), Lance Fuller (This Island Earth), Marla English (Voodoo Woman)and Ron Randell.

The She-Creature is worth watching, especially if you are a 1950's sci-fi/horror fan.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.