Eegah (1962)

Director:

Arch Hall Sr.

Writers:

Arch Hall Sr. (story)
Bob Wehling (screenplay)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Music

Tagline:

The Crazed Love of a Prehistoric Giant for a Ravishing Teenage Girl!

Plot:

Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.

Plot Keywords:

Giant | Caveman | Teenage Girl | Palm Springs California | Desert

Cast

Arch Hall Jr.	...	Tom Nelson
Marilyn Manning	...	Roxy Miller
Richard Kiel	...	Eegah
Arch Hall Sr.	...	Robert Miller (as William Watters)
Clay Stearns	...	Band Member
Bob Davis	...	George
Deke Lussier	...	Band Member
Ron Shane	...	Detective
Addalyn Pollitt	...	George's Wife
Bill Lloyd	...	Kruger (as William Lloyd)
Ray Dennis Steckler	...	Mr. Fishman (as Ray Steckler)
Bill Rice	...	Chef

Also Known As:

Eegah! (USA) (poster title)
Eegah! The Name Written in Blood

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fairway International Pictures

Trivia:

Filmed in Bronson Canyon, a cave complex in the hills above Hollywood where Robot Monster (1953) was filmed. Eegah's cavern is Ro-Man's headquarters seen from a different angle.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the end, Robert Miller (played by Arch Hall Sr.) quotes the Book of Genesis, Chapter 4, Verse 32: "There were giants in the Earth, in those days." That verse doesn't exist; in fact, there is no verse 32 (the quote is from Genesis 6:4, not 4:32).

Quotes:

Robert Miller: Watch out for snakes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Starfighters (#7.12)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Valerie

In the right frame of mind, this is - what?!

Despite its legendary status as a bad film, I decided to watch this film with an open mind, projecting myself into a typical drive-in audience viewer of the early 196OS, albeit without the prom-date in the back-seat....

If you approach the film this way, what you find is that you actually get brain-numbed into this almost childlike attitude where everything bad is beautiful. By the end of the film I found myself feeling sympathy for Kiel's caveman, who only wanted a little lovin', after all, and he would have made a great hippie....

However, when I finally got my brain back, I could only think of those ridiculous overtures to youth culture - those horrible songs! That hair-doo! That revolting party at the end! And the hotrod that supposedly, just in and of itself, is to provide us with thrills and fun! Whoa! The only weird stuff in this film are the implicit rape of the daughter watched by the father - who doesn't seem to know how to react, and ultimately decides not to bother. And the fact that the girl falls in love with Eegah at the end - he must have been wow in bed, huh? Otherwise, you will be ashamed that you laughed so hard at such a piece of ... I still don't know what.