Eegah (1962)

User Rating:

1.9/10   

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 | Palm Springs California | Caveman | Desert | Teenage Girl

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carolyn Brandt	...	Fishman's Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Arch Hall Sr.		(as Nicholas Merriwether)

Writing credits
Arch Hall Sr.		(story) (as Nicholas Merriwether)
Bob Wehling		(screenplay)

Produced by
Arch Hall Sr.	....	producer (as Nicholas Merriwether)
Don Schneider	....	associate producer

Original Music by
André Brummer		(as Henry Price)

Cinematography by
Vilis Lapenieks		(as Vilis Lapeneicks)

Film Editing by
Don Schneider

Production Management
H. Duane Weaver	....	production manager

Sound Department
Sam Kopetzky	....	sound recording engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Ray Dennis Steckler	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department
Alan O'Day	....	music editor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Fairway International Pictures

Distributors

• Fairway International Pictures (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
• Rhino Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Sinister Cinema (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• Rhino Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Rhino Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• VCI Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Platinum Disc (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Platinum Disc (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Rhino Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

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:

Producer Arch Hall Sr. also directed, under the name Nicholas Merriwether, and acted, under the name William Watters.

Goofs:

Continuity: In close-ups, the helicopter pilot has rather bushy hair, but in the long shot, when he's landing the helicopter, he has a crew cut.

Quotes:

[Rosy tells Tom of her first encounter with Eegah]
Tom Nelson: Honest, Roxy, I believe you! I swear on my Elvis Presley LP.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Vickie

Hey, check it out, there's an oven in the living room!

This would have been an okay sixties monster movie with a decent monster performance by Kiel, who manages to almost pull of scary and nearly pull off sad. However there was one fatal flaw in the making of this film. That flaw was Arch Hall Sr., who co wrote, directed, acted in, and I think produced the movie. I don't know what he was thinking when he put this thing together, but it was demented. First off, the movie is just stupid. The dialogue is horrible, there are big parts that make no sense, very little happens, and the characters are all annoying and retarded. Furthermore, there are lots of really weird voice over problems, like when the three main people walk past the screen and a voice from the sky shouts at extra high volume while no one is speaking, "Watch out for snakes!". Then there's the fact that Arch Hall Sr. cast himself as the father of the girl who gets kidnapped. Maybe she was really his girlfriend in real life or maybe Arch Hall Sr. is just weird, but whatever it was, the two act really bizarre together. First of all, they do a lot of strange, "semi-sexual but in a weird and kind of gross way" things. Also, Arch, as the father, keeps pimping his daughter out to Eegah.

But the WORST thing about this movie is Arch Hall Sr.'s most painful contribution to the film. Arch Hall Jr. All I can say is that Arch Hall Jr. is probably one of the worst actor's I've ever seen, and probably one of the most horrendously ugly people who's ever lived. His face is so creepy it made me shiver ever time he smiled. Of course he was the hero.

The good thing about Eegah? Made a great episode for Mystery Science Theater 3000. The show that makes bad movies good. Watch for the living room with an oven on the wall. Check this one out. But not without MST3K to protect you. It wouldn't be worth the pain.