The Flesh Eaters (1964)

Director:

Jack Curtis

Writer:

Arnold Drake (writer)

Release Date:

18 March 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Behind this Membrane...You Will Be Driven To a Point...Midway Between Life and Death!

Plot:

A group of young adults are trapped on a desert island only to find the water inhabited by a violent form of flesh eating organisms.

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Actress | Beautiful Woman | Monster | Pilot

Cast

Martin Kosleck	...	Prof. Peter Bartell
Byron Sanders	...	Grant Murdoch
Barbara Wilkin	...	Jan Letterman
Rita Morley	...	Laura Winters
Ray Tudor	...	Omar
Christopher Drake	...	Matt
Darby Nelson	...	Jim
Rita Floyd	...	Radio Operator
Warren Houston	...	Cab Driver
Barbara Wilson	...	Ann
Ira Lewis	...	Freddy Miller

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

Vulcan Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Copyrighted in 1962 (MCMLXII).

Better than you might think...

This film is an updated for the 1960s version of the traditional late 30s-40s mad scientist tale but one with the surprising addition of gore, used very effectively for the time. Martin Kosleck here provides the mad scientist, a Nazi stereotype not uncommon to earlier eras. The Flesh Eaters themselves make for a memorable menace and the early scene with the two swimmers is an excellent bit of film making. The gigantic ones and their showdown with the hero at the end requires much suspension of disbelief but the monsters are also quite nasty-looking which makes for fun viewing if you're into seeing giant monsters. The final showdown actually reminds me a little of the film KRONOS.