Beast From Haunted Cave (1960)
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25% of users liked it
(1,875 ratings)
Director Monte Hellman (who would later direct a young Jack Nicholson on two low-budget westerns) earned his low-budget wings on Filmgroup's bizarre fusion of hostage/crime thriller and big-rubber-monster flick -- a quirky juxtaposition employed to similar effect 35 years later in From Dusk Till… More Director Monte Hellman (who would later direct a young Jack Nicholson on two low-budget westerns) earned his low-budget wings on Filmgroup's bizarre fusion of hostage/crime thriller and big-rubber-monster flick -- a quirky juxtaposition employed to similar effect 35 years later in From Dusk Till Dawn. The story begins with a team of gold thieves hiding out in a ski resort cabin after a heist, taking two people hostage as they prepare to smuggle their loot across the Canadian border -- unaware of the giant, icky-looking spider-monster lurking in a nearby cave, which preys on anyone unlucky enough to stumble near its lair. The film's woodland exteriors add a richness lacking in the typical dusty desert settings of this film's genre contemporaries. The cobwebby monster is played by Chris Robinson, later the star of General Hospital. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Directed By
- Monte Hellman
- Written By
- Charles B. Griffith
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 1, 1959 Wide
- Studio
- The Filmgroup
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
The contrast rests between the existentialism of Monte Hellman's direction and the satire of Charles B. Griffith's screenplay
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Schlock, schlock! But one of those so-bad, it's good type.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This one had about as much chance of succeeding as a snowball in hell.
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Cast
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Michael Forest
as Gill
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Sheila Carol
as Gypsy
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Frank Wolff
as Alex
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Richard Sinatra
as Marty
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Wally Campo
as Byron
- Chris Robinson
