Beast From Haunted Cave (1960)

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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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 4 min.
Directed By: Monte Hellman
Written By: Charles B. Griffith
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

In Theaters: Oct 1, 1959 Wide
On DVD: May 29, 2001
Studio: The Filmgroup

Critic Reviews

Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
The contrast rests between the existentialism of Monte Hellman's direction and the satire of Charles B. Griffith's screenplay
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Schlock, schlock! But one of those so-bad, it's good type.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This one had about as much chance of succeeding as a snowball in hell.

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Dr Blood

Roger Corman is far from being my favourite director anyway but this was just terrible. Even though it is very much a product of its time, that's still no excuse. There isn't a haunted cave and the "beast" is just some guy in a furry suit with extra arms. It should… More
Roger Corman is far from being my favourite director anyway but this was just terrible. Even though it is very much a product of its time, that's still no excuse. There isn't a haunted cave and the "beast" is just some guy in a furry suit with extra arms. It should have stuck to just being a crime drama. Everything is so slow that it's ideal for falling to sleep to on a wet afternoon though.
Ed Fucking H

Some gold diggin gangsta muthafuckaz go on a cross country ski trip, looking for the big score so they can move to Canada, but are stalked by a BEAST!!! The beast in question is a weird looking Chewbacca spider, that looks pleasantly ridiculous. This isn't a great film by any… More
Some gold diggin gangsta muthafuckaz go on a cross country ski trip, looking for the big score so they can move to Canada, but are stalked by a BEAST!!! The beast in question is a weird looking Chewbacca spider, that looks pleasantly ridiculous. This isn't a great film by any means, or even a very memorable one, but it is hard to hate it for what it is. A done on the cheap, mindless, old school creature feature. Pretty good times for b-movie fans.
Patrick D

It starts off promising and interesting. However the middle drags a bit being your simple crime-melodrama with a supernatural twists, which actually sounds pretty cool. BUT the last 15 minutes really pays off with strange B-movie monster goodness.

Cast

Michael Forest
as Gill
Sheila Carol
as Gypsy
Frank Wolff
as Alex

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Beast From Haunted Cave (1960)

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