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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 American science fiction action horror film directed by Eugène Lourié, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, and Kenneth Tobey.
A 1953 sci-fi horror film about a dinosaur unleashed by an atomic test in the Arctic. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (8.8K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Eugène Lourié
- 1953-06-13
Jun 30, 2021 · Watch the 1953 horror sci-fi film by Eugène Lourié and Ray Harryhausen, featuring a giant dinosaur unleashed by a nuclear blast. The film is available for free download and streaming on the Internet Archive.
- 80 min
- 15.4K
- Shadows of the Dark
- 1 min
- THE MOVIE WAS PARTLY BASED ON A RAY BRADBURY STORY. It all started with a roar. One night, while he was living near Santa Monica Bay, legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury was awakened from his sleep by a blaring foghorn.
- JACK DIETZ THOUGHT ABOUT CASTING A LIVE REPTILE. Coincidentally, the man who handled Beast’s creature effects had been close friends with Bradbury since their teen years.
- THE BEAST ITSELF WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DESIGNS. “I had to create a mythical dinosaur,” Harryhausen recalled. In his early concept art, he fitted the reptile with pointy ears, a sharp beak, and webbed, human-like hands.
- STOCK FOOTAGE FROM SHE (1935) WAS USED DURING THE AVALANCHE SCENE. The movie opens with an H-Bomb test conducted above the Arctic circle. This experiment has the unfortunate side effect of releasing the Rhedosaurus from a glacier in which it’s been entombed for millions of years.
Jul 8, 2014 · Near the Arctic Circle, an atomic bomb is detonated. This fearsome experiment disturbs the sleep of a giant rhedosaurus encased in ice for more than 100-million years and sends it southward on a ...
- 3 min
- 143.3K
- Warner Bros.
When heavy artillery proves ineffective against the towering creature, scientist Tom Nesbitt (Paul Christian) concocts a radioactive formula to neutralize the beast --...
- (22)
- Sci-Fi
A nuclear test in the arctic awakens a giant dinosaur, called a rhedosaurus, that terrorizes the east coast of North America. A physicist and a paleontologist try to stop the beast before it reaches New York City.