Mitch macafee, a civil aeronautical engineer, while engaged in a radar test flight near the north pole, spots an unidentified flying object. In an interview, star jeff morrow said that neither he nor anyone on the film saw the title monster until they went to the films premiere in morrows home town. But when the air force arrives, they cannot find anything visually or on radar. The day of the triffids full movie howard keel jannette scott 1962 by lushscreamqueen schlock treatment. Science fiction movies v 1957 1969 complete films plus the most complete filmography on you tube. The giant claw 1957 movie trailer by horrortheatervideo.
Apr 01, 2018 the movie attempts to be serious, but the effects and inane concept kill any chance of that. Youtube watchlist, a list of films by thegiantclaw. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites powered by justwatch. The theatrical trailer for the giant claw 1957, one of the alltime great guilty pleasures of sciencefiction cinema. One of the first science fiction films to attempt a high level of accurate technical detail tells the story of the first trip to the moon. The next scene finally provides the audience payoff, as we get to see our star for the first time. Director eugene lourie, who gave us the beast from 20,000 fathoms, reaches back waaaaay back for another dinosaur that, after being awakened by the obligatory atomic explosion, toddles off to londontown to cause a spot of bother. The late jeff morrow and his surviving relatives have occasionally recounted the tale of the films premiere. Attacking another toy plane, the giant claw is revealed to be a big turkeybuzzard combo, with goofy bulbous eyes, a long wattled neck, a tuft of hair and wire whiskers. Sears, with jeff morrow, mara corday, morris ankrum, at turner classic movies. Complete films, some in parts, some cross over several genres e. Get all 15 giant claw releases available on bandcamp and save 50% includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality downloads of soft channel, deep thoughts, 22m never felt so alone, dark web, max mutant, impossible chew, attorney struggle, music for film, and 7 more. Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious ufo is actually a giant turkeylike bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious ufo is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or. The 16 greatest giant monsters in movie history sharp magazine. The giant claw 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. See the full list of the giant claw cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Attack of the crab monsters 1957 full horror movie richard garland by anje tip. Overview of the giant claw, 1957, directed by fred f. Its so crisp it looks like it came right out of the can. The giant claw 1957 the giant claw 1957 the giant claw 1957 the image could not be loaded. The 16 greatest giant monsters in movie history sharp. The giant claw is about a giant killer bird that attacks everything. The giant claw is actually a pretty good 50s era scifi flick.
The giant claw 1957 wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. The giant claw 1957 engineer mitch macafee jeff morrow spots a ufo while directing a study at the north pole. I saw the giant claw several times on the saturday afternoon creature feature in the late 60s and 70s. The giant claw stars jeff morrow the square jawed hero played from every other fifties b movie you may have seen. The giant claw 1957 1080p bluray x264 yts am youtube.
Corday and morrow have decent chemistry and seem to play off of each other fairly well, while the rest of the cast including bmovie regular morris ankrum are more than tolerable. Sears toiled in the bhive of columbia pictures second features unit for less than ten years but amassed an impressive roster of fiftytwo films bearing his imprimatur the last three of which were released posthumously. Monster aside, this movie has decent pacing, and benefits from starring richard morrow its not a boring film. The giant claw 1957 some bmovies are dull, some are hilariously bad, and some walk the line between sobaditsgood and brilliant. The mark of the claw is a 1957 american blackandwhite horror science fiction film from columbia pictures, produced by sam katzman, directed by fred f. That said, the giant claw earns its zmovie status and delivers battleshipsized laughs and cringes throughout. The giant claw 1957the giant claw is not the most captivating of the classic 1950s giant monster.
The giant claw the loft cinema independent tucson movie. In the wake of 2014s mindbending, bodybending dark web, all bets were off as to what orange milk records founder keith rankin would transmute for his followup record. Add in one of the most laughable movie monsters, and its no wonder this is a 50s scifi cult classic. The giant claw belongs to that last type incredibly corny, and at the same time 100% enjoyable. Its a terrible monster movie, complete with a terrible monster, from the so bad its fun pile. A true classic, in that it is so different from anything in the time period. The giant claw is a 1957 scifi monster film about a giant bird that terrorizes the world. Nov, 2014 even with all its problems, the giant claw doesnt quite reach the divine lunacy of movies like troll 2, the room, or plan 9 from outer space. Its still crippled by the pathetic appearance of its titular creature, but that is now a. The phantom from 10,000 leagues 1955 full horror movie kent taylor, cathy downs, michael whalen. One of them is that when he attacks or wants to eat to adsorb energy he has to turn off his antimatter shield and of course when he wants to attack. Read all about the 50year history of chicago tv horror movie hosts and. I want to keep up the concept of the giant claw but every time i watch the movies i see some errors in the logic of the giant claw of which there are a lot of errors in that movie. An enemy of the people full audiobook by henrik ibsen by plays fiction audiobook.
The giant claw trailer 1957 trailer for the giant claw. The machine is the creation of an alien race, that is trying to syphon energy from earth. The giant claw showtimes flying beast out of prehistoric skies. Newest additions to list will be added to top of list for a few weeks less. The only female lead in the movie is lovely mara corday one of the films good points if she believes there is a giant bird from the skies causing mass destruction on a wide scale then the audience believes it. When i think of katzman, i think first and foremost of the giant claw, one of my favorite so bad its good movies of all time. The giant claw has been mocked for the quality of its special effects. The giant claw giant movie monsters pictures cbs news. Mitch macafee, a civil aeronautical engineer, while engaged in a radar test flight near. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. The giant claw trailer 1957 trailer addict movie trailers. Skull island, we decided to rank the best giant monsters in movie history, awarding points based on size, smarts, intimidation factor and looks. A ufo is believed to be spotted over the north pole, however it turns out to be a giant bird from outer space that leaves death and destruction in its wake.
Critical reception was very negative, with bill warren of the new york times later commenting, this would have been an ordinarily bad movie of its type, with a good performance by jeff morrow, if the special effects had been industry standard for the time. On that front the movie is top notch, a full riot to be sure, but i cant give it a good score for that because the movie is terrible. Oh, it also seems to be, uh, projecting a lot of strings. In todays view, when shows like mst3k have changed the way that some people view these cinematic catastrophes, the giant claw. This is a perfect film to show playing in the background at a party. Sears the film starred jeff morrow and mara corday. With jeff morrow, mara corday, morris ankrum, louis merrill. The giant claw media centre theatre 3000 by full circle studios. It turned out that producer sam katzman had contracted with a lowbudget modelmaker in mexico city to construct the giant claw and no one in the cast or crew had any idea it would come out looking as bizarre and, frankly. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info.
The giant claw has more than one giant flaw monsters. This was before i started actually reading science fiction, and my friends and me really liked the science fiction movies that were being shown on the tv when you had about five channels. Jan 25, 2020 a ufo is believed to be spotted over the north pole, however it turns out to be a giant bird from outer space that leaves death and destruction in its wake. The menacing bird, in particular, is considered by many to be badly made, being a puppet with a very odd face. Icons of horror collection is a two dvd, four movie set from one of the great b movie producers of the 1950s. I first discovered this movie in cinemassacres top 10 giant movie monsters video.
The movie attempts to be serious, but the effects and inane concept kill any chance of that. Data explains how to be second in command by supermetaldave64. The giant claw 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The record wed needed giant claw to produce this whole time. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the giant claw near you. Mitch sneaks a full blown kiss on sally while shes asleep on a plane after leaving the crash site and. For good measure, we are treated to another creaturecreation engineered by old pro willis king kong obrien. Film critic leonard maltin noted that the film disappointed for those reasons, a lack of decent special effects ruins the running battle between colossal bird.
If things go horribly, horribly wrong you end up with a film like the giant claw. The script, despite being unintentionally hilarious at times, is mostly solid. This is not the movie, this is the 4 part ova in japanese with english subs. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from giant claw at the discogs marketplace. One of the silliestlooking movie monsters was the giant bird that dangled from marionette wires as it attacked model airplanes, perched on the empire state building, and tried to hatch an egg, in. In the bad movie universe of the 1950s, earth was besieged by a ridiculous array of supersized insects, colossal calamari and angry 50 ft. Oh, come off it, mitch, youve done enough harm with your flying battleship. Full length old scifi and horror movies good, bad and. Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious ufo is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Full length old scifi and horror movies good, bad and ugly. If things go well the result is a movie like gamera, guardian of the universe.