![]() ![]() The foam latex rubber-over-armature beast model had some impressive detail which really brought the creature to life. They finally corral the Beast in Coney Island and our scientist/hero climbs the Cyclone (roller coaster) to the top where he can shoot a poisonous radioactive isotope into an open wound on the Beast. There, it stomps cars, eats a police officer, and when fired upon, crashes through buildings, toppling bricks and mortar upon the fleeing people. After a sighting in Nova Scotia, the beast emerges on the NYC seaport in all its glory, ready to trample its way through Manhattan. Working with a Paleontologist, he identifies the beast as the extinct dinosaur, Rhedosaurus. A young scientist observing the blast sights the Beast but no one will believe what he claims to have seen. Nuclear testing releases the Beast from the artic Ice, where it was frozen in suspended animation for millions of years. ![]() They sold the film to WB outright for a measly $4k, upon completion, never realizing that it would become a hallmark of 1950’s sci-fi and dinosaur invasion movies. Thus, came about the title of the independently financed film. They brought in Ray Bradbury to help write the screenplay, enabling them to encompass the lighthouse scene, which was a recreation of Bradbury’s story, The Foghorn Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, originally published in The Saturday Evening Post. ![]() Rex inspired and its body resembled a Komodo Dragon. He came up with the Rhedosaurus, a four-legged carnivore. Eugene Lourie and Jack Dietz approached Harryhausen about creating a dinosaur for their creature feature film. This is one of Harryhausen’s greatest creations. Pseudo-Dinosaurs Invade our cities: (aka: The dinosaur films of Eugene Lourie) A look back at the golden age of sci-fi, the 1950‘s/early 60’s. ![]()
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