Trouble is theyve disrupted the lair of a vampiric spidery beast which follows them as they head toward a. Something about the way one chooses to spend the limited amount of time available in ones life. Roger corman, monte hellman retromedia entertainment group. Beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 youtube. Produced by roger corman, directed by monted hellman. After beast from haunted cave was released theatrically, hellman filmed additional scenes with the. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Created as a project for filmgroup, which was run by bmovie producer kings. Gill michael forest stumbles across a gang of gold smuggling thieves who are using his isolated cabin as a. The film is about an underwater cave diving team that experiences a lifethreatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world. Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew moviefone. Retromedia brings us a bluray double feature of two oldies that redefine the word schlock. Jun 03, 2018 a group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster.
In reality, theyve concocted an elaborate scheme perhaps too elaborate. He eventually stumbles upon the spider and starts shooting it while martini girl proves she is not completely useless and throws rocks at. Beast from haunted cave 1959 changes the movie database. Do you have any new or corrected filming details to add. It was produced by gene corman, roger cormans brother. Seeing it again all these years was not disappointing. Beast from haunted cave 1959 roger corman duration. Legendary cult filmmaker roger corman has directed over 50 films and produced nearly 400 more.
Because the film has a pedigree that sets it off from the typical horror programmers of the late fifties and its a true oddity, a unique hybrid of crime drama and creature feature. It was 1959, when i was a mere seven years old, when i saw it at a local movie theater on a double bill. In a skiing station in dakota, a gang of criminals leaded by alexander alex ward plans the heist of golden bars from a small bank. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff and richard sinatra. Far from the greatest film ever made its just an enjoyable little horror film that manages to balance both the crime and monster although im the first to admit that the monster at times seems to have been a secondary thought. It was 1959, when i was a mere seven years old, when i saw it at a local movie theater on a double bill with roger c o r m a n s the wasp woman. Jan 23, 20 a group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. In a skiing station in dakota, a gang of criminals leaded by alexander.
Beast from haunted cave 1959 the movie database tmdb. This new synapse release of monte twolane blacktop hellmans 1959 classic is a treat. Alex frank wolff, a smalltime gangster, his girlfriend, gypsy sheila carol, and his two henchmen wally campo and richard sinatrafranks unfamous cousin visit snowy south dakota, planning to pull a heist from a bank. The wasp woman 1959beast from haunted cave 1959 bluray directors. It was a fun experience just waiting for the beast to be shown on screen. Beast from haunted cave 1959 watch on prime video, epix, tubi. Its a creepy little movie thats perfect for late night movie viewing on a cold winters night. Beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman synopsis. It was produced by gene corman, roger corman s brother. Special extended version on dvd 654930301197 from synapse films.
Feb 14, 2009 beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 director monte hellman release date october 1959. Download beast from haunted cave for free watch or. Beast from haunted cave michael forest, sheila noonan. Staring chris robinson ii, michael forrest, richard sinatra and wally campo. Beast from haunted cave 1959 letterboxd your life in film.
Creature from the haunted sea was really an afterthought, since corman still had some time to spare as well as the cast and crew to squeze in another movie. Filmed in south dakota at the same time as ski troop attack, it tells the story of bank robbers fleeing in the snow who run afoul of a giant spiderlike monster that feeds on humans. Frank wolff plays alex ward, leader of a small gang of thieves, in deadwood to steal some gold and then head to canada. However, they soon find themselves threatened by a. The bloodsucking beast is finally terminated by a flare gun. Its a crime and horror movie with a low imdb audience rating of 4. Beast from haunted cave 1959 beast from haunted cave. Beast from haunted cave gene corman productions 1959. Beast from haunted cave special extended version dvd 1959. Staring michael forrest, wally campo, sheila carol and frank wolff. This one is a tongueincheek rewrite of cormans beast from the haunted cave 1959, sort of a to have and have not noirspoof with a monster thrown in.
Beast from haunted cave alpha on dvd 089218406194 from alpha video. Four hoods mosey into a sleepy mountain village posing as vacationers looking to do a bit of crosscountry skiing. Synapse films dvd of beast from haunted cave shows that companys continued good faith effort to present their titles with the highest possible quality. Beast from haunted cave movie trailer 1959 director monte hellman release date october 1959. Presented as a special extended version, beast from haunted cave contains additional footage hellman shot three years after the film was originally released. Synopsis gangster alexander ward, his girl friend, gypsy boulet, and two henchmen come to deadwood, south dakota with the idea of stealing a few gold bars. Perhaps theres a personal lesson in this experience for me. Case in point, the synapse dvd edition of beast from haunted cave 1959. Jan 18, 2011 produced by roger corman, directed by monted hellman. Its certainly not a title that the dvdbuying public has been clamoring for so why bother. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorgangsterheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff, richard sinatra, and sheila carroll. Usually this is an invitation to disaster but hellmans additions mesh perfectly with the. And an odd little creature feature called beast from haunted cave 1959, 72 minutes plays the shell game with its plot in much the same way. Sadly, frank suffered from depression and killed himself in december 1971 at age 43.
Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Trouble is theyve disrupted the lair of a vampiric spidery beast which follows them as they head toward a hideout in the forest. Maybe i should be analyzing beast from haunted cave in toprung academic aesthetics journals, and presenting my findings at philosophy conferences. Their plan seems to be working at first but soon they come across a giant spider deep within the cave. Beast from haunted cave the grindhouse cinema database. It captures the gangsters one by one, and stores them in a huge spider web for later consumption.
Gill michael forest stumbles across a gang of gold smuggling thieves who are using his isolated cabin as a hideout. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 film about a group of gold thieves who pull off a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. These questions arent important, and go completely unanswered. Television prints back in the 70s were so dark that savant never was able to make it all the way through the movie. Dec 27, 2017 beast from haunted cave 1959 roger corman. The cave in the film was actually an abandoned mine in deadwood, south dakota. Despite a low budget, beast from haunted cave successfully combines the crime and monster movie genres. Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew a gold thief frank wolff and his gang use a skiers michael forest lodge and meet a monster covered with cobwebs. Beast from haunted cave 1959 article 1818 by dave sindelar viewing date. A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. The wasp woman 1959 beast from haunted cave 1959 bluray directors.
This site is for research, and is not meant to infringe on the rights of the owners of this motion picture. Cleverly written, this wellperformed horror yarn is directed by cult favorite monte hellman. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorgangsterheist film. Presented as a special extended version, beast from haunted cave contains additional footage hellman shot three years after the film was originally released, and stretch the runtime to a still meager 73 minutes.
Beast from haunted cave 1959 approved 1h 12min crime, horror, thriller 30 october 1959 usa a group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. This is a horror film with a crime story background. Beast from haunted cave 1959 out of 4 slowmoving but mildly entertaining horror film from director monte hellman has a group of thieves stealing some gold and deciding to hide out in the snowy mountains. But the explosion releases a spiderlike monster and due to a. Presented as a special extended version, beast from haunted cave contains.
The group hires a ski instructor to take them to an isolated cabin and, as night falls, they fight for their lives as the foul creature hunts them down kidnapping and sucking all the blood from its victims in the mysterious haunted cave. Plan 9 from outer space 1959 science fiction horror duration. Beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman releases. Cave monster which is never fully seen is disturbed by thugs. Find release information for beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman on allmovie. Yep, sounds like cameron would have something to do with a project like this that involves the water.
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