tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post4053453958642532398..comments2024-03-20T13:48:59.399-04:00Comments on Classic Sci-Fi Movies: The Monster of Piedras BlancasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-11416700967839153642017-04-07T11:33:02.716-04:002017-04-07T11:33:02.716-04:00"Evolution Monkey Wrench -- Fred, the biochem..."Evolution Monkey Wrench -- Fred, the biochemist, insists that they try to capture the monster, not kill it. He calls it an important "missing link" for evolutionists to study. A sentient bipedal amphibian! What havoc it would have wreaked on popular post-Dawinian monkeys-to-man theory. Perhaps this why Fred decides not to try to capture it in the end and just kill it. The monster thingmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011048675050396438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-12184778426098718532017-04-04T08:33:59.244-04:002017-04-04T08:33:59.244-04:00Howdy Movie Mavens,
When I saw this as a kid it re...<b>Howdy Movie Mavens,</b><br><br><br />When I saw this as a kid it really scared me.<br><br />As an adult I see this as a very good, though somewhat obscure, movie.<br><br />The plot line was okay.<br><br />The acting was excellent.<br><br />Don Sullivan was fine, like the roll he played in the "The Giant Gila Monster."<br><br />Jeanne Carmen................a real doll.<br><br />The Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476819952099329317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-86415576782774793752009-07-29T21:40:57.098-04:002009-07-29T21:40:57.098-04:00Quote: Perhaps that's a later re-release poste...Quote: Perhaps that's a later re-release poster. ??<br /><br />No, those are the original release posters. Just one of Jim Warren's stunts to get some free publicity for FM.Mike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-82135594934439056032009-07-29T18:50:20.020-04:002009-07-29T18:50:20.020-04:00Hey Mike, Thanks for recommending MPB for this col...Hey Mike, Thanks for recommending MPB for this collection. Yes, the monster didn't get much screen time, but they might have felt he wouldn't hold up well with extended visibility -- rather like "Tommy" the mutant didn't in Day the World Ended. <br />Maybe they didn't have the budget for action-killing scenes, brief as they would have been. Or, perhaps that was Nightowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636207098734817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-25601864994984251482009-07-29T18:16:59.442-04:002009-07-29T18:16:59.442-04:00It's too bad they didn't use the monster m...It's too bad they didn't use the monster more in this movie. It has one of the better monster suits of the '50s (patchwork though it is), but most of the scenes of the monster's exploits (i.e. killings) are only described, after the fact.<br /><br />Love the "Famous Monsters of Filmland Shock Award Winner" on all the posters! LOLMike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.com