Kong doesn't have any abilities, but he is in the monsterverse......what's your point? A drawing of the creature was published along with the story in The Saturday Evening Post. [12], An original music score was composed by Michel Michelet, but when Warner Bros. purchased the film, it had a new score written by David Buttolph. Attempts to kill it were complicated by an ancient dis… I mean prior to the original king Kong vs Godzilla, king Kong had no chance in hell taking him on. And it marked the first time Ray Harryhausen had total control over special effects. 4.5 out of 5 stars. the following year about a colony of giant ants (the first of the "big bug" films), the Godzilla series from Japan that has spawned films from 1954 to the present day,[7][8] and two British features directed by Beast director Eugène Lourié, Behemoth, the Sea Monster (U.K. 1959, U.S. release retitled The Giant Behemoth) and Gorgo (U.K. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the Monsterverse community. From Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. I discuss the theory that the Rhedosaurs creature was actually in a Monarch containment zone, as stated by the Monarch Timeline event in Siberia. [15] At one point, there were plans to have the Beast snort flames, but this idea was dropped before production began due to budget restrictions. And then some, just incredible strength wouldn't be that creative. But have a massive amount of strength. [21] The film had one of the widest and fastest release of the time, planning to have most of its bookings in its first two months, opening in 1,422 theaters nationwide within the first week. 1953 79 minutes. What also gives Kong an edge in a fight against Gojira is his speed, adaptability, and intelligence. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. How is the beast from 20,000 fathoms qualified to exist in the MonsterVerse? It was the first screen adaptation of a work by fantasy fiction titan Ray Bradbury. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms also appears in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). That is what distinguises Kong on the other hand. No, I'm serious, Kong would probably be able to find a way to strange it. The film's stop-motion animation special effects are by Ray Harryhausen. 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Riding the coaster to the top of the tracks, so he can get to eye-level with the beast, he fires the isotope into its open neck wound. I want a reboot of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms on the MonsterVerse. Now, I do think Clover would make a nice addition. While the prospect of a giant movie monster cinematic universe is exciting, I don't see why we need to throw in non-Toho/Kong characters into the mix. The concept, however, was used for the film poster. 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The Beast From 20, 000 Fathoms (1953) by Movie Club. Jump to:navigation, search. I'm not trying to turn this into a hype thread for the Versus film, but I think there may be some new ability(creative liberty) granted to The Beast that will make it a contender. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 American black-and-white, science fiction, monster film from Warner Bros., produced by Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester, directed by Eugène Lourié, that stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, and Kenneth Tobey. A subreddit to discuss the shared universe of monster films produced by Legendary Pictures, including Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and soon Godzilla vs. Kong. How is the beast from 20,000 fathoms qualified to exist in the MonsterVerse? 32 product ratings - Them/The Beast from 20, 000 Fathoms (DVD, 2006) C $43.49. [5] The beast begins to wreak a path of destruction as it travels southward, eventually arriving at its ancient spawning grounds, which includes New York City. with Donald Woods Lee Van Cleef Steve … It spawned a new era of atomic-age creature features. It doesn't need any abilities other then brute strength and force. Its screenplay is based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story "The Fog Horn", specifically the scene where a lighthouse is destroyed by the title character. [22][23] Original prints of Beast were sepia toned. ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} Watch more videos from BigJackFilms & Our Friends Meanwhile, military troops led by Colonel Jack Evans attempt to stop the Rhedosaurus with an electrified barricade, then blast a hole with a bazooka in the beast's throat, which drives it back into the sea. 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The soundtrack for The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was released by Monstrous Movie Music on August 12, 1996, along with suites from Gorgo and Tarantula, and the opening title for The Monolith Monsters. Prophetically, right after the blast, physicist Thomas Nesbitt muses "What the cumulative effects of all these atomic explosions and tests will be, only time will tell". Unfortunately for Harryhausen, Steiner had too many commitments, but Buttolph composed one of his more memorable and powerful scores, setting much of the tone for giant monster film music of the 1950s. The Beast from 20,000 fathoms is a 1953 science fiction giant monster film directed by Eugene Lourie, starring Paul Christian, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway, and with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. All are re-recordings conducted by Masatoshi Mitsumoto and performed by the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Cracow. Image gallery for the film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. … However, some species were frozen in the thick ice of the arctic circle in a form of suspended animation. Add to Wishlist. It's a gigantic amphibious beast that towers above some of New York's highest buildings. It was based on the story "The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury. 1961). Not true, his smarts, agility, and adaptability distinguish him from the other monsters. It made its way down the North American coast, destroying everything in its path and ending up in New York, its original home. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 78. Cleanup and Expansion. [18], The climactic roller coaster live-action scenes were filmed on location at the Pike in Long Beach, California and featured the Cyclone Racer entrance ramp, ticket booth, loading platform, and beach views of the structure. It is instead a kind of Tyrannosaurus rex-type prehistoric predator, though quadrupedal in stature. A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City. Log in or sign up to edit pages and contribute. It also had an on-screen credit that read "Suggested by the Saturday Evening Post Story by Ray Bradbury". You can always buff up the creature to be a challenge. As a B or C tier kind of creature it'd fit right in. Producers Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester got the idea to combine the growing paranoia about nuclear weapons with the concept of a giant monster after the successful theatrical re-release of King Kong in 1952. In turn, this craze inspired the G… [13], Some early pre-production conceptual sketches of the Beast showed that, at one point, it was to have a shelled head and later was to have a beak. The following is a transcript of the opening credits of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/IdCard.de628c13230c59091a5d.css.map*/._2JU2WQDzn5pAlpxqChbxr7{height:16px;margin-right:8px;width:16px}._3E45je-29yDjfFqFcLCXyH{margin-top:16px}._13YtS_rCnVZG1ns2xaCalg{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._1m5fPZN4q3vKVg9SgU43u2{margin-top:12px}._17A-IdW3j1_fI_pN-8tMV-{display:inline-block;margin-bottom:8px;margin-right:5px}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY{border-radius:20px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0;line-height:16px;padding:3px 10px;text-transform:none}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY:focus{outline:unset} Absent Professor (01:31) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (Buttolph) 22. To vše se myslím povedlo a z rozpočtu 210 000 amerických dolarů se nám vyklubal pětimilionový zisk, který producenty více než zahřál u srdce. Welcome to Wikizilla! 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