The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

[XxCOOLIGUANAxX]

1. super 8 monster is best in my opinion

[cozierbow19]

whos here because of cloverfield

[guyacrosssthestreet]

2:05 its the lone wanderers ancestor with a hunting rifle

[barryoneful]

its really too bad beastie didn't eat lee van cleef. that would have made a much better ending.

[ismara17]

that beast comes from cloverfield

[crisrea12345]

watching it now @ cinemax! cool

[snakes3425]

Top National Monsters For the US

1. King Kong

2. Godzilla (Adopted from Japan, also the Japanese Godzilla rampaged through New York in Destroy All Monsters)

3. The Beast from 20,000 Fathams

4. Jaws

5. Clover

6. Zilla

[SchitzzEnGiggles]

@snakes3425 id replace Zilla with The Stay Puft Marshmallow man lol Zilla isnt as popular as you would think :P hence why alot of people disliked that movie...

[Azf12]

Who cares if this is old, it was a good movie

[Scotttjt]

Wow. King Kong, Clover, Zilla, this thing... Movie Monsters must HATE New York.

Just kidding! XD

[tobar1p]

@Scotttjt Don't forget Stay Puft!

[1952kid]

Looks like we had Godzilla before Japan , most Americans dont know it . We actually started the whole Godzilla era.

[snakes3425]

@1952kid

No kidding the producer of the orginal Gojira/Godzilla film said Beast from 20,000 Fathams was one of his inspirations for Godzilla the others being the Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the H-Bomb accident involving the fishing boat Lucky Dragon No. 5

[CuffColl]

For me, the best dinosaur on the loose movie ever made. CuffColl.

[drumlug13]

@gallaffey I agree! Godzilla 1998 is just a remake of the beast with godzilla's name for markee value.

[Sash5034]

This movie is pretty beastly

[gallafey]

You know when you look at the1998 Godzilla movie, I thinking is it supposed to a remake of 1954 Godzilla or remake of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms thats just had Godzilla slaped on the poster for markee value, what does any one else think, let here your thoughts

[tobar1p]

@gallafey @gallafey That is exactly what I've thought for a long time now!

It's why I tell people that the '98 american godzilla film is an alright monster movie but a horrible Godzilla film. They screwed up by trying to make an homage to the old american monster movies with a japanese monster. It doesn't work because they're both inherently different with their own styles. So you had people going in expecting one thing and getting another, leaving them disappointed. It's sad really.

[Tareltonlives]

Better than any of the imitators, except for maybe Gojira

[michael1234774]

my favorite part is at 0:28 - 0:34

imposible...

unbelieveable...

fantastic...

what i tell you it could happen

[porcospino289]

That marksman at the end is Lee Van Cleef, kids, basically at the start of his career. And 20,000 fathoms is over three times the depth of the deepest spot known in the oceans (the Milwaukee deep, or trench, or so?).

[PainMonkey]

@porcospino289  Marianas.

[porcospino289]

@PainMonkey Quite right, Monkey; thanks. The Milwaukee Deep is merely the deepest point in the Atlantic.

[IJjung]

It would be great if this film was remade. It would be a great sci-fi B-movie flick!

[70alt1]

This came out 1 year before Godzilla...man, I wish I lived in the 50's.

[darkservantofheaven]

I wonder who would win a fight the Rhedosaurus or Kong(1933 kong not the 2005 kong)

[Vezzo55]

THE BEAST THE BEAST would devour Kong 1933 and 2005 in 2 gulps

[darkservantofheaven]

lols!!

[Vezzo55]

IT COULD HAPPEN.....IT COULD HAPPEN.........Great stuff....the trailer is always better then the actual movie but this one was pretty good

[puttrainguy]

Man oh Man, what a classic !!! Right in my Fav's !!!!

[SuperReptilicus]

Excellent we also watch from monsters roars

The beast from 20,000 Fathoms!

[mrkyranno7]

one if the best monster films from ray harrihousen

[bxrfan]

It could happen. . . . . .

[xXiRoNxSigHtZzzx]

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUN!

[TOHOFIEND54]

I love how everybody likes Godzilla better! Woot!

[AssholePatrol]

Yeah. The original (sold as Gojira now) was set apart from the other monster films of the 50s with its powerful political message. Instead of being remembered for being a camp classic, it actually had serious emotional depth. A lot of my favorite scenes were taken out in "King of the Monsters", like the scenes where Godzilla directly wipes people out, or the scene where Dr. Serizawa discusses weapons of mass destruction when he's contemplating suicide. Gojira is an all-time masterpiece.

[111NNNNNN]

XD lol !!! thats funny

[aserpico1]

to think without this movie we might not have godzilla!

[Shawnster65]

I was gonna say that..look at the comparisons. Not to mention one of the Godzilla designs (2000, I think) having the same shaped head as that Godzilla.

In any case..this is a classic in any way you look at it, and the fact that Ray Harryhausen animated it makes it more so-the man is a living legend.

BTW-one of Lee Van Cleef's first movies!

[PsycoCheese]

Godzilla was greatly inspired by this film and King Kong which was released a year earlier than this

[2turbotitaniumxtreme]

King Kong was released in the 30s, but the point is still true.

[clargdorp]

King Kong was not released.

He Escaped !

[clargdorp]

What a Loss.

[steventheox]

This was one of the beast 1950s monster movies I've ever seen

[oprep3]

This film is both the first and the best nuclear monster movie of the 50s. Even though done on a tiny budget it works perfectly and even the sound effects are great. Even the music provided by Warner Bros. after they bought it for release is perfect. What I don't get is why didn't Warners have Ray animate the ants for THEM instead of using mechanical ones? It would have been spectacular.

[Superbeast1954]

Then where does that leave Godzilla?! Rhedosaurus was great, but Godzilla was a masterpiece! Have you seen the origional Godzilla? This is a great movie, but Godzilla took the idea to another level.

[Dragonlordmike]

This my favorite film of Rays (this and every other Harryhausen fim lol) i jut love the whole thing, espeshilly the ending where the Rhedosaurus has the dramatic death scene, supperb!

i really do hope that they NEVER remake this film, if it aint broken dont fix it! is my moto but if they should it must be done with Stop-motion and on a low budget (considering this film was done with $200,000)

[Shawnster65]

I couldn't agree MORE with this statement.

$200,000 was a LOT for the 50's, that's for damn sure, but it the film was done right the first time and that's what counts.

God forbid a remake! It would probably have some political statement attached to it, or some activist statement, or, (shudders) a CGI monster...

[SaviorThree]

Agreed, but don't think that just because a movie carries an 'activist statement' means that it can't be a good giant monster movie. See the original 'Gojira', entirely about the horror and immorality of nuclear war. And if that isn't a classic, I don't know what is.

[Moseslawgiver]

Such a thing is highly plausible - some great thinkers have thought that beneath the earth we tred there is a whole new world.

Maybe that's where the Dinosaur's went?

[Aathron]

THE BEAST THE BEAST THE BEAST

[Aathron]

it could happen it could happen it could happen it could happen it could happen

[conewells]

GREATEST dino ever! The "director" of 1998's Godzilla knew what he was doing. But w/o the talent.

[moondogs61]

an absolute classic

[bender1958]

Warner Bros. should remake this movie.

[DrNoYes9]

ABSOLUTLY NOT!!!!!!!! (sorry for spelling)

[bender1958]

OK!!! OK!!! OK!!!!! I apologize for even suggesting it!

[DrNoYes9]

sorry. i just get alittle touchy on the subject of remakes of great films...

[bender1958]

I can understand. I get PO'd when I think of Disney's remake of "Mighty Joe Young", not to mention their desecration of "Underdog."

[SPINOSAURUSKING]

It looks like godzilla only alot more evil!

[SlaminTacos]

I think you mean godzilla looks alot more like him. This came out first.

[unico]

raow!! detail ^_^

gotta love the work that was put into Monster films of that time

[HarkonnenMan]

This was sneak previewed in a small town just outside Los Angeles in 1953, shortly before it's release. As soon as the creature appeared on the screen, mothers screamed, grabbed their children, and ran out of the theatre. This, pure and simple, is a classic motion picture. Intelligent directing, reasonable acting, and, thanks to Ray Harryhausen, a dinosaur that actually looks like a dinosaur rather than a pet shop lizard or a man in a suit.

[eryops56]

let's clear up a misconception: godzilla was not inspired by the beast. the japanese took the idea for godzilla from the max fleisher superman cartoons;in particular: the arctic giant.so, actually it was this very cartoon that started the, dino-on-the-rampage in the city ,trend.

[Afr0Thund3r]

What the fuck are you talking about? If it wasn't for this movie there would be no Godzilla. Dumbass.

[eryops56]

i should have said the style of the monster and design,not necessarily the story line. because, in the cartoon, it actually was the first giant dinosaur like monster to hit a u.s.metropolis. then, the beast from, took n.y., then godzilla, similar to the arctic giant in supermans cartoon of the forties, hit tokyo. to me it looked kind of like the big g or the japanese did take the idea for godzilla from that cartoon. i am not beast,as a movie, didn't start it all. sorry for the misconception.

[Afr0Thund3r]

What I am saying is that this made people start thinking about the dangers of nuclear war.

[eryops56]

without question,my friend. another film: giant behemoth, said it even more loud and clear. since my younger days, i have thought more realistically about the nuclear dangers. and, am totally convinced that all the extreme cases of cancers we have today are a result of all the testings and playing around with plutonium and other radio active materials through the years. i mean, 3mile island, chernobyl,etc. are to me, the layerings on a cake.

[Afr0Thund3r]

My dad grew up in this era and said they used to practice air raid sirens and how to find bomb shelters. Noone does that anymore and when real danger comes we're gonna be in trouble.

[eryops56]

alright,a test for all you harryhausen fans....name the guy who says "i say there are things better left unsolved"! then, name the woman saying "who knows what waits for us in natures no mans land"? go!!

[artb50]

Vera Miles was the lady. Can't place the guy!

[eryops56]

hey,artb50, how are you? ready?? the guy with glasses saying "i say there are things better left unsolved"! is none other than the late, great showman, MERV GRIFFEN.in fact at the hospital,in tom nesbits room(our main human character),you hear on a radio a newscast of a fishing ketch being destroyed etc,etc. well...that reporter is also merv. i love it when merv says "he really outta stop smoking that stuff and try...virginia golds. because..." at that point tom nesbit shuts of the radio. rich

[artb50]

Okay, I looked better and it's Merv alright! I would have known that the first time!! I didn't know he did that radio spot too. You're really on the ball!! Thanks for telling me this! I'm fine thanks, and hope you are too! Greetings from Las Vegas!.

[eryops56]

hey,art,another tid bit for you... when tom and leigh are looking over illustrations,you can see in distance shot, tom pauses just before he says "that's the closest..leigh, i think that's the one i saw"! you can see through one he is holding is a charles knight ill. of an allosaurus feeding on a bronto's backbone. this is before you see ill. full view as tom exclaims.--las vegas???cool! or,hot,i mean.

[humanoidno1]

i was a bit disapointed that cloverfield waznt a remake of this film. the teaser for cloverfield back in july i thought was a teaser for a remake. cloverfield was good as well though. but this is a well done classic monster movie. hats off to ray harryhausen.

[victorsteel56]

i first saw this movie at the starr theater on knickerbocker ave in brooklyn as a young boy man it was great. i think it cost about 25 cents back then to see a movie and a few cartoons. hot dog 15 cents a coke for a dime.anybody out there from starr street?

[eryops56]

can you imagn...25 cents added up to the total take-in of 5 mill box office back then. it actually brought w.brothers out of bankruptcy! had this film failed,they were actualy on the brink of going under. saved by a dino film! it seems throughout film history, a dino film or other fantasy film saved studios. anyway,i am from staten island. only first saw beast on million dollar movie, on chnl 9,;back in 60. then bought a nice 16mm orig. in 71.fantastic showing it in your own livingroom.---richie

[sskapin]

This is best than CLOVERFIELD.

[MatuSSisko]

It could happen happen happen.....

[ZillaRex2000]

Yes, it could happen!

[Dinospikster]

I have this movie for DVD and it rocks. I give it 5 stars. It is the best claiisc monster movie ever.

[sihingjimo]

one of the Absolute Best Movies...I watched this one about 10 times a week on Million Dollar Movie...and I still watch it ToDay!!!

[alexalex3131]

Kids in 1950s Brooklyn identified with this film in unique way with its scarey end in Coney island!!!

[jeloij]

...so i just saw a midnight showing of cloverfield....

...and this is it

to a t

different monster, but same idea, same setting, possibly same origin of the monster, plus the cloverfield monster does have some dino-like qualities

[tobar1p]

Apparently stills from this movie, THEM! and Kin g Kong are hidden in Cloverfield. They're listed in the credits, I've seen the movie twice now but haven't spotted them yet.

[HamachiRules]

well the subzero coldness needed is similar to 1-18-08

[nendo]

cloverfield (1-18-08) is not a remake or spin off form anything. its its own monster movie. for god sake let its be its own instead of making it some unoriginal shit

[monkey0415]

if its not a remake, then why is it set in New York...and they mention IN THE MOVIE the fact that the monster could have derived from the ice...which is exactly where the monster in this movie came from? its just made in a different perspective.

[tobar1p]

Actually the 1998 American Godzilla film was more of a remake of Beast then Cloverfield is. They went so far as to replicate exact shots and scenes like the monsters arrival at the docks and the stakeout atop a building. The Beast certainly helped inspire Cloverfield but it's far from a remake.

[Mallaci]

Well the Beast put monster movies on the map. Granted there was King Kong but the Beast kick start the conventional monster movie... so Cloverfield EASILY traces its routes back to it.

[Gniaunt]

Fuck this american shit, another stupid rip off of Godzilla. Dumb americans, you ruin everything!

[PR1M3VAL]

The Beast = 1953

Godzilla (Japan) = 1954

Godzilla (American version) = 1956

Yeah, we went in to the future to rip off a monster. We're über cool like that.

[pacman80500]

Kul,,,, lizard... hehe

[44speciall]

this was the most inspiraional movie ever...it inspired godzilla and now CLOVERFEILD!!

[ayokae]

this sounds the most likely out of all the theories of what the movie is gonna be about but i keep on hearing abrams made this monster up himself maybe its a new monster with this story line in a modern setting?

[joeksmif]

i bought the DVD yesterday 'cause i liked the cover and it was a fiver now i watch it because it's a brilliant film.

[mm1kids]

And that, my children, is why Coney Island now has only one roller coaster.

[jimboinlimbo]

Look it up? Look it up??? Look what up? The Cloverfield Guide To Monsters? This is all speculation here csimo13. By the way, ALL CAPS DOES NOT = FACT.

[Mathew47]

This is what cloverfeild is based on. You see guy in the trailer who has a shirt on with a logo slushy printed on it which is a beverage that was in this movie. And no its not the same monster its not a remake.

[ulrek54321]

but if this is "cloverfield" what does "slusho" have to do with it?

[csimo13]

THIS IS THE MONSTER IN CLOVERFIELD!!! look it up!

[Mathew47]

No not the same monster. This monster is lame. but similiar storyline tho.

[jacyboi12]

This has got to be the greatest movie ever made!!!!!

[cosbydaf]

I LOVE that roar Rhedosaurus makes when it gets shot at 01:48. Just AWESOME sounding.

[supermax1998]

"Witness the awesome creature!" Wow for a 50's movie, thats deep!

[PopulationTire724]

The Beast From 20000 Fathoms Is What Inspired The Infamous Godzilla Series In Japan

[radioactivexkid]

at 2:03 listen to the monsters roar. similar to the one in cloverfield. then watch the 7 second high definition video someone put up of when the army attacks the monster as it hides behind a building. it seems to walk on all fours like this one. this monster is also on coney island which in cloverfield, someone mentions that too. idunno this might be it.

[Hunkyfish20]

I'm 90% convinced that this is the "Cloverfield", however, Latest info say that No-one survives and yet Abrams Improvised the monster.

[arechiga00]

i have to say this is the best theroy on the "CLOVERFIELD" movie ive herd.

A REMAKE!!!!!

Good artists create... Great artists steal.

[BEA5TOFMEXICO]

it seems as the only best theory so far. but u never know.

jj abrams wants this 2 be the defenite monster film for america. as gojira

(godzilla) was 4 japan.

[doubleaamazin]

I want to see this

[bringyourownbombs78]

if rampage the movie isnt 1 18 08 then this is

[Neofcon]

Stop motion will always topple CGI.

[Dragonlordmike]

DAM STRAIGHT!

[moondoggy63]

an absolute classic

[ROADROCKET44]

cloverfield... jj abrams...re envision...1-18-08....beast from 20000 fathoms.... hmmmmmmm... i wonder

[BobHershey]

I also think "Cloverfield" is inspired by this movie...the soldiers in decontaminatin suits seen in the second trailer suggests that the Cloverfield monster is also spreading a dangerous contagion...like the Beast did:

"The monster's a giant germ carrier of a horrible virilunt disease"!

[kongzillacody]

actually,Godzilla was japans answer to the 1933 King Kong from america.They may have gotten Godzillas design From this film,But Godzillas special effects were much better than the rhedosaurus

[Crow51]

Both Effects were great. Stop-Motion & Suit Effects are good effects.

[saintpixie]

this movie was based ont he short story,the foghorn,its freakin awsome,were reading short stories in school and i luv this one,its amazing!!!! the beast,The Beast, THE BEAST FROM 20.000 FATHOMS!!!! ahhhhhh!

[snuke37]

Polar icecaps? Weird because that's where Megatron was found frozen in Transformers.

[KerelukeJ7]

He said it this year at E3

[tsengmao]

We don't know it's original and we don't know it's not a remake.

[horaciosi]

yeah! thanks to the rhedosaurus

[Guyver89]

Thank this movie since it inspired Toho to create Godzilla

[zillaboy07]

Rhedeosaurus is actually made up of Ray Harryhausen's initials

[antonettagalione]

the rhedosaurus is actually a few initials: ray harryhausen=rh, the letter 'e' for eugene lourie,'d' for jack deitz, the three principles in the making of this classic film. the osaurus was added on to complete the creature's scientific name.

[Ujikaweapon1]

7 5 8 5 6 7 4 8

-slusho

[AberduhMovies232]

wat do those numbers have to do with cloverfield

[82ndABKhan]

"j.j. abrams ( the producer of 1-18-08 ) said it's not a remake."

check the charactors myspace pages, they all mention big dinosors.

[bryanbeeziie]

this looks like it can be that movie

"1-18-08"

[celreystik]

j.j. abrams ( the producer of 1-18-08 ) said it's not a remake.

[tsengmao]

He NEVER said that

[tobar1p]

If you compare the Beast with the '98 Godzilla film, you'll find lots of similarities. I consider the '98 Godzilla as a remake of this film. Which is why the '98 film bombed. They used a classic Japanese monster to create a homage to the classic American monster film.

[Crow51]

That's right. They remade a classic Harryhausen movie instead. They just slapped Godzilla's nmae onto it.

[TheGringoLoco]

Do you know what a radioactive isotope is?

No, but if it can be loaded, I can fire it. LMAO

[fortner98]

OMG for the hundredth time...JJ Abrams said that 1-18-08(Cloverfeild) is NOT a remake or sequal of any kind... its something original.....No Godzilla, No Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.

[tsengmao]

WHEN!?! When did he say that!?

Never, that's when.

[Crow51]

He said that awhile back. Read the fourms and watch the videos

[moondoggy63]

classic movie-watch it every 6 months or so

[zobajoe]

The Original U.S. Godzilla.

[pinoymetalfan]

I could see the 1998 Godzilla as a remake or a revision of this one.

[Crow51]

That's DAMN RIGHT!!!! Deanzilla is more like this movie.

[jjobie]

Just a note - this film was partially inspired by a Ray Bradbury short story titled "The Fog Horn." There is a partial homage to the story in the scene involving the destruction of the light house (there's a short glimpse of that scene in the trailer).

[tag427]

My dad let me stay up late one Friday in the early 60s to watch this film with him and it remains on of my fondest memories -I have watched it countless times since then and I think it holds up very well-the Harryhausen animation score by Buttolph and performances from Cecil Kellaway among others

[CMUBrent]

Classic movie. The one that inspired the original Godzilla movie.

[antonettagalione]

no. it was a max fleicher superman cartoon called 'arctic giant' and 'the beast' combined that the godzilla film was inspired by.

[nascar242083]

looks like my sister

[punkabillyguy]

ill try, i found something called Pinnacle Studio MovieBox Deluxe 9.0 that you can hook your vcr up to your pc with, im gonna buy it soon and then ill upload it

[tobar1p]

Awesome! Let me know what happens! =D

[punkabillyguy]

I have a video tape called monster mania with this trailer on it; its a tape with many different 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, maybe even 70s horror movies trailers and intermission videos, its really cool and rare, does anybody know how to get vhs tapes to computer? because ill be happy to upload some of it if not all

[mollycrue]

You could probably record it to a DVD and then rip it to your computer? I've never tried it, but I'm guessing.

But I'd really love if you could do this, I'm doing a report on B-Movies :]

[artb50]

My all time favorite monster movie! I love it when they show a deserted Times Square where you can see a marquee of Judy Garland appearing at the Palace! Just goes to show: A monster can live millions of years but one night in New York City and he gets murdered!!

[kyleashley]

This is a great looking monster. THE BEAST THE BEAST THE BEAST!