A gold thief frank wolff and his gang use a skiers michael forest lodge and meet a monster covered with cobwebs. Creature from the haunted sea is a 1961 horror comedy film directed by roger corman. In reality, theyve concocted an elaborate scheme perhaps too elaborate. The contrast rests between the existentialism of monte hellmans direction and the cartooning of charles b. Gold thieves use skiers michael forest lodge, meet cobwebby monster. Michael forest is great and until recently i didnt realize he was adonais in the classic star trek episode, who mourns for adonais. Beast from haunted cave is one of my favorite movies. Donate for our restoration project of historic material.
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 spider. Nov 27, 2016 a group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. A group of ski troopers behind german lines during world war ii disrupts nazi plans and blow up an important bridge. Beast from haunted cave was directed by monte hellman, whos since made some superb movies like 1966s the shooting and 1971s twolane blacktop. Watch beast from haunted cave screaming young girls sucked into a labyrinth of horror by a bloodstarved ghoul from hell. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff and richard sinatra. Kubricks fear and desire has nothing on the shoestring sophocles of this corman production.
Excerpted from the beast in the cave on wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. One cobill toplined the wasp woman, surely one of cormans most endearing nobudget efforts. Beast from haunted cave was just as i remembered it. Filmed in south dakota, it tells the story of bank robbers fleeing in the snow who run afoul of a beast that feeds on humans. The synapse dvd of beast from haunted cave doesnt come with a lot of extras but does include the theatrical trailer and the aforementioned liner notes. Street date march 26, 2002 starring michael forest, sheila carol, frank wolff, richard sinatra, wally campo. It was produced by gene corman, roger cormans brother. Costikyan film editor anthony carras original music alexander laszlo written by charles b. Horror, science fiction, heist film, gangster film. Aug 06, 2019 the beast in the cave is a short story by american horror fiction writer h. Beast from haunted cave 1959 roger corman part 1 2. Television prints back in the 70s were so dark that savant never was able to make it all the way through the movie.
Beast from haunted cave michael forest sheila carroll frank wolff 1959 a gold thief frank wolff and his gang use a skiers michael forest lodge and meet a monster covered with cobwebs. Scary whispers, ghosts, horror sound effects apple music. Gangsters planning a gold bar heist encounter a monster. The wasp woman 1959 beast from haunted cave 1959 bluray directors. Michael forest sheila carroll frank wolff 1959 a gold thief frank wolff. Monster, werewolf and animal horror, classic and new. Staring michael forrest, wally campo, sheila carol and frank wolff. Beast from haunted cave 1959 monte hellman synopsis. Hey, i caught some of 1941 last night too beast from haunted cave is one of my favorite movies. The beast in the cave is a short story by american horror fiction writer h.
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. And no it doesnt go wrong because the handsome ski instructor foils their plans. The story begins with a team of gold thieves hiding out in a ski resort cabin after a heist. Beast from haunted cave manufactured on demand on tcm shop. Jan 18, 2016 a group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. Haunted cave commentary track by star, michael forest, wasp woman commentary track by filmmakers, fred olen ray and david. Beast from haunted cave manufactured on demand on movies. 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. Seeing it again all these years was not disappointing.
It doesnt go wrong because the gangsters girlfriend grows a heart of gold. Beast from haunted cave 1959 stream and watch online. Beast from haunted cave 1959 cast and crew moviefone. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. I was pleased with the image provided here, as the print looks much cleaner than expected, which is terrific news indeed. Beast from haunted cave, dvd, manufactured on demand, horror, 874757037790. Gene corman, roger corman, charles hannawalt director. 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. It captures the gangsters one by one, and stores them in a huge spider web for later consumption. Filmgroup released the film as a double feature with battle of blood island 1960. It was first published in the june 1918 issue of the amateur press journal the vagrant. Ski troop attack is a 1960 american war film directed by roger corman and starring michael forest, frank wolff, richard sinatra, and wally campo.
Buy beast from haunted cave dvd manufactured on demand at. Download the wasp woman 1959 yify torrent for 1080p mp4. Despite a low budget, beast from haunted cave successfully combines the crime and monster movie genres. Monster kids do appreciate a one of a kind blood sucking beast, regardless of the actual cave, this one is more than worthwhile. Created as a project for filmgroup, which was run by bmovie producer kings roger. Commentary is with actor michael forest and moderatorfilmmaker fred olen ray.
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 directed by monte hellman. 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. No it goes wrong because the gangsters didnt count on running into a giant spider beast living in a haunted. While the lover of alex, gypsy boulet, goes to an isolated cabin with the ski instructor gil jackson, a time bomb explodes a cave to divert the attention of the locals and the gangsters steal the gold. Retromedia brings us a bluray double feature of two oldies that redefine the word schlock. The cave attracted so much spooky lore that the author h. The same plot was used again in a tropical setting for creature from the haunted sea, also with a monster, but now it was a comedy. Released 1959, beast from haunted cave stars michael forest, sheila carroll, frank wolff the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 15 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which.
The she beast horrortheque public domain horror movies. Beast from haunted cave 1959 changes the movie database. Beast from haunted cave is a film about a bank heist that goes wrong. Griffiths screenplay, the setting gives the filmmaker the edgesnowy south dakota slopes stand in admirably for the void of human struggle, the characters navigate its whiteness, rising and. But this is actually the first time this duo has shown up on the bluray format, presenting an actual recreation of the. Monstercreature feature full length horror movies youtube. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing beast from haunted cave near you. Lovecraft written in 1905, when lovecraft was fourteen. The first draft was written in the spring of 1904, with the final draft finished in april 1905, when lovecraft was fourteen. Beast from haunted cave 1959 the image could not be loaded. A scientist develops a youth formula for a cosmetics queen from jelly taken from queen wasps, failing to anticipate.
Synapse films dvd of beast from haunted cave shows that companys continued good faith effort to present their titles with the highest possible quality. The black and white film transfer looks great, is presented in an 1. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18thcentury witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them. The lewisburg haunted cavethe lewisburg haunted cave. In the late 1960s, chris robinson used to turn up at forrys place occasionally, but i havent seen him in years. 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.
Really located eighty foot below ground in limestone cave. Michael forest, sheila carol, frank wolff, richard sinatra, wally campo writer. Nov 26, 2007 the same plot was used again in a tropical setting for creature from the haunted sea, also with a monster, but now it was a comedy. Beast from haunted cave the grindhouse cinema database. Lovecraft used the mammoth cave as the setting of his story the beast in the cave, in which one of the tourists gets separated from the group to find themselves stalked by a vicious humanoid creature. Special extended version on dvd 654930301197 from synapse films. It was a fun experience just waiting for the beast to be shown. Watch beast from haunted cave online 1959 movie yidio. But the explosion releases a spiderlike monster and due to a storm, the group becomes trapped in gils cabin and threatened by the creepy beast. Beast from haunted cave dvd 1959 region 1 us import ntsc.
It was a fun experience just waiting for the beast to be shown on screen. The beast in the cave wikisource, the free online library. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Director monte hellman who would later direct a young jack nicholson on two lowbudget westerns earned his lowbudget wings on filmgroups bizarre fusion of hostagecrime thriller and bigrubbermonster flick a quirky juxtaposition employed to similar effect 35 years later in from dusk till dawn. 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.
Griffith, the film is a parody of spy, gangster, and monster movies mostly creature from the black lagoon, concerning a secret agent, xk150 played by robert towne under the pseudonym edward wain, who goes under the code name sparks moran in order to infiltrate a criminal gang led by. Beast from haunted cave page 5 classic horror film board. It was produced by gene corman, roger corman s brother. Produced in the late 1950s for roger cormans distribution company, the filmgroup, the wasp woman and beast from haunted cave have fallen into the public domain and have been the subject of numerous budget dvd releases. With michael forest, sheila noonan, frank wolff, wally campo. Beast from haunted cave is a 1959 horrorgangsterheist film directed by monte hellman and starring michael forest, frank wolff, richard sinatra, and sheila carroll.
It doesnt go wrong because the police break up the plot. 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. Beast from haunted cave 1959 the movie database tmdb. Voted best haunt in the usa by usa today readers for 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. The wasp woman is a movie starring susan cabot, anthony eisley, and barboura morris. Four hoods mosey into a sleepy mountain village posing as vacationers looking to do a bit of crosscountry skiing. Add to watchlist a gangster, his girlfriend and two henchmen plan a robbery in south dakota, but they need a little guidance. Roger corman, monte hellman retromedia entertainment group.