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The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth

Science Fiction · Horror · 1959

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.

Movie details

The Giant Behemoth

“The biggest thing since creation!”

1959 Science Fiction · Horror 1h 20m

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TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Giant Behemoth?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Eugène Lourié · Douglas Hickox

Written by

Robert Abel · Alan J. Adler · Eugène Lourié · Daniel James

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

Steve Karnes

André Morell

André Morell

Prof. James Bickford

Leigh Madison

Leigh Madison

Jean Trevethan

John Turner

John Turner

John

Alastair Hunter

Alastair Hunter

Dr. C. A. Morris, the village doctor

Lloyd Lamble

Lloyd Lamble

Senior Admiral, at the Admiralty

Jack MacGowran

Jack MacGowran

Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

Court is in session

Put The Giant Behemoth on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.