‘From the depths of the sea… horrifying terrifying!’
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues is a 1955 science fiction horror film directed by Dan Milner, co-produced with editor Jack Milner, from a screenplay by Lou Rusoff.
The movie was released December 1955 with Day the World Ended, American Releasing Corporation’s first double feature. American Releasing Corporation soon changed their name to American International Pictures. The film’s poster artwork was by Albert Kallis.
Main cast:
Kent Taylor (The Crawling Hand; The Mighty Gorga; Brain of Blood), Cathy Downs (The She-Creature; The Amazing Colossal Man; Missile to the Moon), Michael Whalen, Helene Stanton, Phillip Pine, Rodney Bell, Vivi Janiss, Michael Garth, Pierce Lyden.
Plot:
A mysterious, man-sized monster kills a fisherman at sea. Two government agents later find the body on the beach. One agent, Ted Baxter (Kent Taylor), tries to get a sample of a radioactive rock in the sea, but the same monster attacks him. Ted escapes and returns to the beach. On a later trip with the other agent, William Grant (Rodney Bell), the monster nearly kills Ted, but Grant shoots it with a spear gun. Ted discovers that Dr. King (Michael Whalen), a marine biologist, created the monster and the radioactive rock. Ted tells Dr. King the monster is killing people and must be stopped…
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Reviews:
” … vaguely humanoid, vaguely reptilian, clearly bipedal, mostly immobile, and altogether goofy-looking. And we get a clear view of all of this within forty-five seconds of the film’s opening shot. Clearly, we are in the hands of master film-makers.” And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
“The best reason for watching this movie has nothing to do with the plot, or with the monster. The most interesting thing about it is the hyper-Romantic score by Ronald Stein… a Warsaw Concerto with monsters.” Brain Eater
“It’s definitely a product of its time and fits in nicely with other similar movies from the decade. But for me, it feels way longer than its 80-minute runtime because the movie is so slow and full of exposition.” The Girl Who Loves Horror
Full film:
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