GIANT GILA MONSTER, THE(1959)
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This movie is worth watching just to hear
Don Sullivan sing! A couple of cute songs that
he wrote himself! As for the "special effects",
well don't expect much! Still though a pretty
good movie with surprisingly good acting in
it for the most part! B-

A review from Amazon.com:

A weird film concerning a giant monster to
say the least. Is the movie an awful b-rated
horror flick? Yes and no - it's "OK". There
are much better b-rated horror films but
there are much worse too; this one I found
mediocre.

I did find the friendship between Sheriff
Jeff and Chase Winstead pretty cool - that
aspect of the film was interesting to me - more
interesting than the giant gila monster.

As far as the giant gila monster goes, that
was OK. They used a real gila monster so it
was not totally fake looking monster. The
writers found a way to make some sort of
sense as to how and why the creature was
so huge - I could buy into it (suspend my
beliefs) in order to watch this or any
other giant creature film. Plausible? No.
Fun? Yes.

The big question is: Is the movie worth
watching? Sure it is if you like movies
surrounding giant creatures. It's not
really what one would call a good b-rated
flick but it does have a bit campy fun
that can be worth watching.

Just for fun and keeping in mind the movie
is dated 1959 and the year I am posting
this review is 2015: In the film Chase
told the radio personality that he'd take
$2.00 for fixing/towing the car; in today's
money that would equate to about $16.26.
The man ended up giving Chase $40.00 and
in today's money that is about $325.22.
(According to the US Inflation Calculator).

4.5/10 - Rainey-Dawn

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