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I just down loaded this since it is not copy righted, it wasn't that bad of a movie! Great work, should have been used to advertise the movie!
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I think it's a very neat little monster movie. The giant sea worms are surprisingly effective.
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What I like is that they took a real place and made a story around it and made the worms/snails more animal like. They weren't trying to take over the world but just survive. Even if they did escape I don't think they would of been no worse then an evasive species, more of a problem. They were more snail like which meant they would have to stay in the shallows so they wouldn't be able to go into deep water. To keep control on they a market for them to be used as escargot so they would be hunted and sold. If you asked who would do that I know of a small company called PetPak would do it, if there is a buck to be made the Baker Brothers would do it!
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In some of the publicity photos of the monster and actress Barbara Darrow (like the one this pic was based on), instead if attacking her it looks more like they're doing the tango.Β Β Β Β
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Maybe that's what the monster(s) really wanted to do..
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I'm currently writing a book of essays that is an almost guaranteed sell -- if I can ever finish it.Β My favorite essay compares 1950s SF films to real and "fortean" occurrences.Β Here's a little excerpt:Β
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Imagine my shock at a tender young age, when I opened Castle of Frankenstein #19 (1972), one of many βmovie monsterβ magazines of the βsixties and βseventies, and read the following on page 41:Β Β βMonster that Challenged the World, the (83 min; UA, 1957). Not as bad as it may sound, ingratiating and some neat moments; suggested by an actual occurrence.βΒ (Emphasis mine.)Β No more sleep for me!Β Iβd be sitting up at night with a baseball bat, ready to smack the hideous mollusks in their spider-like faces when they poked them in through the window or out of the closet!
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The comment was not meant to be taken literally, however.Β No monster blood-sucking mollusks had come to life.Β As screenwriter Pat Fielder told Tom Weaver in a 1985 interview:Β βThere was an article in Life magazine, a true story about ancient shrimp eggs being discovered and reconstituted after millions of years buried in a salty pond.Β We transposed it all to the Salton Sea.β [Weaver, p. 83]Β Hans Conreid, as Dr. Rogers, actually holds up that issue of Life in the movie and refers to the same article.
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I'd certainly read that essay!
I've heard a lot of mumblings in comments on the internet regarding this film and possible real-life science. "Did you know that.." and so on. The truth is quite innocent, of course.
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Your love for these classic films really shows in these pieces.
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These old monster movies are my comfort food for the soul
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Yup, quite good and different monsters for its time. It sort of gave me a "Tremors" vibe.
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Good call!! 
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Nope, I haven't done anything wit the Graboids yet. Yes, poor "Egg Shen" -it's not fun getting eaten in your own diner.
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You do some great 50's movie monsters. Did you ever draw the Creeping Terror, by any chance?
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No, not yet, but it's on my to-do list
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It's going to look great when you do it.
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I hope so
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I always dug wormy horrors, and this was a fave. Poster influence aside, this looks way better than in the movie (though I appreciate the effects of the time^^).
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For once it's not a guy in a suit, but a huge scary animal, and that's what I really appreciate with this film.
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the sad thing is that it's the Salton Sea.
The monster would have actually helped the lake.
(those from California will understand what I mean.)
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I'll take your word for it
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Giant snail monsters, and earthquakes... 
(Wikipedia the Salton Sea, and you'll see what I mean. 
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Β Gail, I'm worried. I'm begging to think your husband suspect us.
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The world was not ready for their kind of love..
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Sad, ..."when a mollusk meets a human swimming through the brine..." Β
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Great artwork. You captured the likeness of the monster really well.
First time I saw this movie was on TV, way back in the day. It was on TNT's Monster Vision. That same night, they had this movie, The Creature From Hollow Mountain, The Giant Behemoth, and The Giant Claw. Save for Hollow Mountain....it was a great night of movies.
I have always, and will always love this movie. There are truly some great scenes in the movie. You can't tell me that Jaws did not at least homage the girl being pulled under the water with her boyfriend a little bit. And the opening scene with the sailors being killed...yeah....that was scary. So was the decapitation the thing does to the diver o_0
One of the strangest scenes though to me is how Ninja like the monster is at the Water Dam. It just comes out of nowhere to tackle that guy lol. So ninja snail?
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They sure make good use of the monsters in this film. And I know that the sneak attack at the dam was probably supposed to be a jump scare, but it rather comes off as a bit funny; "Where the hell did that come from??"
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I love this movie, great effects for the time it was made and unique monsters. You wouldn't think giant snails would be a legit threat but these guys were pretty effective as monster movie villains.Β
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Yes they were, and pretty active too for being basically giant puppets.
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A quite impressive film with life size FX...I wonder if the FX team did any other films?
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Well, I know that Augie Lohman worked on the monster scenes, and he contributed to a bunch of movies, including Barbarella, Jack the Giant Killer, Captain Sindbad and John Huston's Moby Dick. He seemed to be one of those reliable craftsmen.
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Great info! I will look into him! I remember the Whale in the cinematic Moby Dick.
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