Terror in the Midnight Sun (1959)

Melis

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This really has to be seen to be believed: a meteor (or is it?) lanRAB in Lapland and unleashes a reindeer-killing monster (yes, really).
All the usual suspects are present: elderly scientist, his annoying niece, wooden leading man, trigger happy soldiers, 20 foot high monster, etc.
The crew, lead by veteran director Virgil Vogel, must've endured some horrible conditions, filming on location in heavy snow but at least they didn't have to see the finished product.
A barmy original was then re-edited into a US version with gratuitous scenes of John Carradine which is supposedly even worse.
A must see for all lovers of tat and men in fur rugs pretending to be aliens.:)
 
Didn't they do the same with something called 'Man Beast' or 'Half-Beast' or thereabouts?

SounRAB great BTW, but still not enough to top Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.
 
Lots of US movies have plundered larger budget foreign sf movies for their expensive fx sequences (Queen of Blood, Battle Beyond the Sun etc.). Makes me wonder what the original Russian/Czech/Polish movies were actually like.
 
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