The Monster of Piedras Blancas

1959
Approved
1h 11m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

1.2K

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Pete Dunn in The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)

A doctor, a sheriff and a biologist pursue a creature hanging around a lighthouse.

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The monster, which looks like a snarling "Creature from the Black Lagoon," invades a sleepy seaside town. The lighthouse keeper, widowed and estranged from the town folk, has been secretly l... Read allThe monster, which looks like a snarling "Creature from the Black Lagoon," invades a sleepy seaside town. The lighthouse keeper, widowed and estranged from the town folk, has been secretly leaving food out for the monster for years, unaware of its blood lust. When the monster's a... Read allThe monster, which looks like a snarling "Creature from the Black Lagoon," invades a sleepy seaside town. The lighthouse keeper, widowed and estranged from the town folk, has been secretly leaving food out for the monster for years, unaware of its blood lust. When the monster's appetite outstrips the keeper's ability to serve it, bloodless decapitated corpses start to... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The feet and lower torso of the Monster suit were were recycled from the "Metaluna Mutant" in Les Survivants de l'infini (1955), with the claws being recycled from the creatures in Le peuple de l'enfer (1956).

Goofs
At 1 hour 10 minutes the monster is knocked over the railing and plunges into the sea. Impossible. In the first minute of the movie there are various distance shots of the lighthouse that clearly show the lighthouse is not located at the water's edge.

Quotes
Fred: There's been another murder.
Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper: Who?
Fred: Kochek. We found his body this afternoon.
Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper: He talked too much.

Connections
Featured in Monsterama Sci-Fi Late Night Creature Feature Show Vol. 1 (1996)

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Highly entertaining

Very entertaining movie,gives you a real feel for the time it was made.Was one of Don Sullivan's best and makes you wonder, if Steve McQueen could advance from " Blob " what ever happened to Don Sullivan? My friends and I first saw this movie late on night while camping out in the backyard with an extension cord stretched to an old b/w and the scene where the monster comes out with the head scared us to death!