The Giant Gila Monster
by Ray Kellogg
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Actor: Bob Thompson, Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone, Shug FisherDirector: Ray Kellogg
Brand: Alpha Video
Cinematographer: Wilfred M. Cline
Writer: Ray Kellogg
Editor: Aaron Stell
Producer: B.R. McLendon
Producer: Gordon McLendon
Producer: Ken Curtis
Writer: Jay Simms
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
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Movie Review: Drive-In Schlock Gets Widescreen Treatment
Summary: 1 Stars
Hot rods, rock music and monster mayhem are poorly served in this low-budget schlockfest. A 1959 drive-in favorite, "The Giant Gila Monster" offers incongruous laughs, a few ukulele numbers and incredibly unspecial effects. When Don Sullivan croons the immortal "Laugh, Children, Laugh," you'll never forget it! Unlike other public-domain releases, this Image DVD boasts a decent widescreen print to help recapture the drive-in experience. Produced by Ken "Festus" Curtis and directed by Ray Kellogg (who would later collaborate with John Wayne on "The Green Berets").
Summary of The Giant Gila Monster
Platform:??DVD MOVIE?Publisher:??ALPHA VIDEO?Packaging:??DVD STYLE BOX?A monsterous poisonous reptile slithers from the depths of the midwest outback to wreak death and destruction on civilization. When teenagers start disappearing from lover's lane a tough-talking sheriff and teen hot-rodder form an unlikely alliance to find the missing youths. What they discover is a mutant Gila monster large enough to destroy the whole town. Between scenes of low-budget destruction Chace Winstead (Don Sullivan of Teenage Zombies / Monster Of Piedras Blancas fame) sings a couple of not-bad pop songs while cowboy perennials Fred Graham and Shug Fisher make memorable appearances. The Giant Gila Monster was filmed in Texas back-to-back with another Ray Kellogg/Ken Curtis production The Killer Shrews.Starring: Don Sullivan & Lisa SimoneDirected by: Ray KelloggScreenplay by: Jay Simms DVD Details: Run Time: 74 minutesNumber of Discs: 1Originally Released in 1959Black & WhiteNo region encoding; For global distribution.The tranquility of a small Texas town is ruined when an enormous rear-projection lizard begins to terrorize the place! At first, the adults dismiss the kids' hysterics as nonsense. The sheriff is helpless and the adults fail miserably to defeat the thing, so it's up to the teenagers to take it on. Though this movie relies a little too heavily on plot and characters and not enough on giant lizards, it's still a fun slice of '50s camp. The lead character (played by Don Sullivan) sings some wildly inappropriate and goofy songs for some unintended comic relief. Rock & roll, hot rods, teenagers, huge monsters... all the elements are in place for this faintly ridiculous '50s funfest. --Jerry Renshaw
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