Check out this clip from the beast of hollow mountain, in which a young boy gets attacked by a stopmotion tyrannosaurus rex. I dont think any of obies story ideas were specifically set in mexico, but quite a few had southwestern desert settings. This is until the climax of the movie, after enrique has won and jimmy has agreed to leave town forever. Edward nassour and ismael rodriguez this usmexican coproduction stars guy madison tvs wild bill hickock and patricia medina phantom of the rue morgue up against a giant prehistoric allosaurus in the old west. If youre seeing it for the first time as an adult, like this viewer, you may well still find it to be fairly charming, an interesting combination of the monster movie and western genres. If youre seeing it for the first time as an adult, like this viewer, you may well still find it to be fairly charming, an interesting combination of. Dinosaur attacks child the beast of hollow mountain 1956. Beast of hollow mountain neanderthal man bluray us import. Shop beast of hollow mountain neanderthal man bluray us import. The beast of hollow mountain is a 1956 scifihorror western about an american cowboy living in mexico who discovers his missing cattle are being preyed upon. The beast of hollow mountainbased on an idea by the legendary special effects wizard willis obrien king kong, son of kong, the lost world, the beast of hollow mountain is a classic creature feature. Taglines from original posters and videodvd covers. Beast of hollow mountain 1956 margalimorwentari on dailymotion. Movies to watch on a rainy afternoon the beast of hollow.
The beast of hollow mountain is a 1956 weird west horror film about an american cowboy living in mexico who discovers his missing cattle are being preyed upon by dinosaurs. The first film to show dinosaurs and cowboys in the same picture, it is notable for being based on a story idea by special effects innovator willis obrien. The title also proves to be a bit deceptive, as the beast is hardly the focus and instead defers to the drama surrounding a sleepy mexico town, where american cowboy jimmy ryan guy madison owns a small ranch. Both the beast of hollow mountain 1956 and the neaderthal man 1953 were distributed by united artists pictures and that is likely the reason that they were double teamed together on this impending bluray shout. For most of the movie enriques biggest problem is a hairtrigger temper, and most of his villainy is just him overreacting to things jimmy did legitimately do like undercutting his business or hitting on his fiancee. The beast of hollow mountain 1956 a mexican cattlemans eduardo noriega beef with a rancher guy madison is settled by a tyrannosaur from the local swamp. If you would like to participate, you can edit one of the articles mentioned below, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general project discussion to talk over new ideas. Dramatic music clashes with pointless dull rocky landscape during the credits. Edward has a supervisory credit for the crude animated. The beast of hollow mountain is often criticized by genre fans for delaying all its stopmotion effects until the finale. He was also in a couple of peplums and swashbucklers out of italy sometimes as the lead in the latter, though. The beast of hollow mountain 1956 the last drive in. A mexican cattlemans eduardo noriega beef with a rancher guy madison is settled by a tyrannosaur from the local swamp.
The beast of hollow mountain 1956 discussion moviechat. A disembodied narrator with a topographical obsession reports that the hollow mountain is located in the back country of mexico oh, and theres a swamp at its base. An illustrated guide to obscure hollywood horror movies. Guy madison, patricia medina, carlos rivas, mario navarro, pascual garcia pena. Holding a rather unsteady position in the history of bigscreen stopmotion animation is the odd 1956 production the beast of hollow mountain. The cast is solid, with western vet madison making for a solid oldfashioned hero. However, the western tale that dominates the films first two acts is pretty entertaining. Surprising, therefore, that the beast of hollow mountain was filmed in both colour and scope. Breathing hate, death and destruction an american cowboy living in mexico discovers his cattle are being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur. This films most identifiable predecessor, one pitting cowboys against a prehistoric monster, might be the beast of hollow mountain 1956, but truth be told hollywood had been combining these two genres almost from the very beginning. The beast of hollow mountain 1956 changes the movie.
The beast of hollow mountain t rex attack duration. The nassour brothers edward and william go way back to the 30s producing and directing novelty stopmotion animation, although their name is not well known compared to that of the famous george pal. The beast of hollow mountain 1956 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The beast from 20000 fathoms, the beast from haunted cave 1959, the beast of hollow mountain 1956, the beast with a million eyes 1955, the black pit of dr m 1959. Dinosaur eats a cow the beast of hollow mountain 1956. This article is within the scope of wikiproject horror, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to fictional horror in film, literature and other media on wikipedia. The idea for the screenplay came from effects pioneer willis king kong obrien, but the special effects were handled by edward nassour. The beast of hollow mountain 1956 classic horror film. Although a november 1954 news item in daily variety stated that regiscope, which was invented by edward nassour, had been used in nassour studios previous feature, ring around saturn, all other sources state that the process was first used in the beast of hollow mountain, and no additional information about ring around saturn has been found. Check out this clip from the beast of hollow mountain, in which a trex attacks a herd of cattle. Movies to watch on a rainy afternoon the beast of hollow mountain 1956 duration. The beast of hollow mountain is a 1956 weird west horror film about an american cowboy living in mexico who discovers his missing cattle are being preyed. Another idea he had was about the ososipapu, which was a bearlike creature with skin like a gila.
Valley of the gwangi 1969 willis obrien scripted both the movie above and this remake, both filmed in mexico. The beast of hollow mountain the neanderthal man with. An american cowboy living in mexico discovers his cattle are being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur. The beast of hollow mountain would likely have more appeal for any viewer who first saw it at a young and impressionable age. An illustrated guide to obscure hollywood horror movies 19561959. Overview of the beast of hollow mountain, 1956, directed by edward nassour, with guy madison, patricia medina, carlos rivas, at turner classic movies. The beast eventually tires of stalking cattle for an easy meal and decides to turn his ferocity on the townsfolk. Saddle up for a trip to a mexican ranch with a nasty secret in this partwestern, partmonster movie thats all torture for jonah and the bots. It is left to jimmy to battle the beast and save his mexican neighbors from the dastardly beast of hollow mountain. The beast of hollow mountain 1956 the classic movie history project blogathon 2016.