Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)

Directed by Edward Nassour and Ismael Rodgriguez
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(MGMHD)

It's an early CinemaScope western with a dinosaur at the end. The western part is strictly routine, cattle rustlers and a romance, with local Mexican flavor. The dinosaur takes forever to appear and is poorly animated in stop motion: the scale is all wrong, he's got a long, flappy tongue and the interaction between the animation and back projection is sloppy. To make matters worse, it is intercut with live shots of feet and legs which are obviously a guy in a rubber suit.


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