Rent Beasts Unleashed: The Beast with a Million Eyes / The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
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2h 37min
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- Synopsis:
The 1950s was the decade of the creature feature. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, American cinemas were awash with marauding aliens from outer space, giant irradiated insects, robots on the rampage, monsters from the depths and dinosaurs rediscovered in the modern world. 'The Beast with a Million Eyes' and 'The Beast of Hollow Mountain' are two of the most entertaining films among them, presented together in the spirit of the science fiction double features of the 1950s.
The Beast with a Million Eyes produced and purportedly co-directed by the legendary Roger Corman, follows a family living on an isolated ranch in the California desert. After an unidentified flying object crash lands somewhere near their farm, animals and people begin acting strangely - leading to a confrontation with a threat not of this planet. From a story by the legendary special-effects artist Willis O'Brien (a mentor to Ray Harryhausen and the animator of King Kong), The Beast of Hollow Mountain sees a cowboy living in Mexico discover that his cattle are being eaten by a prehistoric monster. Representing two of the standout science fiction cycles of the 1950s, 'The Beast with a Million Eyes' and 'The Beast of Hollow Mountain' recall the era of double-bills, drive-ins and delirious monster mayhem. - Actors:
- Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona Cole, Dick Sargent, Leonard Tarver, Chester Conklin, Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Carlos Rivas, Mario Navarro, Pascual García Peña, Eduardo Noriega, Julio Villarreal, Lupe Carriles, Manuel Arvide, Pepe Chavez, Roberto Contreras, Armando Gutiérrez, Guillermo Hernández, Margarito Luna
- Directors:
- David Kramarsky, Roger Corman, Lou Place, Edward Nassour, Ismael Rodríguez
- Producers:
- David Kramarsky, Edward Nassour, William Nassour
- Voiced By:
- Bruce Whitmore
- Writers:
- Tom Filer, Robert Hill, Jack Dewitt, Willis H. O'Brien
- Aka:
- The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes! / Valley of the Mists
- Studio:
- Eureka Entertainment Limited
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/07/2026
- Run Time:
- 157 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Terror from Beyond the Stars - new interview with science fiction expert Mark Bould on 'The Beast with a Million Eyes' and alien invasion cinema in the 1950s
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth - new interview with critic Kim Newman on 'The Beast of Hollow Mountain' and the history of dinosaurs in cinema
