The Monster of Piedras Blancas
HE PREYS ON HUMAN FLESH!
1959 | 71m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Irvin Berwick |
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| Writer: | H. Haile Chace |
| Staring: |
| An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 22, 1959 |
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| Director: | Irvin Berwick |
| Writer: | H. Haile Chace |
| Genres: | Horror, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | monster, lighthouse, lighthouse keeper , fishman |
| Production Companies | Vanwick Productions, Filmservice Distributors Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $29,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Les Tremayne | Dr. Sam Jorgenson |
| Forrest Lewis | Constable George Matson |
| John Harmon | Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper |
| Frank Arvidson | Kochek, the Storekeeper |
| Jeanne Carmen | Lucille Sturges |
| Don Sullivan | Fred |
| Pete Dunn | Eddie / The Monster |
| Joseph La Cava | Mike |
| Wayne Berwick | Little Jimmy |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Irvin Berwick | Director |
| H. Haile Chace | Screenplay |
| George A. Gittens | Editor |
| Jack Kevan | Makeup Artist |
| Tom Ouellette | Lighting Technician |
| Luanna Sherman | Script Supervisor |
| Joseph C. Cavalier | Assistant Director |
| Ed Keyes | Property Master |
| Joe Lapis | Sound |
| James V. Swartz | Sound |
| Walter Woodworth | Grip |
| Philip H. Lathrop | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jack Kevan | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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OK, so the shadowy monster looks like something straight out of an episode of "Scooby Do", but that doesn't make this daft sci-fi yarn any worse than a great many of it's contemporaries - indeed it's actually quite fun to watch as 'Dr. Sam Jorgenson" (Les Tremayne) and hunky "Fred" (Don Sullivan) se ... t out on the trail of a mysterious murderer that is clinically decapitating it's victims leaving no trace of blood, nor of it's identity. The story moves along swiftly for 70 minutes, with some seriously ropey dialogue and effects, but with a bit of suspense too - especially the last ten minutes or so when I defy you not to smile. Sure it isn't at all scary now, but it might just have had you down behind the sofa in 1959.