The giant claw 1957 this winged creature looks like a giant flying turkey with razorsharp teeth, but in the movie it. The giant claw continues in the tradition of other 50s scifi with dramatic revelations and the eventual defeat of the creature through newlyinvented scientific means. Sears, with jeff morrow, mara corday, morris ankrum, at turner classic movies. Monster aside, this movie has decent pacing, and benefits from starring richard morrow its not a boring film. The giant claw is one of the greatest movies ever made. The giant claw, for all its faults, has attained a certain degree of cult status that belies its numerous deficiencies. The giant claw was a creature who appeared in the 1957 b movie the giant claw. The menacing bird, in particular, is considered by many to be badly made, being a puppet with a very odd face. Sears toiled in the bhive of columbia pictures second features unit for less than ten years but amassed an impressive roster of fiftytwo films bearing his imprimatur the last three of which were released posthumously. Amazons choice for the giant claw scifi creature classics 4 movie set 20 million miles to earth the giant claw it came from beneath the sea mothra 4.
From some godforsaken antimatter galaxy millions and millions of light years from the earth. I didnt care how stupid it looked but i am doing a stop motion film called godzilla vs the giant claw. Thus, the creature in the posters looks nothing like the beast in the film. Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious ufo is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. The giant claw 1957 1080p bluray x264 yts am youtube. Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at alternate ending is diversity. Creature with the atom brain is a 1955 american blackandwhite zombie horror science fiction film directed by edward l. Zombies of mora tau also known as the dead that walk is a 1957 blackandwhite zombie horror film directed by edward l. The giant claw 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Overview of the giant claw, 1957, directed by fred f. Giant claw resin model kit giant claw model kit 091aw08.
The movie starts with title and credits running over a giant birds claw. After saving a rancher from hanging, cowboy mike utah blaine learns that his enemy rink witter is now a hired gun working for wealthy russ nevers, who is out to own every piece of land in the. The poster artists were purportedly not shown the puppet nor any other artwork from the film s production and concluded that the monster was a giant eagle or hawk. The giant claw is about a giant killer bird that attacks everything. When i think of katzman, i think first and foremost of the giant claw, one of my favorite so bad its good movies of all time. The giant kaw, er claw has every device used to this point in time. The giant claw 1957 some bmovies are dull, some are hilariously bad, and some walk the line between sobaditsgood and brilliant. To further add to the confusion, the artists that made all the film s advertising posters never saw the claw, and worked under the assumption that it was a giant eaglelike monster. Giant is a 1956 american epic western drama film, directed by george stevens from a screenplay adapted by fred guiol and ivan moffat from edna ferbers 1952 novel the film stars elizabeth taylor, rock hudson and james dean and features carroll baker, jane withers, chill wills, mercedes mccambridge, dennis hopper, sal mineo, rod taylor, elsa cardenas and earl holliman. The giant claw giant movie monsters pictures cbs news. Icons of horror collection is a two dvd, four movie set from one of the great b movie producers of the 1950s.
And as we discussed here many times, the giant claw is the biggest monster ever bigger than godzilla, gorgo, any of them. Well 1950s cinema gave us all manner of monsters, aliens, giant bugs, mythical creatures, doll sized people, invisible people etc. Aug 11, 20 a wacky mix of glee and the giant claw one of the best movies ever. This, er, miscommunication, explains why all of the advertising material shows a monster quite unlike the one gracing the screen in the film itself. The mark of the claw is a 1957 american blackandwhite science fiction giant monster film from columbia pictures, produced by sam katzman, directed by fred f. Both sears and katzman were well known as lowbudget b film genre filmmakers. Tcm messageboards post your comments here add your comment share.
The film opens at a radar facility somewhere in the arctic. The giant claw has been mocked for the quality of its special effects. Sears, fred sears on allmovie the giant claw has a terrible reputation that. Balladeers blog continues its examination of this neglected cult show from the mid1980s. It ate planes and trains and destroyed buildings by using its face like a wrecking ball, which explains a lot. People are saying is the claw going to have his anti matter shield.
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious ufo is actually a giant turkeylike bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. Oct 02, 2015 in fact, for a good portion of the first act the giant claw plays as a ufo movie, an exploitation film on the decades interest in flying saucers and alien visitations, among other movies like the flying saucer 1950, earth vs. The giant claw belongs to that last type incredibly corny, and at the same time 100% enjoyable. A giant antimatter bird invades the earths atmosphere. In an interview, star jeff morrow said that neither he nor anyone on the film saw the title monster until they went to the film s premiere in morrows home town. Respect is due to the actors in giant claw, they do a fine job with the script that they ve been been given. The giant claw is a 1957 american blackandwhite science fiction giant monster film from columbia. That bird is extraterrestrial, it comes from outer space.
The giant claw 1957 attack of the killer librarian. One of the silliestlooking movie monsters was the giant bird that dangled from marionette wires as it attacked model airplanes, perched on the empire state building, and tried to hatch an egg, in. When the world learns that a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed is on the loose, chaos ensues as it destroys everything in its path. The special effects on this film will make your jaw drop no matter how many comically terrible movies youve seen. We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well. She was impervious to harm until her antimatter shield was brought down by meddling humans, so they could murder her along with her poor baby.
The giant claw 1957 page 2 classic horror film board. As silly as the giant claw may look the monster of this movie could be capable of kicking godzillas radioactive butt. With jeff morrow, mara corday, morris ankrum, louis merrill. The first scene is a globe circling in a cloudy mist and narration about mans technology allowing faster travel and radar needed for protection. The claw is seen before the bird sinks to the bottom. Morrow was a commercial artist prior to turning to acting. Yet it is the unparalleled lack of quality in the bird that propels this film from a runofthemill bmovie to a legendary laugh fest.
The giant claw stars jeff morrow the square jawed hero played from every other fifties b movie you may have seen. The thing i would want is for the giant claw itself to be designed more heavily off of more deadly and sinister looking birds as apposed to the vulture. Her stint in monster movies lasted within a two year time frame beginning with 1955s tarantula and then with the black scorpion and ending with the giant claw both 1957. Death house directors next film is a dickinabox horror called the special. We are told new radar installations must be calibrated by flying controlled test flights. Distributed by columbia pictures, it was produced by sam katzman. Yes but he turns it off when he wants to fight or eat. I feel it could be remade with a bigger budget and done more as a giant monster disaster movie.
Appearing as an enormous, mutated avian similar to a turkey, the giant claw was described as being as big as a battleship. Along with kronos and deadly mantis, it is everything a 1950s science fiction movie should be. Cahn and starring gregg palmer, allison hayes and autumn russel. The giant claw trailer 1957 trailer for the giant claw. Utah blaine is a 1957 american western film directed by fred f. Now, i could be wrong, but i do not believe that he had anything to do with trying to sell huskysized pants to overweight children. You have to wonder if the actors saw the creature before signing the contracts. The giant claw remake by jarvisrama99 on deviantart. The giant claw bears a superficial resemblance to ishiro hondas rodan 1956, made in japan the previous year but unreleased in the united states until august of 1957.
This frightful monster made quite a mess in 1957, but sadly no such creature has been seen since. If only it could look more threatning and do something more than flying around and munching anything that is coming to its way this movie could have been more memorable. It is a terrible scifi giant creature thriller from 1957 about a turkey vulture from outer space that is terrorizing the earth. Thanks to my research through very old newspapers, interviews with randy clower and emails from fellow fans of t27fv here is another in a series where original broadcast dates of episodes can be. Find release information for the giant claw 1957 fred f. But when the air force arrives, they cannot find anything visually or on radar. The preserved heads of film critics like roger ebert and leonard maltin will be enthusiatically recommending this new, fortheages version of the giant claw from their cryonic screening vestibules, telling the world that the movies notorious snubbing at the 1957 oscar tm ceremony, was a leftover relic of huac, and jeff morrows performance. The only female lead in the movie is lovely mara corday one of the films good points if she believes there is a giant bird from the skies causing mass destruction on a wide scale then the audience believes it.
Corday and morrow play their parts as earnestly as they can, but the picture brings its own brand of foolishness to the party. The giant claw 1957 page 48 classic horror film board. The giant claw approved 1h 15min fantasy, horror, scifi june 1957 usa global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious ufo is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. Sears, fred sears on allmovie scientist mitch mcafee jeff morrow cannot. Jan 05, 2018 the giant claw 1957 posted on 5 january 2018 by kevin lyons 1 comment a film whose legendary awfulness precedes it wherever it goes, the giant claw is deserving of every bit of scorn that has been heaped upon it. The giant claw 1957 a scifi horror movie trailer by the milmar zone. Another inspiration may have been the samuel adams hopkins story grandfather and a winters tale.
It was defeated by a special type of isotope which was used to bring down its shield, allowing missiles to kill her as she crashed into the ocean outside new york city. While conducting a test flight to gauge the capability of the radar, mitch spots an unidentified flying object the size of a battleship. Leslie irving morrow, known as jeff morrow january, 1907 december 26, 1993, was an american actor educated at the pratt institute in his native new york city. The giant claw is a giant, monstrous, vulturelike alien with appearances dotted all over popular culture, appearing as the titular main antagonist of the 1957 science fiction horror film of the same name. Add in one of the most laughable movie monsters, and its no wonder this is a 50s scifi cult classic. The giant claw 1957 funny how none of the alternate titles for the giant claw, a lowbudget monster movie from director fred sears and producer sam katzman, are battleship or flying battleship or big as a battleship, because thats how multiple characters especially our protagonist, electronics engineer mitch macafee jeff morrow describe. It turned out that producer sam katzman had contracted with a lowbudget modelmaker in mexico city to construct the giant claw and no one in the cast or crew had any idea it would come out looking as bizarre and, frankly. Nov, 2014 the giant claw is one of my favorite giant monsters when i was a kid.
He entered the science fictionmonster movie genre with this island earth 1955, followed by the creature walks among us 1956, kronos 1957 and the giant claw 1957. Early in his career, he acted on the broadway stage using the name irving morrow. Il mostro dei cieli 1957 film fantascientifico by nuovissimomillefilm. The claw comes complete with wires, yep there they are, and a face that i dont. The film was released on a double bill with the night the world exploded. The giant claw is one of the funniest dopiest monster movies of the 50s. A giant alien bird from outer space arrives on earth to hatch an egg. In the realms of over sized animals and bugs arachnids there was a large array including giant man eating grasshoppers, scorpions, tarantulas, praying mantis. This beast was said to hail from an antimatter galaxy, and was capable of employing an antimatter shield to defend itself from attack. This feathered monster from another dimension came to earth to lay its eggs and wreak. The giant claw 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The mark of the claw is a 1957 american blackandwhite horror science fiction film from columbia pictures, produced by sam katzman, directed by fred f. People love it because of its radioactive level of. Tcmdb archive materials view all archives 0 trivia.
Scifi creature classics 4 movie set 20 million miles to earth the giant claw it came from beneath the sea mothra. I kind of gave up on this movie early on, but i saw enough to wonder why mara corday was never given a chance at better roles than she seems to have ever had given a quick look at her resume on imdb. Cahn and starring richard denning american gangster frank buchanan granger forces former nazi scientist wilhelm steigg gaye to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through atomic radiation in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies. When the announcer for a movie is dead serious about his narration and you know youre eventually going to see a big rubber monster you start smiling as soon as he starts talking. The giant claw has more than one giant flaw monsters. Giant claw, the giant monster encyclopedia kaijumatic. True, based on that brief synopsis the giant claw doesnt sound any better or worse than the multitude of other such films produced during that fine decade of the 1950s. Apr 01, 2018 the giant claw was directed by fred f. The giant claw 1957 engineer mitch macafee jeff morrow spots a ufo while directing a study at the north pole. He returned to television for most of his later roles, with six appearances on the religion anthology series, crossroads.