A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider-like monster.A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider-like monster.A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider-like monster.
- Gypsy Boulet
- (as Sheila Carol)
- The Beast
- (as Christopher Robinson)
- …
- Jill Jackson
- (uncredited)
- Woman Sitting at Table
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRoger Corman and Gene Corman partly chose their filming location in the Black Hills because they were encouraged to come by the Chamber of Commerce in South Dakota. The Chamber of Commerce offered financial incentives in order to ensure that this, and future Corman films, would be shot in their state.
- GoofsAt 2 min Alexander skis down a short mountain strip with plenty of snow. Minutes later when Marty and Byron do the same thing there is a huge patch of ground with no snow.
- Quotes
Marty Jones: I saw pieces of an egg in the mine, where it got Natalie. Now that could have been buried there for millions of years until the men working on the mine found it.
Alexander Ward: I don't care what it is. I don't care if it chews up the whole state. I care if it came from Mars or happened by spontaneous combustion. We're going to Canada with a load of gold, so forget it!
- ConnectionsEdited into Pale Moonlight Theater: Beast from Haunted Cave (2014)
That's right, the best thing about this film is its shooting location. Beautiful, majestic, snow-covered, Black Hills mountains that made the film interesting enough to say, "check it out". The shooting of the film was treacherous, cold and scary. If you are going to go get Playmates, Composers and picturesque locations, write a better script, bring a better camera along, check your audio equipment and don't shoot it in thirteen days. If you have no money for special effects, drop the monster. The effects in this film are atrocious and you could easily have made it a much better film, by taking one of the characters and making them a crazy killer or something.
In closing, the acting wasn't too bad, but the creative technique just isn't there. The directing and editing is freshman at best. If it wasn't for the skiing scenes, the snow-covered landscapes and the cool, creepy cave locations, this film wouldn't be worth watching at all. In my opinion an IMDB rating of 3 or less is unwatchable, but I gave this a 4, because you need to see it as a chapter in the legendary Corman film-history.
4.0 (F MyGrade) = 4 IMDB
- PCC0921
- Sep 16, 2020
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
- 1.85 : 1