Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
No one can stop this killing machine....It's Already Dead!!!
A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
- Date of release
- 1965-10-26
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (72)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Horror
- Director
- Daniel Haller
Casting
- Boris Karloff — Nahum Witley
- Nick Adams — Stephen Reinhart
- Suzan Farmer — Susan Witley
- Freda Jackson — Letitia Witley
- Terence de Marney — Merwyn
- Patrick Magee — Dr. Henderson
- Sheila Raynor — Miss Bailey
- Harold Goodwin — Taxi Driver
- Paul Farrell — Jason
- Sydney Bromley — Pierce
- Billy Milton — Henry
- Leslie Dwyer — Potter
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Colour Out of Space
Die, Monster, Die! is a 1965 science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Haller in his feature directorial debut, and starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson and Suzan Farmer. A loose adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Colour Out of Space", its plot follows an American man who, while visiting his English fiancée's familial estate, uncovers a series of bizarre occurrences.
Production
The film was shot in February and March 1965 at Shepperton Studios under the working title The House at the End of the World. Location shooting for the town/village of Arkham was done at Shere, Surrey, while the Witley mansion was Oakley Court, Water Oakley, Berkshire.
This was the directorial debut of Daniel Haller, a longtime production designer and art director for American International Pictures, who had notably worked on the Roger Corman "Poe cycle" of films.
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