Giant from the Unknown

Giant from the Unknown (1958)

A Hideous Monster from Beyond the Grave!

A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.

Date of release
1958-01-03
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Horror
Director
Richard E. Cunha

Casting

Interesting facts

Giant from the Unknown is a 1957 independently made American black-and-white science fiction-horror film drama, produced by Marc Frederic and Arthur A. Jacobs, directed by Richard Cunha, that stars Ed Kemmer, Sally Fraser, Morris Ankrum, Bob Steele, and Buddy Baer. The film was theatrically released by Astor Pictures in December, 1957 as a double feature with She Demons.

Production

The make-up effects were created by Jack Pierce, known for his Universal Pictures' classic monster makeup for Boris Karloff's Frankenstein (1931), The Mummy (1932), and Lon Chaney Jr.'s The Wolf Man (1941). Baer, who played Vargas the Giant in this film, also played a giant in Jack and the Beanstalk (1952), starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The film was shot in and around the town of Fawnskin, CA in the San Bernardino National Forest.

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