ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

skybrick736 Eugene Lourie's ultra successful monster movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is an amazing watch for its time period. The animations for the real life looking dinosaur is incredible right from the start. I was glued in the initial scenes in the North Atlantic and it held my interest throughout the entire film. The characters and acting were solid and the plot was top notch up until the end. The ending seemed to have a throw away subplot and could have been better in my opinion. I don't discount the film that as being innovating for future monster movies and I sure as heck enjoyed it. Definitely watch The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms!

JPfanatic93 First dinosaur-on-a-rampage movie (beating the much more famous Japanese Gojira by one year) is still one of the best of its kind, mostly thanks to Ray Harryhausen's sublime stop motion animation. After an H-bomb test in the frozen Arctic wastelands, a scientist (Paul Hubschmid) spots a giant reptilian creature before being wounded in an avalanche. At first his wild stories are met with disbelief by his colleagues except for an old paleontologist (Cecil Kellaway) and his attractive female assistant (Paula Raymond). However, as soon as the monster, a fictional species of dinosaur dubbed Rhedosaurus, attacks Manhattan, doubt turns into terror and the scientists, in cooperation with the armed forces, race against time to find a way to stop the beast. This was Harryhausen's first solo project after having done most of the animation for Mighty Joe Young (1949) together with his mentor Willis O 'Brien. Apparently, Harryhausen was a good student, since the result of his skill in animation proved at least as great as the master's own work on King Kong (1933). Many creature-destroys-city films would follow in its wake, but very few would come even close to this level of realism. And fun.

ebiros2 Out of all giant monster flicks made outside of Japan from the '50s, this is probably the one that stands out the most.I'll skip the synopsis since I'm sure people have seen the movie already, and others have commented on it.It's a fantastic movie with very real looking prehistoric dinosaur making its way to New York. It's the first movie of its kind, and is still one of the best. There're very little in this movie that you can point to to say it looks fake which is remarkable for something coming from the '50s. For its ground breaking realism, this movie scores high, and it shows in its popularity still after 60 years.It has already secured its place in the annals of motion picture history, and no doubt its a classic that will be around for a long time to come.

wes-connors Nuclear testing at the North Pole thaws out a live dinosaur they're calling a Rhedosaurus. "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" turns out to be an excellent swimmer, and heads for home. Unfortunately for the population of a major American city, millions of years ago "The Beast" lived in the area we now call New York City. The homecoming turns out to be a disaster for both the monster and frightened citizens... Here, another monster follows in the "King Kong" (1933) footsteps. This is far from the best of the 1950s invasion pictures, but Ray Harryhausen's monster effects make it fun to watch.***** The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (6/13/53) Eugene Lourie ~ Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey