Mjeteconer Just perfect...

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

beetle-259-554148 Eugene Lourie, director of The Beast From 20'000 Fathoms and future director of Gorgo (1961), brings us the second part in what I like to call "The Eugene Lourie Monster Movie Trilogy" by way of Behemoth the Sea Monster or as it's know here in North America, The Giant Behemoth.As with his 1953 film that inspired Godzilla, which in turn inspired countless other giant monster movies, the titular Behemoth is awakened by nuclear bomb testing. However the Behemoth is able to shoot a beam of concentrated nuclear energy out of its mouth. The creature also manages to heavily damage several ships. Our main character, a typical scientist, manages to track the creature since it's emitting an electric pulse. He notifies a paleontologist who is at first doubtful but quickly becomes excited at the thought of seeing a dinosaur, having wanted to see one since he was a child, a secret he has kept to himself.This paleontologist is a similar role to Thurgood Elson in The Beast from 20'000 Fathoms but he is a much smaller part.This film does have some inconsistencies, though; in one scene we are shown a photograph of the monsters footprint with a police car beside it and the car is dwarfed by the footprint. During the creatures rampage however, it crushes a car but the car is considerably bigger than the monster's foot.The stop-motion monster effects were done by the legendary Willis O'Brien, best known for bringing to life King Kong.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . whereas "GIANT BEHEMOTH" often serves to flesh out the meaning of "redundancy." Calling an ant a "tiny behemoth" would qualify as an oxymoron as well: "shrimp" is a synonym for "tiny," while "behemoth" can be found with "giant" in a thesaurus. If the title for this movie had been THE GREAT BIG HULKING HUGE BEHEMOTH, it may well have done better at the box office. But would the longer title have increased ticket sales enough to cover the overtime necessary for the marquee man to put up such an excessive amount of letters (plus the expense for purchasing several extra "H's" that doubtless would need to be special-ordered)? Behemoths--giant or not--seldom have appeared more threatening than the 200-footer with the radioactive death ray eyes featured during THE GIANT BEHEMOTH. In his head-long rush to pose for fatal selfies with the G.B., "Prof. Sampson" overlooks the obvious solution to London's moth infestation: let one of those "All creatures great and small" English veterinarians cure Big Boy of his radiation overdose. A homeopathic remedy such as brimstone would be bound to perk up Nestor in a day or two, and you know what they say: Healthy behemoths are the happiest (and safest) kind to have around!

Jmorrissey5-1 Yes, yes, yes, it's a pallid remake of Beast From 20,000 Fathoms with a mixed bag of effects, but the commentary by special effects masters Dennis Murren and Phil Tippett is condescending in the extreme. Granted their focus was on the special effects - which in many cases are poor due to a low budget - but their absolute ignorance about some of the cast members was shocking. Most particularly they were sarcastically dismissive of the great Jack McGowan who's credits include "The Quiet Man" and "Lord Jim" to name just a few. They didn't even realize that he was in "The Exorcist" and in fact died while making that film. In future, Warner Brothers might be better served by including commentaries by film makers (or even fans) who are not so narrowly focused and who might contribute to one's enjoyment of the film rather than detract from it.

ebiros2 This, what appears to be British version of The Beast From 20000 Fathoms is a classic that's been around for many years.Nuclear test awakens a monster from the deep. A 200 ft long dinosaur like creature that terrorizes first the beaches of Scotland, then it makes a land fall.The story is very derivative, reminiscent of Beast from 20000 fathoms, and Godzilla. The production is lot lower budget than either, and story isn't as compelling. The movie that looked okay in the '60s didn't age well as the two movies, and looks dated. It's a classic, and not a bad movie to watch. The camps are divided for this movie. For people who've watched it as kids, it's a classic they'll never forget. As for the new viewers, there are better movies of this type available now, and they might be better time spent watching.