Most people don't know this about me, but weapons are my REAL business. You name it and I know it: guns, bombs, gas, fire, blades, missiles, and everything and anything else... In fact, only a rare few know more about weaponry than I do. I'm a... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Aw man......wrecked a 40 Ford in the first scene!! Oh the horror!!! Had to shut it off.....can't go on........can't go on.
Not every man has the stomach for this work. You have nothing to be ashamed of... Someone has to bake our cookies and iron our shirts.
The first time I encountered this film, I was alone in the depths of my college dormitory two years ago. Images of reptiles, nitroglycerine and early iron flashed across the screen. Suddenly, my door opened a crack and my then-roommate peered into the darkness. He took one glance at the Hellacious beast and reared back in disgust. I sneered, invigorated by his unease. Undeterred, I watched it all come to an end. And what an end it was.
"Only when a man drinks tequila with ER nurses can he really begin to understand or even cope with the lessons that carnage can teach." Awesome line!!!! I am married to an OR nurse. Carnage indeed!!!
I was unwillingly immersed in the B movie culture at a impressionable age and as I matured the images are still solidly intrenched in my psyche. Monsters,hot rods and explosives,,it really doesn't get any better! HRP
well, im ashamed to say that I actually own this movie. I physically reached in my wallet and paid cash for it. I even watched it; more than once. Im a sick, sick man.
I've seen it. Very scary! Cool cars. Snappy tunes too. "Hold this nitro while I drive like a mad man." "Now you and the little girl lay flat on the ground while I spin my tires and do a doughnut 2 feet from your head and throw gravel at ya." Decades ago I watched a very similar movie. Same theme...giant monster, and the hero kills it with his car he built and some explosives. But it wasn't a roadster...I'm sure it was an early '50s sedan or coupe. Not a Ford. Maybe a Chevy or even an early Mopar. I've never been able to find the movie. But the dialogue at the end was almost word for word the same as this movie. Cop/Mayor: "Don't worry...we'll get you another car." Hero: "You'll never be able to replace that car."
23 years ago Got Divorced...got re-married to an ER Nurse ....11 years younger than me.... My ex wife turned into a Gila Monster... just sayin'
You got that right OL 55! It's too bad that the chick had to die too. That cat that she was with was expendable, but not the car and not that chick. I saw this movie when it was new. It was a double feature with the movie "The Killer Shrews". I've owned copies in one form or another (film, VHS, DVD) over the years and break it out for viewing about once every other year. My wife hates it.
after searching for 25 plus year I found an original poster for that movie ,,, dang it sold it to a local museum ...when the need for $ seemed like the right thing (divorce)... what did the museum do with it "cut it down to fit in a standard poster frame " I was pissed have not sold much of my hot rod stuff ever since
Are you really an expert in weaponry? Sometimes I dint knownif it's just part of the story or the real deal.
I know...me too. Ryan writes some intense shit sometimes and it's hard to distinguish between reality and the testosterone-induced dramaticalizationisms...lol. All I kept thinkin' was that the NSA computers were probably throwing up red flags left and right!
Not as cleverly written as Ryan's Blog ... but checkout my The GIANT GILA MONSTER (1959) thread ... lots of screen grabs & interesting facts about the cars in the movie.
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