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The Beast of Yucca Flats

Play trailer Poster for The Beast of Yucca Flats Released May 2, 1961 1h 0m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Communists chase a large scientist (Tor Johnson) into an atomic-bomb test, and he comes out a killer caveman.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 0/5 Dec 23, 2002 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Beware of any Z-grade schlock that contains the phrase "yuck" in the title. Rated: 1/5 Jul 25, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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David W The MST3K version of this (which I am giving the stars for) is hilarious and turns what is literally one of the worst films ever made into a hugely enjoyable watch. The original none riffed version though is simply terrible and borderline unwatchable, even by bad movie standards. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/07/24 Full Review Audience Member The Producer of the movie paid me to say this so this is not a genuine review. This is a great movie. Producer, if you are looking at this review, you only paid me $50 so $10 per word. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member This is, In my opinion, the worst movie of all time. Forget Avatar the last airbender, forget Manos, forget birdemic, forget Plan 9 (well, not completely, Tor Johnson, the poor man, is in this too). A Coleman Francis special, Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie stops at nothing, and stays there. It's such a hideously made film, a more apt title would be THE BEAST OF YUCCA FALLS FLAT. Or, better yet, it shouldn't have a title at all, because the movie shouldn't exist at all. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member You loved him bumping into furniture in Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space." You love his caricature in Drew Friedman's comic strips. You, of course, loved him for his iconic rubber mask with the cracked forehead. Now, in "The Beast of Yucca Flats," Tor Johnson plays a defecting Soviet scientist hit by a nuclear explosion, who then roams the flats as the titular beast, terrorizing hapless victims. That's pretty much "The Beast of Yucca Flats," This film is strictly "Robot Monster" quality of filmmaking (no sound was even recorded and the film was entirely re-dubbed, along with extensive and badly done narration), but if you enjoy Tor Johnson, it might possibly worth checking out. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The worst of the Coleman Francis trilogy, The Beast of Yucca Flats is just ineptly made, with no direction, random dialogue, rambling narration, and well a pretty stupid monster, Beast of Yucca Flats needs to be seen to really understand how bad it is. Watch the MST3K version though. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Communists chase a large scientist (Tor Johnson) into an atomic-bomb test, and he comes out a killer caveman.
Director
Coleman Francis
Producer
Anthony Cardoza, Roland Morin
Screenwriter
Coleman Francis
Production Co
Cardoza-Francis Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 2, 1961, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 28, 2017
Runtime
1h 0m