The Beast of Yucca Flats

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American horror film film

The Beast of Yucca Flats is a 1961 low-budget American horror film notorious for its minimal dialogue, disjointed narrative, and reputation as one of the worst movies ever made.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American horror film ⓘ
film ⓘ
cinematography John F. Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Coleman Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Crown International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editor Coleman Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 1960s American cinema ⓘ
featuredIn Mystery Science Theater 3000 NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Joseph Javorsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Santa Clarita, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingTechnique post-dubbed narration to avoid lip-sync ⓘ
genre horror film ⓘ
monster film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing yes ⓘ
hasReputation so-bad-it's-good film ⓘ
hasTheme Cold War paranoia ⓘ
mutation ⓘ
nuclear radiation ⓘ
homeMediaRelease DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
digital video ⓘ
MST3KEpisodeNumber 621 ⓘ
musicBy Ray Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor disjointed narrative structure ⓘ
minimal spoken dialogue ⓘ
reputation as one of the worst films ever made ⓘ
very low budget production ⓘ
voice-over narration replacing synchronized dialogue ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A Soviet scientist is transformed into a murderous monster by a nuclear explosion at Yucca Flats. ⓘ
portrays Soviet defector scientist turned monster ⓘ
producer Anthony Cardoza NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Cardoza-Fancis Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1961-03-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1961 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 54 ⓘ
setting Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yucca Flats NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring Anthony Cardoza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barbara Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bing Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douglas Mellor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tor Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Coleman Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ

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