el Monstruo

Stumbled on this while looking for something else. The sequel to this thing was filmed in my home town of Jacksonville, and environs. A classic Beauty and the Beast tale. I vaguely remember my grandfather taking me to watch part of the filming. If you are familiar with it, you'll remember the scene where the monster grabs the girl in a restaurant, runs out carrying her (she fainted, of course), breaks through a chain and dives into the river (St. Johns). I was quite disappointed to realized that the prop guys sawed the chain so that it just barely held. So much for the suspension of disbelief...and at such an early age.

Funky to the extreme. I particularly love the girl's melodramatic gestures when confronted by the rubber-suited creature on the boat. Lots of scenes of Richard Denning and Richard Carlson sans shirts, ladies, or guys, if you are so inclined, for that matter.

Not sure this is worth a post, but here it is.