Despite the skepticism, he persists, knowing what he saw. To be fair, the original King Kong would hardly be a match for the Skull Island take of the big ape. A similar sequence appeared in the draft script of The Monster from Beneath the Sea. Unfortunately, it bleeds all over the streets of New York, unleashing a horrible, virulent prehistoric contagion, which begins to infect the populace, causing even more fatalities. Attempts to kill it were complicated by an ancient dis… … Horror. The following is a transcript of the opening credits of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. [6], The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was one of the early atomic monster movies, and it helped inspire a generation of creature features and directly inspired Godzilla (Gojira).[7][8]. However, some species were frozen in the thick ice of the arctic circle in a form of suspended animation. Ten asi dost podstatně odstartoval jedno filmové období a nechali se jím zlákat dokonce i v Japonsku, kde se o rok později objevila vše demolující Gojira. Kong was not there, now he fits really well into it. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{height:24px;vertical-align:middle;width:24px}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} I don't think The Beast qualifies for the Monsterverse even though he is a great monster. The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms was the first film to feature a giant monster awakened or brought about by an atomic bomb detonation and to attack a major city. Customs services and international tracking provided +C $20.96 shipping. Fun project, thanks to all involved. The beast was created by the master of stop motion, Ray Harryhausen. [24], In his review of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms for The New York Times, A. H. Weiler was not impressed with the story: "And though the sight of the gigantic monster rampaging through such areas as Wall Street and Coney Island sends the comparatively ant-like humans on the screen scurrying away in an understandable tizzy, none of the customers in the theater seemed to be making for the hills. Image gallery for the film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. It's a gigantic amphibious beast that towers above some of New York's highest buildings. During preproduction in 1951, Ray Harryhausen brought to Dietz and Chester's attention that Ray Bradbury had just published a short story in The Saturday Evening Post titled "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (it later was anthologized under the title "The Fog Horn"). Absent Professor (01:31) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (Buttolph) 22. Nesbitt eventually gains allies in paleontologist Thurgood Elson and his young assistant Lee Hunter after one of the surviving fishermen identifies from a collection of drawings the very same dinosaur that Nesbitt saw. It was the first screen adaptation of a work by fantasy fiction titan Ray Bradbury. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 American black-and-white science fiction monster film from Warner Bros., produced by Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester, directed by Eugène Lourié, that stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, and Kenneth Tobey. [10], The film was announced in the trades as The Monster from Beneath the Sea. Now, I do think Clover would make a nice addition. On sober second thought, however, this might have been sensible". A later newspaper report of its rampage lists "180 known dead, 1500 injured, damage estimates $300 million". [4] The film's stop-motion animation special effects are by Ray Harryhausen. [22][23] Original prints of Beast were sepia toned. I want a reboot of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms on the MonsterVerse. 1953 79 minutes. .ehsOqYO6dxn_Pf9Dzwu37{margin-top:0;overflow:visible}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu{height:24px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu{border-radius:2px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:focus,._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:hover{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-navIconFaded10);outline:none}._38GxRFSqSC-Z2VLi5Xzkjy{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT{border-top:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px 8px 8px;text-transform:none}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT:hover{background-color:#0079d3;border:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-body)} 78. I'm not trying to turn this into a hype thread for the Versus film, but I think there may be some new ability(creative liberty) granted to The Beast that will make it a contender. Log in or sign up to edit pages and contribute. "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" is good fun. To vše se myslím povedlo a z rozpočtu 210 000 amerických dolarů se nám vyklubal pětimilionový zisk, který producenty více než zahřál u srdce. When the Rhedosaurus comes ashore and reaches Palisades amusement park, military sharpshooter Corporal Stone takes a rifle grenade loaded with a potent radioactive isotope and climbs on board a roller coaster. [13], Some early pre-production conceptual sketches of the Beast showed that, at one point, it was to have a shelled head and later was to have a beak. Press J to jump to the feed. Modeled and animated in LightWave just for fun! Prophetically, right after the blast, physicist Thomas Nesbitt muses "What the cumulative effects of all these atomic explosions and tests will be, only time will tell". Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Beast from 20,000 fathoms is a 1953 science fiction giant monster film directed by Eugene Lourie, starring Paul Christian, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway, and with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. Loosely based off the original created by Ray Harryhausen. Let it be the T-Rex of kaiju. [15] At one point, there were plans to have the Beast snort flames, but this idea was dropped before production began due to budget restrictions. It may not be his best work but it is decent enough to make it worth watching if you enjoy the older Black & White monster movies. We have a prehistoric beast rampaging ships, a lighthouse, a diving bell, and the city of New York. Plotting the sightings of the beast's appearances on a map for skeptical military officers, Elson proposes the dinosaur is returning to the Hudson River area, where fossils of Rhedosaurus were first found. Producers Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester got the idea to combine the growing paranoia about nuclear weapons with the concept of a giant monster after a successful theatrical re-release of King Kong. (Beast From 20,000 Fathoms) | MONSTERVERSE February 18, 2018 KaijuPsychoFilms discusses the possibility of a cover up my Monarch of the discovery of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms in the Legendary Monsterverse. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the Monsterverse community. [14] Creature effects were assigned to Ray Harryhausen, who had been working for years with Willis O'Brien, the man who created King Kong. Before "Jurassic Park," there was this sci-fi classic about a frozen dinosaur that is freed from its 100 million year Arctic imprisonment and takes off on a path of destruction. It's incredibly deadly and resilient, it's blood is poisonous and WILL kill, it's very fast and has a strong bite. ._2a172ppKObqWfRHr8eWBKV{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:8px}._39-woRduNuowN7G4JTW4I8{border-top:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-lineColor);margin-top:12px;padding-top:12px}._3AOoBdXa2QKVKqIEmG7Vkb{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);border-radius:4px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;margin-top:12px}.vzEDg-tM8ZDpEfJnbaJuU{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-button);fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-button);height:14px;width:14px}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between}._2ygXHcy_x6RG74BMk0UKkN{margin-left:8px}._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-left:auto}._1-25VxiIsZFVU88qFh-T8p{padding:0}._3BmRwhm18nr4GmDhkoSgtb{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyText);-ms-flex:0 0 auto;flex:0 0 auto;line-height:16px} Producers Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester got the idea to combine the growing paranoia about nuclear weapons with the concept of a giant monster after the successful theatrical re-release of King Kong in 1952. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. O MONSTRO DO MAR (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, 1953 - USA) (Filme Completo / Legendado em Português) Data de Lançamento: 23 December 1958 » SINOPSE: Como resultado de um teste nuclear no Ártico, um carnívoro dinossauro … Nesbitt is the only surviving witness to the beast's awakening and later is dismissed out-of-hand as being delirious at the time of his sighting. The producers, wishing to share in Bradbury's reputation and popularity, promptly bought the rights to his story and changed the film's title to match the story's title. And then some, just incredible strength wouldn't be that creative. The film's stop-motion animation special effects are by Ray Harryhausen. It also had an on-screen credit that read "Suggested by the Saturday Evening Post Story by Ray Bradbury". A drawing of the creature was published along with the story in The Saturday Evening Post. Due to its financial success at the box office, it helped spawn the entire genre of "giant monster" films of the 1950s. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Credits. From United States. Maybe poisonous blood and other poisonous aspects. Ray Harryhausen had been hoping that his film music hero Max Steiner, under contract at the time with Warner Bros., would write the film score. Nothing for certain, it just seems like it's something people either think is in the MonsterVerse, want to be there, or both. A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms ass en US-amerikanesche Film vum Eugène Lourié aus dem Joer 1953 no der Geschicht The Fog Horn vum Ray Bradbury.. Ëm wat geet et am Film? Diving Bell (01:13) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (Buttolph) 20. And it marked the first time Ray Harryhausen had total control over special effects. ._12xlue8dQ1odPw1J81FIGQ{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle} It is supposed to be a universe after all. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 science fiction film produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment. Publication date 1953 Topics Horror, Sci-Fi, Filme Completo, Legendado Language English. All are re-recordings conducted by Masatoshi Mitsumoto and performed by the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Cracow. ._1PeZajQI0Wm8P3B45yshR{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._1PeZajQI0Wm8P3B45yshR._3axV0unm-cpsxoKWYwKh2x{fill:#ea0027} Kong doesn't have any abilities, but he is in the monsterverse......what's your point? .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (Buttolph) 18. This is another one of those culturally and historically significant films to both WikiProject Horror/Film that has been sadly neglected and forgotten by editors (sighs). Extinguishing The Lighthouse (00:57) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (Buttolph) 19. Them/The Beast from 20, 000 Fathoms (DVD, 2006) Pre-Owned. Add to Wishlist. [34], The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was nominated for AFI's Top 10 Science Fiction Films list.[35]. In turn, this craze inspired the G… While the prospect of a giant movie monster cinematic universe is exciting, I don't see why we need to throw in non-Toho/Kong characters into the mix. .c_dVyWK3BXRxSN3ULLJ_t{border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;height:34px;left:0;position:absolute;right:0;top:0}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:start;justify-content:flex-start;margin-top:32px}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3 ._33jgwegeMTJ-FJaaHMeOjV{border-radius:9001px;height:32px;width:32px}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3 ._1wQQNkVR4qNpQCzA19X4B6{height:16px;margin-left:8px;width:200px}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:12px 0}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx ._29TSdL_ZMpyzfQ_bfdcBSc{-ms-flex:1;flex:1}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx .JEV9fXVlt_7DgH-zLepBH{height:18px;width:50px}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx ._3YCOmnWpGeRBW_Psd5WMPR{height:12px;margin-top:4px;width:60px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN{height:18px;margin-bottom:4px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._2E9u5XvlGwlpnzki78vasG{width:230px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN.fDElwzn43eJToKzSCkejE{width:100%}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._2kNB7LAYYqYdyS85f8pqfi{width:250px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._1XmngqAPKZO_1lDBwcQrR7{width:120px}._3XbVvl-zJDbcDeEdSgxV4_{border-radius:4px;height:32px;margin-top:16px;width:100%}._2hgXdc8jVQaXYAXvnqEyED{animation:_3XkHjK4wMgxtjzC1TvoXrb 1.5s ease infinite;background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--newCommunityTheme-field),var(--newCommunityTheme-inactive),var(--newCommunityTheme-field));background-size:200%}._1KWSZXqSM_BLhBzkPyJFGR{background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetBackgroundColor);border-radius:4px;padding:12px;position:relative;width:auto} And he'll be old, grizzled, and battle scarred, according to the director of Godzilla vs Kong. In a diving bell search of the undersea Hudson River Canyon, Professor Elson is killed after his bell is swallowed by the beast, which eventually comes ashore in Manhattan. It could fit in really well, maybe be a relative on the skull crawlers somehow? ", Studies in Urban Cultures, p.17, Vol.5, pp.16-29, Urban Culture Research Center, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Eugène Lourié - Cast and Crew - AllMovie", "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Notes - TCM.com", "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Articles - TCM.com", "David Buttolph - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie", "Concept art from 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'. Approved | 1h 20min | Horror, Sci-Fi | 13 June 1953 (USA) 2:34 | Trailer. Buy It Now. It thrashes about in reaction, causing the roller coaster to spark when falling to the ground, setting the amusement park ablaze. 32 product ratings - Them/The Beast from 20, 000 Fathoms (DVD, 2006) C $43.49. Upcoming MonsterVerse version film. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:bottom}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The Beast From 20, 000 Fathoms (1953) by Movie Club. The sight of the beast stalking through Gotham's downtown streets is awesome. 1 Comments; Warner Bros. Pictures Presents "THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS" Starring Paul Christian Paula Raymond Cecil Kellaway Kenneth Tobey. That said, the Skull Island King Kong hardly seems to stack up next to the 2014 Godzilla in terms of scale. ._9ZuQyDXhFth1qKJF4KNm8{padding:12px 12px 40px}._2iNJX36LR2tMHx_unzEkVM,._1JmnMJclrTwTPpAip5U_Hm{font-size:16px;font-weight:500;line-height:20px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyText);margin-bottom:40px;padding-top:4px}._306gA2lxjCHX44ssikUp3O{margin-bottom:32px}._1Omf6afKRpv3RKNCWjIyJ4{font-size:18px;font-weight:500;line-height:22px;border-bottom:2px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line);color:var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyText);margin-bottom:8px;padding-bottom:8px}._2Ss7VGMX-UPKt9NhFRtgTz{margin-bottom:24px}._3vWu4F9B4X4Yc-Gm86-FMP{border-bottom:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line);margin-bottom:8px;padding-bottom:2px}._3vWu4F9B4X4Yc-Gm86-FMP:last-of-type{border-bottom-width:0}._2qAEe8HGjtHsuKsHqNCa9u{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyText);padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px}.c5RWd-O3CYE-XSLdTyjtI{padding:8px 0}._3whORKuQps-WQpSceAyHuF{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon);margin-bottom:8px}._1Qk-ka6_CJz1fU3OUfeznu{margin-bottom:8px}._3ds8Wk2l32hr3hLddQshhG{font-weight:500}._1h0r6vtgOzgWtu-GNBO6Yb,._3ds8Wk2l32hr3hLddQshhG{font-size:12px;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._1h0r6vtgOzgWtu-GNBO6Yb{font-weight:400}.horIoLCod23xkzt7MmTpC{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:#ea0027}._33Iw1wpNZ-uhC05tWsB9xi{margin-top:24px}._2M7LQbQxH40ingJ9h9RslL{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon);margin-bottom:8px} This occurs in "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," which crashed into the Paramount yesterday. Welcome to Wikizilla! Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. [27], Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected 20 reviews and gives the film a 95% approval rating. [28], The film earned $2.25 million at the North American box office during its first year of release[29] and grossed more than $5 million. Riding the coaster to the top of the tracks, so he can get to eye-level with the beast, he fires the isotope into its open neck wound. The soundtrack for The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was released by Monstrous Movie Music on August 12, 1996, along with suites from Gorgo and Tarantula, and the opening title for The Monolith Monsters. Jump to navigation Jump to search. The Rhedosaurus collapses and eventually dies from isotope poisoning and heat stroke. [16], In a scene attempting to identify the Rhedosaurus, Professor Tom Nesbitt rifles through dinosaur drawings by Charles R. Knight, a man whom Harryhausen claimed as an inspiration. [21] The film had one of the widest and fastest release of the time, planning to have most of its bookings in its first two months, opening in 1,422 theaters nationwide within the first week. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} It is decided to shoot a radioactive isotope into the beast's neck wound with hopes of burning it from the inside, killing it without releasing the contagion. Beast from 20,000 Fathoms [edit | edit source] Sixty-five million years ago, the world belonged to the fearsome reptiles. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Please help Wikizilla by adding some relevant content! With the fire spreading rapidly, the park becomes engulfed in flames. into the hand-held camera footage used throughout the film. The explosion awakens a 200-foot (61 m) long carnivorous dinosaur known as a Rhedosaurus,[9] thawing it out of the ice where it had been held in suspended animation for millions of years. From Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. How is the beast from 20,000 fathoms qualified to exist in the MonsterVerse? The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 American black-and-white, science fiction, monster film from Warner Bros., produced by Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester, directed by Eugène Lourié, that stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, and Kenneth Tobey. Special credit should go to Ray Harryhausen for the socko technical effects". The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a film of firsts. From Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. The film is about an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle that unfreezes a hibernating dinosaur, the fictional Rhedosaurus, which begins to wreak havoc in New York City. Cleanup and Expansion. Meanwhile, military troops led by Colonel Jack Evans attempt to stop the Rhedosaurus with an electrified barricade, then blast a hole with a bazooka in the beast's throat, which drives it back into the sea. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms ( 1953) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. It made its way down the North American coast, destroying everything in its path and ending up in New York, its original home. I discuss the theory that the Rhedosaurs creature was actually in a Monarch containment zone, as stated by the Monarch Timeline event in Siberia. I mean prior to the original king Kong vs Godzilla, king Kong had no chance in hell taking him on. Bradbury's name was used extensively in the promotional campaign. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a film of firsts. $3.99 Rent HD. It's like King Kong. [5] The beast begins to wreak a path of destruction as it travels southward, eventually arriving at its ancient spawning grounds, which includes New York City. But have a massive amount of strength. The monster was unlike any real carnivorous dinosaur and more closely resembled a rauisuchian. $6.99 Buy HD. The concept, however, was used for the film poster. ", "Movie review: The Beast from 20 000 Fathoms (1953); 'Beast from 20,000 Fathoms' invades city. THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) PreCommentary: The story is not actually based on Ray Bradbury's short story by the same name, but was converted from its working title, The Monster from the Sea, because of copyright worries about the lighthouse scene and the inclination to capitalize on the Bradbury name. The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. As a B or C tier kind of creature it'd fit right in. It also doesn't half to be in the same weight class as the main monsters. 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So they gave him the height he needed and some electrical powers to level the playing field, I'd like it to be included because it's one of the few giant monster movies that has a chance to be included in the monsterverse and has some name recognition. [12], An original music score was composed by Michel Michelet, but when Warner Bros. purchased the film, it had a new score written by David Buttolph. Bell And Octopus (01:54) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (Buttolph) 21. Unfortunately for Harryhausen, Steiner had too many commitments, but Buttolph composed one of his more memorable and powerful scores, setting much of the tone for giant monster film music of the 1950s. During the production of Godzilla, its pre-published story was very similar to that of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and was titled The Giant Monster from 20,000 Miles Under the Sea (海底二万哩から来た大怪獣 Kaiteinimanmairu kara Kita Daikaijū). [2][3], The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was the first live-action film to feature a giant monster awakened/brought about by an atomic bomb detonation,[30] preceding Godzilla by 16 months. 1 VIDEO | 68 IMAGES. Far north of the Arctic Circle, a nuclear bomb test, dubbed "Operation Experiment", is conducted. Where did you see that The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was included in the Monsterverse? Duerch an Atomtest an der Arktis ass en Dinosaurier aus dem Äis befreit ginn.Kuerz drop daucht den Dinosaurier zu New York City op a fänkt un alles futti ze maache wat him am Wee ass… Kong is still probably going to grow a hundred feet or so. ._33axOHPa8DzNnTmwzen-wO{display:block;padding:0 16px;width:100%}.isNotInButtons2020 ._33axOHPa8DzNnTmwzen-wO{font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:32px;text-transform:uppercase} Steiner had written the landmark score for RKO's King Kong in 1933. Not true, his smarts, agility, and adaptability distinguish him from the other monsters. I've been wondering this too. Only the tracks from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms are listed here. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/TopicLinksContainer.361933014be843c79476.css.map*/Indeed. Somewhere in the arctic circle, a nuclear bomb is tested, right after the blast, physicist Thomas Nesbitt goes exploring with a fellow worker but he falls down a hole only to sight the creature walking along an icy cliff edge. 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