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Written by James M. Tate / 10/23/2025 / No comments / andré morell , creature feature , douglas hickox , eugène lourié , fifties , gene evans , jack macgowran , john turner , leigh madison , maurice kaufmann , monster , willis h. o'brien

EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS THE BRITISH 'BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDci9rOOUuNLadl0LKiOW_cFx3dQZYct_0KJdvI9V1g4Oz187gcwoUhDhSWCLnjvlPoev9JOm5RhHcNshyphenhyphen33EvLti6A_bSgylRwjSc6hJidPRQp_A_smMOG6f037BSdiB4doVTHqAqtU5i9W2Sh-gtZz1T2IN4GBlfxdaBm7RiOxbArDswvqq2pZhh5NvC/s1478/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDci9rOOUuNLadl0LKiOW_cFx3dQZYct_0KJdvI9V1g4Oz187gcwoUhDhSWCLnjvlPoev9JOm5RhHcNshyphenhyphen33EvLti6A_bSgylRwjSc6hJidPRQp_A_smMOG6f037BSdiB4doVTHqAqtU5i9W2Sh-gtZz1T2IN4GBlfxdaBm7RiOxbArDswvqq2pZhh5NvC/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER Year: 1959 Rating: ****<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The British creature-feature BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER is said to be England's answer to the GODZILLA franchise... when in fact it's a reboot of the same director's THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS that had actually inspired Japan's now legendary GODZILLA/GOJIRA... </p><p></p><p>And while nothing touches the Japanese classic, an unpopular opinion is that Eugène Lourié SEA MONSTER (redundantly re-titled THE GIANT BEHEMOTH for America) is actually miles better than its groundbreaking FATHOMS predecessor... which had three scientists chasing an enigmatic sea-beast from the arctic into New York with very little character-development along the way... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

andré morell, creature feature, douglas hickox, eugène lourié, fifties, gene evans, jack macgowran, john turner, leigh madison, maurice kaufmann, monster, willis h. o'brien

EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS THE BRITISH 'BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER'

Title: BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER Year: 1959 Rating: **** The British creature-feature BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER is said to be England's an...

Written by James M. Tate / 10/22/2025 / No comments / bill travers , british , creature feature , eugène lourié , martin benson , maurice kaufmann , monster , sixties , william sylvester

EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN BRITAIN'S 'GORGO'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCb012SNM_ZOUG1AaaD27e7QLiUtxbZJRLAuDPOrfmGZKCxpXy8ES3aBde0E1MYDDwvkHmrlWo9Z471a_0mncoo-IByiKCdJBhVluV2N8Vbj4WOt2wG6f1qMMgkyRZROfCvHmq5WljD2jMlEJEk_yN2U81GouFkeI9RSLB9LGvTm237xYLlaVzQJhyphenhyphen_ff/s1138/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-24%20at%206.32.30%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCb012SNM_ZOUG1AaaD27e7QLiUtxbZJRLAuDPOrfmGZKCxpXy8ES3aBde0E1MYDDwvkHmrlWo9Z471a_0mncoo-IByiKCdJBhVluV2N8Vbj4WOt2wG6f1qMMgkyRZROfCvHmq5WljD2jMlEJEk_yN2U81GouFkeI9RSLB9LGvTm237xYLlaVzQJhyphenhyphen_ff/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-24%20at%206.32.30%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: GORGO Year: 1961 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While GORGO seems like an unapologetic GODZILLA ripoff, director Eugène Lourié had already made BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, which, released a year before the Japanese GODZILLA/GOJIRA, was a direct inspiration... </p><p></p><p>However, the movie that inspired both creature-features, RKO's classic KING KONG, is what GORGO is primarily based on: a gigantic beast is taken from its remote sea-surrounding-island home, and turned into a corporate carnival attraction... breaking free at one point from a banal photographer's intrusive flashbulb... </p><p><span></span></p>

bill travers, british, creature feature, eugène lourié, martin benson, maurice kaufmann, monster, sixties, william sylvester

EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN BRITAIN'S 'GORGO'

Title: GORGO Year: 1961 Rating: *** While GORGO seems like an unapologetic GODZILLA ripoff, director Eugène Lourié had already made BEAST FR...

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