Review of The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) by Josiah B — 02 Apr 2015
The Beast of Yucca Flats has a runtime of just 54 mins. Yet, somehow it feels like 54 years. Crazy Coleman Francis shot the movie with no sound, adding narration and tidbits of dialogue afterwards to accentuate the 'action'. The result? His film plays like a mini-budget monster movie masquerading as a bad episode of The Twilight Zone.
The editing's jumpier than a bag of jelly beans, but the real laughs come from our wannabe Rod Serling's narration. His mumblings range from pseudo-plot nonsense about Soviet secrets, right up to blow-by-blow commentary on obvious on-screen happenings. Spoiler alert: the movie ends on a shot of our beast cuddling a bunny. Hilariously bizarre.
This review of The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) was written by Josiah B on 02 Apr 2015.
The Beast of Yucca Flats has generally received very negative reviews.
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