Review of The Giant Claw (1957) by Jake F — 07 May 2012
Have you ever heard of a movie that's so bad that it's good? Well, this is one of them. Jeff Morrow stars in this crazy movie about a giant mutant bird from outer-space protected by a force field and it's terrorizing Earth.
The film is one of many invader movies released in the 50's and it's obviously the most ridiculous in my opinion. It does have cheesy dialogue, questionable acting and a goofy concept, but it's notorious for the design of the giant bird.
Take one look at it and you'll be laughing your ass off. It looks like the love child of Gonzo from the Muppets and Beaky Buzzard. I doubt if people actually were scared of it when it first came out.
The design is just flat out ridiculous. Look it up on Google images or Youtube, you have to see what the bird looks like. It's a puppet held up by strings which was a basic move for the time and I actually like that.
The fact that a model of this thing exists and it's not an image created by a computer is pretty awesome. You can criticize the movie all you want, but it's a movie that can't be missed. Copies of the movie are hard to find, but I got lucky and found one on Amazon.
..for $110.00. I could've used that money for something more important, but no, I bought a campy monster movie...and it was worth it.
This review of The Giant Claw (1957) was written by Jake F on 07 May 2012.
The Giant Claw has generally received mixed reviews.
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