The Beast Of Yucca Flats / 1961
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The Beast of Yucca Flats is a 1961 B-movie horror film produced by Anthony Cardoza, Coleman Francis, Roland Morin, Jim Oliphant, Larry Aten and Bing Stafford, and directed and written by Francis.
The film stars Swedish former wrestler Tor Johnson. The plot concerns a Soviet scientist (Johnson), who defects and flees to a Nevada Test Site called Yucca Flats, only to be turned into a monster by radiation, stalking the desert. The film has very little dialogue and most of the speech is done by omniscient narration
Some critics have characterized the film as one of the worst science fiction horror films made, and one of the all-time worst films of any kind, even suggesting that it may be worse than Ed Wood's legendarily bad Plan 9 from Outer Space.[1] In 1995, the television comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 featured The Beast of Yucca Flats, helping the film develop a cult status.
Tor Johnson as Joseph Javorsky/The Beast
Bing Stafford as Jim Archer
Larry Aten as Joe Dobson
Douglas Mellor as Hank Radcliffe
Barbara Francis as Lois Radcliffe
Ronald Francis as Randy Radcliffe
Alan Francis as Art Radcliffe
Jim Oliphant as Vacationing Husband
Linda Bielema as Vacationing Wife
Anthony Cardoza as KGB Driver/Helpful Neighbor
Bob Labansat as Javorsky's Bodyguard
John Morrison as KGB Passenger
Jim Miles as Javorsky's Driver
Eric Tomlin as Motorist Run Off Road
George Prince as Man Who Reports Murder
Conrad Brooks as Man at Airfield
Graham Stafford as News Boy
Lanell Cado as Strangled Woman
Coleman Francis as Gas Station Attendant/Newspaper Patron
Marcia Knight as Jim's Woman
Joseph Luis Rubin as Police Officer
The film stars Swedish former wrestler Tor Johnson. The plot concerns a Soviet scientist (Johnson), who defects and flees to a Nevada Test Site called Yucca Flats, only to be turned into a monster by radiation, stalking the desert. The film has very little dialogue and most of the speech is done by omniscient narration
Some critics have characterized the film as one of the worst science fiction horror films made, and one of the all-time worst films of any kind, even suggesting that it may be worse than Ed Wood's legendarily bad Plan 9 from Outer Space.[1] In 1995, the television comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 featured The Beast of Yucca Flats, helping the film develop a cult status.
Tor Johnson as Joseph Javorsky/The Beast
Bing Stafford as Jim Archer
Larry Aten as Joe Dobson
Douglas Mellor as Hank Radcliffe
Barbara Francis as Lois Radcliffe
Ronald Francis as Randy Radcliffe
Alan Francis as Art Radcliffe
Jim Oliphant as Vacationing Husband
Linda Bielema as Vacationing Wife
Anthony Cardoza as KGB Driver/Helpful Neighbor
Bob Labansat as Javorsky's Bodyguard
John Morrison as KGB Passenger
Jim Miles as Javorsky's Driver
Eric Tomlin as Motorist Run Off Road
George Prince as Man Who Reports Murder
Conrad Brooks as Man at Airfield
Graham Stafford as News Boy
Lanell Cado as Strangled Woman
Coleman Francis as Gas Station Attendant/Newspaper Patron
Marcia Knight as Jim's Woman
Joseph Luis Rubin as Police Officer