War of the Colossal Beast
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War of the Colossal Beast is a 1958 black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Carmel Productions and distributed by American International Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1957 movie The Amazing Colossal Man.
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[edit] Synopsis
Upon hearing of several recent robberies of food delivery trucks in Mexico, U.S. government officials investigate the incidents and discover the culprit to be the Colossal Man, Lt. Col. Glenn Manning (Dean Parkin, taking over the role from the original movie's Glenn Langin), after Manning is found in a Mexican mountain range. It is discovered that the Army colonel, now grown to 60 feet tall after being exposed to plutonium radiation, survived his fall from the Hoover Dam at the end of the previous movie, but he has gone insane and part of his face was left disfigured following his confrontation with the Army at the dam. Manning is captured and drugged by the Army and taken back to America, but he again escapes and goes on a rampage through Los Angeles and Hollywood. Eventually snapping to his senses and realizing what he has done, Manning kills himself by electrocution on high-voltage power lines around the Griffith Park Observatory.
[edit] Production notes
The film was produced, directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and co-produced with Samuel Z. Arkoff.
[edit] Trivia
Both The Amazing Colossal Man and War of the Colossal Beast were later mocked on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
[edit] External link
- War of the Colossal Beast at IMDb
