Die, Monster, Die!

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Die, Monster, Die!
Theatrical release poster with artwork by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Daniel Haller
Produced by	Pat Green
Written by	Jerry Sohl
Starring	Boris Karloff Nick Adams Freda Jackson Suzan Farmer Terence De Marney
Music by	Don Banks
Cinematography	Paul Beeson
Editing by	Alfred Cox
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release dates	United States: October 27, 1965
Running time	80 min.
Country	United States United Kingdom
Language	English

Die, Monster, Die! (British title: Monster of Terror) is a 1965 horror film directed by Daniel Haller. The film is a loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's story The Colour Out of Space.^[1]

Plot

The story is about an American scientist (Nick Adams) who pays a visit to the estate of his fiancée's family. During his journey, he finds an area of countryside burned out and an enormous crater, as well as townspeople reluctant to the point of hostility to either drive to his destination or even talk about the family that lives there. The source of all these problems is later revealed to be a radioactive meteorite kept hidden in the basement by his girlfriend's father (Boris Karloff), who has been using the radiation to mutate plant and animal life, with horrific consequences. Worse yet, family members may have been affected, too.

Cast

Boris Karloff as Nahum Witley
Nick Adams as Stephen Reinhart
Freda Jackson as Letitia Witley
Suzan Farmer as Susan Witley
Terence De Marney as Merwyn
Patrick Magee as Dr. Henderson
Paul Farrell as Jason
Leslie Dwyer as Potter
Sydney Bromley as Pierce

Release

American International Pictures released the film as the first feature on a double bill with Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (1965).^[2]

References

↑ Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomohawk Press 2011 p 468-469
↑ Lucas, Tim. Mario Bava All the Colors of the Dark, pg. 600, Video Watchdog, 2007, ISBN 0-9633756-1-X

External links

Die, Monster, Die! at allmovie
Die, Monster, Die! at the Internet Movie Database
Die, Monster, Die! at Rotten Tomatoes
Die, Monster, Die! at the TCM Movie Database

v t e Media based on H. P. Lovecraft works

Films	The Haunted Palace (1963) Die, Monster, Die! (1965) The Shuttered Room (1967) The Dunwich Horror (1970) Re-Animator (1985) From Beyond (1986) The Curse (1987) The Unnamable (1988) Dark Heritage (1989) Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) The Resurrected (1992) The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Necronomicon (1994) The Lurking Fear (1994) Bleeders (1997) Cool Air (1999) Cthulhu (2000) Dagon (2001) Alone in the Dark (2005) The Call of Cthulhu (2005) H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) Cthulhu (2007) The Tomb (2007) The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

RPGs, table-top and card games	Call of Cthulhu RPG (1981) Arkham Horror (1987, 2005) Mythos (1996) Cthulhu Live (1997) Delta Green (1997) Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game (2004) Cthulhu 500 (2004) Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game (2008) Trail of Cthulhu (2008) CthulhuTech (2008) Elder Sign (2011) Mansions of Madness (2011)

Video games	Alone in the Dark (1992) Shadow of the Comet (1993) Necronomicon (1994) Alone in the Dark 3 (1995) Prisoner of Ice (1995) Innsmouth no Yakata (1995) Digital Pinball: Necronomicon (1996) Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness (2001) Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006) Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land (2012)

Other	Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again (2000) Alan Moore's The Courtyard (2003) Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) (2003–present) Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths (2003) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre (2006–2013) Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (2009–present) Neonomicon (2010) Re-Animator: The Musical (2011)

See also: Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture

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