Giant from the Unknown

"A Hideous Monster from Beyond the Grave!"

Jun 2 1960 Approved 1h 17m
Drama, Horror

A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.

Plot

In the 16th century a small band of warriors from the Spanish Ptolemy Firello expedition in California mutinies. Led by one of Firello's lieutenants, a huge, depraved giant of a man known as Vargas, the group heads off into the mountains to search for gold and is never heard from again. Hundreds of years later, a lightning bolt frees Vargas from a state of suspended animation underground and sends him out to terrorize a rural mountain village.

Written by

Frank Hart Taussig, Ralph Brooke

Directed by

Richard E. Cunha

Cast

Ed Kemmer, Sally Fraser, Bob Steele

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Screencraft Enterprises

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Giant from the Unknown - trailer
Giant from the Unknown (1958) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
Featurettes
Joe Dante on GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN
Scores
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Average Rating
4.5 out of 10
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