tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6843634353855656183.post505299594224129218..comments2023-07-27T04:47:43.897-07:00Comments on Fleapit of the Mind: THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955)Weavermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833233577048591427noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6843634353855656183.post-13242991668524689452009-04-12T22:18:00.000-07:002009-04-12T22:18:00.000-07:00You can say THAT again! This is so bad it's almos...You can say THAT again! This is so bad it's almost delirium; it doesn't even make sense with its own internal logic. What fun! I love the story of Roger Corman delivering the picture to Sam Arkoff who watched it and said, "But Roger, there's no monster! We're selling a picture called the Beast with a million eyes and there's no beast". Corman beat around the bush until finally telling Arkoff that they ran out of money and time and couldn't provide a monster. So Arkoff had his special (?) effects team literally take a tea kettle, poke a lot of holes in it and call it the beast with a million eyes!!!<BR/><BR/>I too love the performances in this; it's almost palpable how the actors seem to be reciting their lines and, at the same time, wondering to themselves what the hell is going on and why the hell they're saying these lines! This is truly one of those "so bad its good" movies. I too spotted the pre-figuring of Hitchcock's The Birds; could Sir Alfred have been a fan of this movie?!? Who couldn't be?!?Cerptshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788317865445255338noreply@blogger.com