Beast of Yucca Flats

Beast of Yucca Flats

Year: 1961

IMDb Rating: 1.9/10

Genres: Sci-Fi, Horror

Directors: Coleman Francis

Cast: Bing Stafford, Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Conrad Brooks, Tor Johnson

A defecting Russian scientist is transformed by an atomic test into a hulking monster (Tor Johnson, of course). Not much else except some people are killed, boys get lost, and a rabbit sniffs Tor's corpse. This film was used for Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The Beast of Yucca Flats (released to television as Atomic Monster: The Beast of Yucca Flats) is a 1961 American B-movie horror film written and directed by Coleman Francis. It was produced by Anthony Cardoza, Roland Morin, and Jim Oliphant. The film stars Swedish former wrestler Tor Johnson (in his final film role) as the titular "Beast". It also stars Anthony Cardoza, Coleman Francis, and Jim Oliphant in bit parts, as well as Conrad Brooks in a minor role. Director Francis cast his two sons (Ronald and Alan Francis) in the film as the two lost boys. The plot concerns a Soviet scientist named Joseph Jaworsky (Tor Johnson), who defects and flees to a Nevada Test Site called Yucca Flats, only to be turned into a mindless monster by atomic radiation, stalking the desert. The film has very little dialogue and most of the speech is omniscient narration.

Tor Johnson is a defecting Russian scientist who is transformed into a deranged caveman by the detonation of an atomic bomb. The IMDB entry is here .

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