The Beast From 20000 Fathoms Review

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Today we are looking at one of the grandfathers of the giant monster movie the movie that was one of godzilla biggest inspiration. The first movie that the master of stop motion Ray Harryhausen was in charge of so this is a really important movie and it’s the beast of 20,000 fathoms how does it hold up today? well lets take a look at the beast from 20,00 fathoms and doing some maths that 22 miles so this is the beast of 22 miles forget to comment and subscribe
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[@albion65]

The minute the credits rolled on GODZILLA '98 I said "What the hell? This was a remake of BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS not Godzilla!".

[@lonelysith66]

EXACTLY!

[@manchestercreator99]

Facts

[@prehistorichero2755]

Why can't Roland Emerich make a remake of the Beast From 20,000 Fathoms instead of a Godzilla movie?

[@GaiusIntrepidus]

@@prehistorichero2755 because he's a pathetic little hack who only uses a popular character's name for profit even if it meant to dishonor him, basically fan disservice before the SJW era

[@gabrielalmond3363]

Alex: wheel of kaiju what do I review next Wheel: Godzilla vs Megalon Alex: ah shit

[@Shockwave-ob2tx]

Loved the review! It was hilariously on point, especially about the lead male and FEEEEEEmale actors! Bonus fact 1, the Air Force Colonel, played by Kenneth Tobey, played a different Air Force Captain in 1951's The Thing From Another World. If the character had kept the same name, it could have made a shared universe thing...oh well. Bonus fact 2, the dinosaur skeleton is the one used in the Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn movie, Bringing Up Baby. And FINALLY! Godzilla Versus Megalon coming up next!

[@dinoricky5188]

Cool facts

[@brycevo]

This movie is an absolute classic

[@geordischmidt]

One reason I like a lot of these old movies is the list of future stars or faces we wouldn't recognize for years afterward. This film has King Donovan (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Steve Brodie (Donovan's Brain), Michael Fox (Riders to the Stars), Ross Elliot (Tarantula), Lee Van Cleef (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly), Roy Engel (Kingdom of the Spiders) and James Best (Roscoe P. Coltrane from "The Dukes of Hazzard). There are even voice-overs from Vera Miles and Merv Griffin(!)

[@teedup8995]

The newscaster talking during the deserted part of New York scene was the announcer for the Superfriends from year two on.

[@weprin2]

As far as the original 1954 Godzilla being my favorite film, so is this movie. Cheers to Ray Harryhausen for providing his fantastic creatures on the screens including the Rhedosaurus and the Ymir as well.

[@walterfechter8080]

Ray Harryhausen did remarkable work with light and shadow as the dino rampages between the buildings in Manhattan. Love that roar (a lion)!

[@mostlynew]

The beast’s swishing tail is a hallmark of Harryhousen’s animation.

[@TheLukeMonster]

Fun fact: the sniper who shoots the Rhedosaurus at the end is played by pre-fame western star Lee Van Cleef. So he was typecast as sharpshooters before he even did the Dollars trilogy with Clint Eastwood. Go figure. Technically, Ray Harryhausen did some, if not most, of the animation for Mighty Joe Young four years earlier, but his mentor Willis O'Brien still took most of the credit. I adore Harryhausen, but I think most of his black & white 50s films were forgettable B-movies that were only redeemed by his contribution. It wasn't until The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) that he finally got to work with actors, story lines and production value that were interesting enough to keep us viewers from getting bored in between the monster scenes. And I agree: I've always been of the opinion that Godzilla (1998) wouldn't have gotten nearly as much backlash if they just named it after The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. It clearly has more in common with this movie.

[@iminavegetativestatestudio1730]

What Gojira and 20,000 fathoms both have in common: - giant dinosaur-like monster awoke by h-bomb testing - giant monster sinking ships - giant monster attacking city - giant monster spreading illness (radiation in G, disease in 20KF) - 2 men in heavy suits use powerful weapon to kill monster (oxygen destroyer in G, some radioactive thingy in 20KF) More similaries in both films production: - Gojira was originally written down as "Beast from 20,000 leagues under the sea" - Gojira originally was going to destroy a lighthouse - The rhedosaurus from 20,000 fathoms was originally supposed to breathe fire, similar to Gojira who breaths atomic breath.

[@beejay271]

The effects looked really good to be made in 1953. I've always liked this film👍

[@No-OneSpecial000]

it was made after godzilla (wasn't it?)

[@Master_Blackthorne]

@@No-OneSpecial000 NO.👎👎👎

[@m2v-animatez]

5:36 that looks like the Tyrannosaurus from King Kong 1933

[@shwetankmallick3014]

It's a Charles r knight painting which was also used in the original Gojira.

[@Casualartistdan]

That drawing of a T-Rex is famous

[@eddihurta7173]

Also I'm glad you do the classics with stop motion and B&W movies...There needs to be more reviews of old movies like these before they vanish into obscurity and than forever forgotten

[@MrAwsomeness360]

0:09 The first movie to debut Ray Harryhausen's effects was actually _"Mighty Joe Young" (1949)._

[@alexthehunted]

First movie ray was in charge of

[@kevinobill4818]

Rhedosaurus is the inspiration for Godzilla, 2nd to King Kong. Rhedosaurus is Godzilla's Childhood hero in Hollywood.

[@Sierlea]

Good review! Very much agree how stock everything is except for the start and finish. Btw, movie of the same period I'd recommend- Kronos. Giant alien robot for the monster and more interesting human-side

[@walterfechter8080]

The opening theme music is very memorable. Big Rhed is my favorite dino-run-amok flick.

[@foggy2825]

Wow I’m early! Yay this movie is great, but mostly for Harryhausen and his effects

[@toddbrown5955]

He was a legend. Master of effects

[@foggy2825]

@@toddbrown5955 Totally agreed

[@joshchiang5995]

Man I love all the different measurements u used for the name Alex also the moment it showed Megalon I knew you'd be worried.

[@arcticarazon6941]

This is my favorite Harryhausen monster. In terms movie monsters, it’s my second favorite monster, right under Godzilla and ahead of King Kong.

[@iAmerican_Idiot]

I love how you never call it the by it’s actual name, you just change the unit of measurements

[@toddbrown5955]

I disagree with you. I think it is a hidden gem. Great effects for the time. I love the design of the monster. I grew up watching Godzilla, gamers, and dinosaur movies as well. I loved this movie

[@blinkbernardino3135]

This movie is a classic masterpiece,I hope WB remakes this just like Universal did to King Kong.

[@levigifford3871]

Seeing the creature with the car in his mouth and wave it around, the resemblance is so clear to Godzilla doing so with a train car.

[@gtsgreatteacherscathach5550]

So we have the grandmaster of stop motion Ray Harryhausen to thank for the inspiration for the king of the monsters Godzilla.

[@jaywilliams8386]

I loved this old film even though I haven't seen it as an adult. You're right, once the monster is dead that's the end of the film. With a lot of these old flicks it was all about seeing the monster and Ray Harryhausen made it worth while.

[@tokendave80]

You're Reaction to the next movie to review was priceless 🤣 I loved watching this movie as a kid but I also remember loving but making fun of when the old Scientist died. Like Other Guy: "Good lord pull us up!" Scientists " No I need to describe every exact detail about the creature just to seem important in the movie!"

[@holdynmcpletl4903]

good luck with megalon

[@FrederickGreer]

As a kid I really loved this movie

[@tridinh1011]

That comment on the 1998 zilla is so damn accurate

[@MRradicalmj]

Great review 👍 This movie mesmerized me as a kid It was so real

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

I guess I seem to be one of those who is more profoundly interested in this one, if mainly just because, again, I am able to put myself in the context of the times. I understand that after so many years of monster movies that followed this one, it's easy to see why a whole selection of others - including the original GOJIRA a year later - would do this one better (although GODZILLA '98 was just a shit ripoff), but this low-budget indie, picked up for distribution by Warner Bros., was ahead of its time for establishing the tropes of the genre, carrying the monsters of lost worlds into the nuclear age (KING KONG was re-released the previous year, and made more money than its blockbuster take back in 1933, although at this point the lost world theme was starting to get rustic) while also marking the cinematic debut of several artists, Ray Harryhausen included. Harryhausen didn't merely succeed his teacher, Kong creator Willis O'Brien, following the end of his apprenticeship with MIGHTY JOE YOUNG in 1949, for which both he and O'Brien shared their only Oscar win for Special Effects. He surpassed O'Brien in breakthrough methods of practical effects (including scenes where the Rhedosaurus appears to be walking towards the camera while shots of the city background are moving behind him - in the previous movies, the background was usually captured still and flat, and all scenes featuring the monster effects were also shot flat). Also, this was the first adaptation of a short story by the great Ray Bradbury, who also wrote the treatment for Jack Arnold's IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE released later that same year. Both Rays were best friends, having first met at a sci-fi convention back in 1938, and I can't help but feel that this was an unofficial collaboration in a sense, given that the filmmakers originally were planning to make a monster movie not knowing till later that the plot was unintentionally lifted from Bradbury's "The Fog Horn" after which they had to get the rights to the story to get the movie made. Also, the actual director, Eugene Lourie, made his directorial debut with this film, having worked as an production designer for previous films made by the cream of crop of French filmmakers including Jacques Becker, Rene Clair and Jean Renoir. He went on to direct several creature-features, including THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK, and GORGO (the last one made as a response to the end of BEAST, when his daughter cried at the Rhedosaurus's death). Eventually he left directing, feeling that he was being typecast to helm only these kind of films, but he did get one Special Effects Oscar nomination for KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA (1969) and was inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame. Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't point out further that BEAST, as an independent film made for only $240K by a small production company, Mutual Films, and picked up by a major studio for distribution to gross over $5 million, was proof that the studios, while owning the theaters at the time, were struggling to meet audience demands and had to start looking beyond Hollywood's backlots for an emerging network of filmmakers and outsider talent that were dedicating themselves to making films outside the bounds of big-league studio Hollywood (while still under both the Hays Production Code and Cold War hysteria). BEAST seems to anticipate the future of independent horror cinema, with indie classics including THE BLOB, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, HALLOWEEN and many more to follow.

[@colebuechner2313]

You should do more films from Ray Harryhausen

[@phyllisyan]

The blood 🩸carry’s poison. Hedorah:Beast, I am your father

[@joshuahughes5468]

16:56 to 17:22 Alexthehunted: And with that out of the way, let's head back to the wheel and I'll see you guys next time when I review... Wheel lands on Godzilla vs Megalon. Alexthehunted: Ah S&*t. Good Luck with the next film Alex.

[@George-Hawthorne]

At least it can't get worse than Godzilla's Revenge

[@foreignroninl1555]

Aldon Blackreyne In terms of Godzilla films, yeah I don’t think there is one worse than Godzilla’s Revenge - though the Godzilla anime trilogy comes pretty close, in my opinion. In terms of other films like the Gamera films, Gamera Super Monster is definitely worse than Godzilla’s Revenge.

[@George-Hawthorne]

@@foreignroninl1555 It's the Godzilla's Revenge of the Gameraverse.

[@foreignroninl1555]

Aldon Blackreyne It definitely is.

[@mrmysterious8124]

I am the first 1 on here Can you look at The Giant Behemoth💀⚡🐉

[@DonutDoes2K]

Yeah

[@Rusty-2010]

Assistant FEmale. Got me chuckling when I first saw this

[@sirawesomemcdouglas5720]

I see that "Grand Tour" dvd box.😁😁😁

[@alduin4226]

Yes I have been waiting for this for so long

[@korrasatsuki8773]

This video deserves more views

[@George-Hawthorne]

Fun Fact: The Beast was also supposed to breath fire. Another connection to Godzilla.

[@airbornewarningandcontrols396]

Aldon Blackreyne Godzilla doesn’t breath fire

[@George-Hawthorne]

@@airbornewarningandcontrols396 Radioactive heatbeam or ATOMIC fire. Either way the concept is the same.

[@Average_Fizz_Enjoyer25]

Whenever you said "Assistant FEEEmale" you always got me laughing

[@Acen2036]

YES I LOVE THIS MOVIE IT IS EVEN THE MOVIE THAT INSPIRED THE KAIJU GENRE BY INSPIRING GODZILLA THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS HEEEEEELLLLL YEEEEAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Setmose]

"What do you think I am . . . balmy?"

[@Ob1tuber]

The jokes in this video are amazing

[@NatioDD]

Review of Godzilla vs megalon : Alex : ah sh*t End of review !

[@prehistorichero2755]

I haven't seen that movie, but I wanted it on DVD since I'm a casual Kaiju fan.

[@dinoricky5188]

Your the new owo

[@prehistorichero2755]

@@dinoricky5188 What does that even mean?

[@dinoricky5188]

@@prehistorichero2755 you appear in multiple videos like owo

[@prehistorichero2755]

@@dinoricky5188 No kidding.

[@dinoricky5188]

@@prehistorichero2755 yee

[@myphicaldinosaurcreator1867]

Lol 6:32 I like the art of the dinosaur there lol

[@godzillakaijuboy]

No one: Alex:Sees its godzilla vs megalon SHIT

[@JuanCastillo-yd3fe]

Some creatures in the 50s film. What giant behemoth

[@emperorfoxyplayz9020]

9:46 yep that sounds about right

[@monstrousmoviemusic3879]

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[@Acen2036]

9:26 Well to be honest Godzilla 1998 Doesn’t Really Count As A Parody Of Godzilla 1954, Godzilla 1998 Doesn’t Really Have Much In Common Of The Movie It’s Supposedly Satirizing, Kinda Like How Space Balls Is A Parody Of Star Wars But Not Flash Gordon, Just Because C And B Are Both “parodies” Of A, Doesn’t Mean C Is A Parody Of B, It Just Means That C is Another “Parody” Of A, Not Trying To Be Rude Just Putting That Out There

[@Casualartistdan]

You know this movie reminds me of another movie that came out in 1998 it was cold Godzilla

[@callumbrookes3432]

Sergeant Willisdead? Yes colonel Andyisexpired

[@titanosaurusltd632]

I love this movie

[@Nethercroc]

The beast of 20,000 frames

[@georgeorwell4534]

Godzilla v Megalon? Well you needed a challenge......

[@q-bert6454]

Ok guys, theirs a giant monster flailing in pain and the rollercoaster is ablaze, so I suggest picking up your pace a bit!

[@bromodragone8405]

40233.6 metres 1584000 inches 132000 feet 25 miles 40.234 kilometres

[@godzillaneweevee5796]

17:02 to 17:22 steven universe memes stevzilla

[@remnant95]

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms The Beast From 22 Miles The Beast From 40,000 Yards

[@nancymunson-ellis3914]

The effects in this movie still hold up

[@ChairmanMeowNZ]

Hey could have been worse, could have been The Beast from 8 Mile 😹

[@icedevilart1379]

Thumbnail description Man : honey i can draw better than you look at this beautiful drawing Lady: oh how could you, your drawing is nothing Alexthehunted: this can't get any worse Beast from 20000 fathoms : hey alex, can i get your autograph, btw i think both of your drawings are terrible Alex:🤦‍♂️ god dammit

[@eddihurta7173]

Wait 22,000 fathoms is 22 miles? Earth isn't FLAT but dam is it pretty thin to get to the core.

[@alexthehunted]

Fathoms is a term for sea depth theres no part of the known ocean that is that deep earths crust is much thicker but not as thick as you think around 70km

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Actually, one fathom is six feet, so 20,000 FATHOMS would be 120K ft, which is equivalent to 22.7 miles.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

We actually have a famous American Tall Tale here about seafaring giant Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, who was at age 10 already 2 fathoms tall (legend has it that his initials A.B.S. would later be used after his first ship voyage to mean "able bodied seaman" for aspiring sailors to use in signatures when seeking a shipping profession). Stormalong as an adult grew to reach about the same height as a whale standing on end that he had to build his own giant masted skipper to go on his seafaring adventures! (Which naturally meant that the ship, the COURSER, had far more crew members than any masted schooner at the time!) On one of his earlier adventures in young adulthood, he even got to fight a Kaiju, the Kraken!

[@JuanRamirez-xh3kc]

Gojira is "better in EVERY way..."uhhh, NOT special effects wise, HELL NO!

[@Master_Blackthorne]

I agree. After Gojira the special effects got progressively worse until Jurassic Park.

[@MinecraftWorld1954]

Both are good in their own ways

[@DonutDoes2K]

Was I rude in chat

[@seanclifford8144]

I thought that movie was cool I liked it

[@Firedrake-SP]

Technically, the grandfather of kaiju is King Kong.

[@alexthehunted]

thats why i said one of the grandfathers not the grandfather

[@joshchiang5995]

Don't fort the lost world film from the twenty's.

[@wanpaku2]

the beast from 20 000 fathoms 1953 is beter than gojra 1954

[@spookyboo1453]

It’s weird and funny how he says FEEEEEmale.

[@Rusty-2010]

Ikr