Perry Kate
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Tockinit
not horrible nor great
Maidexpl
Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
Haven Kaycee
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
soulexpress
THE GIANT CLAW contains damned near everything that makes bad '50s sci-fi so much fun: a goofy-looking monster; scenes of destruction with Styrofoam buildings, model cars, and HO-gauge trains; made-up science (my Google search of "masic atoms" turned up nothing); scientific equipment slapped together with whatever junk was handy; a female lead with a brilliant mind who nonetheless does all the "girl" things like serving coffee to the men; and the usual dollar-store acting.The story: a killer bird the size of a battleship (and with teeth) flies around the Earth on a swath of destruction. It is impervious to guns, bombs, and fighter jets, nor does it appear on radar screens. Scientific analysis of a discarded feather concludes that the bird emits a protective energy shield that makes it nearly invincible. Also, since the feather contains no elements known on the Earth, the bird must be an extraterrestrial from some anti-matter galaxy millions of light years away. (Don't you dare question it!) As the lady scientist deduces, the bird came here to build a nest and lay an egg. When the film's heroes shoot up the egg with rifles, it seriously pisses off the bird, which sets about trashing a cheap mock-up of New York City. (Did you know that buildings explode when a monster claws off a chunk of its top floors?)I watch films like THE GIANT CLAW for the same reason I listen to records by the Shaggs: they're fundamentally awful, but I can't help loving them.
manisimmati
The Giant Claw – a huge, superfast bird thingamabob terrorizing the earth. They can't kill it with military weapons. But maybe there is hope, because Mitch (Jeff Morrow) and Sally (Mara Corday) work on a way to defeat the bird with the help of (dramatic drum roll) science!"Yet another monster flick", you might think – and you'd be perfectly right. Why should you watch this one? Because of the Giant Claw itself. It is a truly wondrous creature: a hideous puppet with a wrinkled face, off-standing hair and enormous pop eyes. As a movie monster, it's as ludicrous as it gets. Surprisingly enough, the movie itself is pretty okay. Director Fred Sears doesn't make as many catastrophic blunders as you'd expect. This isn't an Ed Wood movie, after all. It's just that the contrast between the fairly serious story and the silly bird is as pungent as it's funny. As a trash movie, it might be a bit underwhelming. Still, you haven't lived until you saw the amazingly ugly Giant Claw.
Mordechai Levinson
...Good Special Effects for it's time (1957)....The Claw monster was just hokey enough to let us face the fears of being thrown into the "Atomic Age". A time of ever present instant annihilation... ….It helped us come to terms with an insane time & real fears ...A worthwhile movie...Audiences responded with laughter and it allowed us to view our Human-ness...
Michael O'Keefe
This is one of those Sci-Fi flicks that is bad enough to be good. And this creature is so ugly. A large winged giant bird first believed to be part of a French-Canadian folktale turns out to be aggressively carnivorous and from outer space. This nail-biter is directed Fred F. Sears and part of producer Sam Katzman's legacy. Scientist Mitch MacAfee (Jeff Morrow) and the military represented by Lt. Gen. Edward Considine (Morris Ankrum)and Gen. Van Buskirk (Robert Shayne) must work feverishly to stop this bird from outer space with enormous beak and giant claws from continuous attacking planes, trains, boats, buildings and munching humans.Former Playboy Playmate Mara Corday is also in the cast. Rounding out the players: Edgar Barrier, Clark Howat, Louis Merrill, Dabbs Greer and Sol Murgi.
