SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

StarGazer77 Too many people who knock this film either did not grow up in the fifty's or just do not have much imagination. Yes it is no Star Wars or Close Encounter of the Third Kind but it is a fun film to enjoy from A simpler time and place and if only one could use their imagination and put themselves Inside This film for a little over an hour then they just might enjoy it a lot more. It's got great atmosphere and pacing and the overall acting is good and the creature Is great for its time but again if you did not grow up in the 50's then most likely you really cannot appreciate this fine film! So many want to compare these effects against today's CGI effects and of course there is no comparison for back in 1959 the special effects were crude but made with a lot of heart and soul and scary for their time. So sit back and try to go back in time to 1959 and enjoy this little gem for what it is pure enjoyment and a great escape from the worlds problems for a little over an hour. The new blu ray is just AWESOME! It's like they filmed it yesterday both sound and visuals great!

michaelasiclari 1959's "Monster of Piedras Blancas" remains one of my favorite horror/sci-fi films from my childhood. I remember watching this film for the first time after school on N.Y's channel 9 during the early 1970's. It had such an impact on me. Loved the creature costume. (very convincing till this day!) I was quite surprised by the level of gore for a film of that period. The setting of a sleepy California coastal town and the impressive score, added to the films appeal. Some of the acting was fairly decent and the plot simple and straight forward. I understand the film is unavailable on DVD at the moment, but hope to find it soon. It is a must for mine as well as anyone else's collection.

Chris Gaskin I recently obtained a VHS copy of The Monster Of Pidras Blancas off E-Bay and was pleased I did, I had been after this movie for several years but could not get it anywhere.After several headless bodies are found washed up on the shore of Pidras Blancas, locals are baffled by these horrible deaths. There turn out to be the responsibility of a legendary monster, which lives in a nearby cave and is fed by the local lighthouse keeper. After the monster kills more people, there is a confrontation on top of the lighthouse at the end...The cast includes 50's sci-fi regular Les Tremayne (The War Of The Worlds, The Monolith Monsters), Forrest Lewis and John Harmon.The monster in this movie looks very similar to the Gill Man from Creature From The Black Lagoon.Although a little slow moving in parts, I certainly enjoyed The Monster Of Pidras Blancas and is rather creepy at times too. Quite good.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

fbxdjrk Just a few years after I became conscious, I was watching local television in the early sixties on a black and white Zenith in Jersey one afternoon. I couldn't have been more than 3 or 4 years old. There were commercials for Italian bread- the baguettes that came sealed in foil. Cheesy pictures of Europe and people singing with accents- strangely surreal to me in themselves at the time. The sun filled the living room through the windows. Soon, I would be sent off to take the mandatory nap. But then suddenly, in broad daylight, this monster smashes through a wall, (as I remember it) holding a bloody human head in his hand!!!!!!!!!!!! At the time I had no proper curse words to describe what I saw. Now, I can say without hesitation, Holy f'ng sh*t!!!.The only thing I can compare it to from the time was watching the Giant Behemoth turn people to ash, and the Monster That Challenged the World chew through a door to get at mother and child, like Jack Nicholson a couple of decades later. All together, these were and remain, to my astonished eyes, the trinity of blind irrational terror.In a few short years, it would be Horror Hotel that produced the real nightmares, but that image of the Monster of Piedras Blancas, with head in hand, is burned deep into my psyche to this day.