
The first spaceship to visit Venus crash lands in the sea, freeing a small native Venusian creature called the Ymir. Eventually growing to enormous size, it threatens the city of Rome.... (Full plot summary below)
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The first spaceship to visit Venus crash lands in the sea, freeing a small native Venusian creature called the Ymir. Eventually growing to enormous size, it threatens the city of Rome.
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| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonNathan Juran's film differs from most sci-fi monster movies of the period in that the monster shows up early and often. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThis is special-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen's baby. |
| Filmcritic.comJason MorganAside from over-interpreting the monster movie's politics, there's no denying that the true star of 20 Million Miles to Earth is clearly animator Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion monster. |
| DVDJournal.comMark Bourne20 Million Miles to Earth gave no boost to the development of genre movies. It did, though, further the evolution of Harryhausen's skill and artistry, not to mention his presently exalted position as his films' auteur. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A very effective monster film of the golden age of B cinema, and Harryhausen is still the king. |
| User ReviewMichael Gintroduced to me by a proffesor obsessed with Harryhausen who said "if youve ever wondered who would win a fight between an elephant and a venetian monster youre about to find out" |
| User ReviewKyle Kyou just can't argue with it, its a classic, after revisiting this film after 12 years its still one of the great B movies of the 50's |
| User ReviewStephen SMyself being a product of the fifties, he placed a flame in my brain and opened me to a new world of creativity that influence my career direction and work as an object maker. |
| User ReviewStephen VNow this is a movie! Classic monster movie goodness. I personally love stop motion although I haven't yet seen as much of it as I would like to. This one goes right up there with "The Giant Claw". Also a picture from it was used in the Young Communists Magazine "New Horizons", the predecessor of Rebel Youth Magazine in a humerus ad. I plan to go out and find some more of the movies this guy made. |
| User ReviewT. RThis is a classic for me. The creature alone dictates that. Is the Ymir not one of the coolest looking creatures/monsters ever? I haven't had a chance to see the new colorized version yet, and I hear mixed opinions on it. Some say it looks great and natural, while others say it's just not meant to be. I guess Harryhausen wanted for it to be in color originally, so he himself endorsed the update. Not only that, but color versions of 'It Came Beneath the Sea' and 'Earth vs. The Flying Saucers' are on the way, too! |