DIE, MONSTER, DIE! H.P. Lovecraft horror with Boris Karloff – free on Tubi and YouTube

‘Can you face the ultimate in diabolism …..can you stand pure terror?’
Die, Monster, Die! is a 1965 American science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Haller (the art director for Roger Corman‘s Poe films) from a screenplay by Jerry Sohl, loosely adapted from H. P. Lovecraft‘s short story The Colour Out of Space.

Haller went on to direct another Lovecraft adaptation, The Dunwich Horror, in 1969.

The  Alta Vista Film Productions movie stars Boris Karloff, Nick Adams (Godzilla vs. Monster Zero; Frankenstein Conquers the World), Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer (Persecution; Rasputin: The Mad Monk), Terence De Marney and Patrick Magee (Dementia 13; Asylum; The Black Cat).

Plot:
An American college student (Nick Adams) pays a visit to the English estate of his fiancée’s family.

During his journey, he finds an area of countryside burned out and an enormous crater, as well as villagers who are reluctant to the point of hostility to either drive to his destination or even talk about the family that lives there.

The source of all these problems is later revealed to be a radioactive meteorite kept hidden in the basement by his girlfriend’s father (Boris Karloff), who has been using the radiation to mutate plant and animal life, with horrific consequences. Worse yet, family members may have been affected, too…

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“The film looks good … The pacing is torpid, made bareable only by four or five decent shock moments spaced throughout. The acting is uninspired and seems a decade out of date. Even Karloff adds nothing new…”David Elroy Goldweber, Claws and Saucers book

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Choice dialogue:
“All that I can see is horror. Horror!”

Cast and characters:
Boris Karloff … Nahum Witley
Nick Adams … Stephen Reinhart
Freda Jackson … Letitia Witley
Suzan Farmer … Susan Witley
Terence de Marney … Merwyn
Patrick Magee … Doctor Henderson
Paul Farrell … Jason
Leslie Dwyer … Potter
Harold Goodwin … Taxi Driver (UK version)
Sydney Bromley … Pierce
Billy Milton … Henry
Sheila Raynor … Miss Bailey (UK version)
Gretchen Franklin … Miss Bailey
George Moon … Taxi Driver

Filming locations:
Oakley Court, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Shepperton Studios, Middlesex, England
Shere, Surrey, England (also used for The Earth Dies Screaming)

Working title:
The House at the End of the World

Filming dates:
Began on 15th February and until March 1965.

Technical specs:
1 hour 20 minutes
Pathécolor
Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1
Audio: Mono (Westrex Sound Recording)

Theatrical release:
In the USA, American International Pictures released the film on a double bill with Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires (1965). In the UK, the film was released as Monster of Terror on a double bill with Corman’s 1963 film The Haunted Palace (also based on a Lovecraft story).

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