Movie Description

Varan the Unbelievable

(1962)

Overview

In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.

Cast

Facts

Original TitleVaran the Unbelievable

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1962-12-07

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 10m

Production CompaniesCory Film Corporation,Dallas Production Inc.,Crown International Pictures,TOHO

Genres

  • Horror
  • Science Fiction