Curucu, Beast of the Amazon

1956

Action / Adventure / Horror

4
IMDb Rating 4.1/10 10 525 525

monster crocodile expedition plantation murder jungle

Plot summary

Rock and Dr. Andrea travel up the Amazon to find out why the plantation workers have left their work in panic, allegedly because of attacks from Curucu, a monster who is said to live up the river where no white man has ever been before...

Director

Curt Siodmak Photo
Curt Siodmak

Top cast

Beverly Garland Photo
Beverly Garland as Dr. Andrea Romar
Larri Thomas Photo
Larri Thomas as Vivian - the dancer
John Bromfield Photo
John Bromfield as Rock Dean
Andrea Bayard Photo
Andrea Bayard as Rita - the Secretary
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690.48 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
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1.25 GB
1920*960
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ProfessorEcho 3 / 10

Surgeon General's Warning

Any movie that has a scene of the hero smoking while the doctor is giving him his annual medical check up has to be a classic.There is validity to every single negative review of this picture, but who cares? Look, I love Ingmar Bergman films, but am I going to kick back with beer and nacho cheese Doritos on a summer Saturday afternoon watching "Cries And Whispers?" I didn't spend all morning cutting the grass to then crash the couch and drown myself in Swedish angst. That's for cold bleak winter nights. For summer I want a jungle, a tight pants adventuress and a hero who can spend an entire week lost in the Amazon and still not have a single day's facial hair. Yes, as everyone agrees without a doubt the movie rips you off and leaves you a chump for ever believing such a thing as truth in advertising exists. But stop crybaby'ing about it already. Get over your disappointment like a big boy and just enjoy the mustard we got. To hell with your Grey Poupon!
Reviewed by CaressofSteel75 3 / 10

Bad Enough to be Good?

Curt Siodmak seemed to have a passion for writing B movie scripts, and and it seems he believed so much in this one that he had to direct it as well.It's in the running for the worst movie I ever saw, with the standard jungle movie setup- Americans go on an expedition in the jungle and get attacked by a variety of jungle natives- including the paper mache looking title monster. They say this movie was shot on location in the Amazon jungle (I don't think the term "rain forest" existed in 1956). If so, I've got to hand it to the cast and crew for going above and beyond for this one. I wouldn't have wanted to risk coming back with malaria or jungle rot for this movie. With all that being said, if you look at all the lifeless and hollow stuff coming out of Hollywood in recent years, this one just might be good enough to be classic schlock cinema now.
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