The Sound of Horror (1964 film)
The Sound of Horror, AKA El Sonido de la Muerte, Sound of Death, Sound from a Million Years Ago, The Prehistoric Sound, El Sonido Prehistórico (1964)
Summary
"Shiver and shake!" Members of a Greek treasure-hunting expedition are horrified to discover prehistoric eggs containing a powerful force.
Details
- Release Date: 1964
- Country/Language: Spain, Spanish
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, black-and-white
- Runtime: 1 hr 31 min
- Starring: James Philbrook, Arturo Fernández, Soledad Miranda
- Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde
- Writer: Sam X. Abarbanel (screenplay), Sam X. Abarbanel (story)
- Producer/Production Co: Zurbano Films
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (not rated) (probably equivalent to a G or PG for 1950s monster film Violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
I've not seen this film yet, but apparently the so-called "screaming dinosaur" actually appears to be some sort of elemental spirit or ghost; some reviewers remark on some similarity to a reference in Lovecraft's "History of the Necronomicon" to the fate of a character being ripped apart by an invisible Old One. This film does not otherwise seem to be especially Lovecraftian compared to many other 1950s monster movies.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- Richard Scheib at the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (-1/5 Stars) (link) - "It is hard to think of another film in recent memory I have watched that is so mind-numbingly dull and boring as this."
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
When a group of isolated people in the Greek mountains set off a cave explosion, they are menaced by an invisible shrieking dinosaur that had been buried for eons.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- race: "invisible shrieking dinosaur" (at a distance, it seems to be closer to the subterranean elemental creatures found in some early Weird fiction by Arthur Machen or Algernon Blackwood)
