Fantastic!

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Crazy, super sized fun film! It's one of those large creatures films that was so popular in the 1950s thru the early 1960s. If you like those types of sci-fi, horror films then you might like The Cyclops! Susan Winters' (Talbott) fiancée is missing. He has not shown back up from his trip to Mexico so Susan decides to get help from Martin Melville (Chaney) to fund her trip in exchange for some of the uranium that is suppose to be in rich supply in the area. She enlists the help of Russ Bradford (Craig) as a guide and Lee Brand (Drake) a pilot. What they discover are an abundance of uranium, over-sized creatures and The Cyclops! I really enjoyed watching this film again after years of no-see! 7.5/10

If Anyone Tells You that They weren't Affected Adversely by the Titular Monsters Appearance in this Movie, They're Not Being Honest.That is, if the Non-Truth Teller was Less than 12 Years Old and saw this at the Theater or on a TV "Creature Feature" in the Late Fifties to the Mid Sixties.Because the Truth of the Matter is that this is One Scary "Famous Monster". The Makeup is Horrifying, Ugly, Repulsive and is the Remaining Memory of the Fortunate or Unfortunate Kids who Witnessed this Radiation Scarred, Sympathetic, Man. His Fate in the Film is Not for the Faint of Heart and the "B.I.G." Guy is Undeserving and Tragic. The Cyclops is the Movie's BIGGEST Draw and is Worth the Price of Admission. The Other Oversized Animals are OK for Typical Bert I. Gordon Filler but this is the Cyclops Show and He Makes the Most of it.Arguably Director/Writer/Producer/SFX Guy, Bert I. Gordon's Best or Worst Movie Depending on Who's Talking, but Ultimately it is Undeniably Underrated.Gloria Talbot almost Steals the Show from the Mutated Character and is a Strikingly Featured Female with a Strong Personality. She Looked Like a Cross Between a Vampire and a Goth and Haunted the Screen with a Beauty that was Unique and All Her Own. Lon Chaney Jr. is Irritating and is Only Bested in Aggravation by the Constant Unappealing Growls and Moans from Our "Hero" that are So Persistent and Ongoing that it Becomes nearly Unbearable.Overall, Delivers what is Expected from these Types of Fifties Fodder and Manages to be Entertaining in most of its 66 Minute Running Time and Lowly Budget. Worth a Watch for Bert I. Gordon Fans and Anyone with an Interest in the Radioactive Post Nuclear Paranoia Pictures.

Three men and the woman who is financing the expedition go into a forbidden part of the Mexican desert. Gloria Talbott is searching for her fiancé who was an aviator and went down in the region three years earlier. Her fiancé's best friend James Craig who is a scientist is along, pilot Tom Drake, and Lon Chaney, Jr. who is looking for uranium deposits is along.Radioactive material they find all right, it makes ordinary creatures grow to incredible size. One of those creatures is a 25 foot deformed man with only one eye like the legendary cyclops of Greek mythology. I think we know what happened to the fiancé.Bert Gordon produced this one for Allied Artists on an Allied Artists shoestring budget. But the studio got its money's worth. Some nice sincere performances from the cast about a human tragedy. The Cyclops is worth a look.

This was easily the most disappointing among the numerous B.I.G. efforts I included in this challenge – and not because the copy I watched was out-of-synch all the way through! The premise in itself was not bad – it plays a bit like THE LAND UNKNOWN (1957) incidentally – but the treatment left a lot to be desired, defeating a good cast (James Craig, Gloria Talbott, Tom Drake and Lon Chaney Jr.) in the process. Talbott goes to look for her missing husband in some remote territory we learn was hit by radioactivity; she is accompanied by his best pal Craig, philosophical drunken pilot Drake (actually the best of the lot) and Chaney (annoying as a sourpuss obsessed by uranium). The biggest let-down proves the titular creature itself, though his look is decent enough under the circumstances (Gordon would tread similar territory in the {hopefully better} THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN {1957} and its sequel, WAR OF THE COLOSAL BEAST {1958}): his relentless moaning is not only baffling but it even nullifies Chaney's own previous grumpiness!; besides, he does very little of consequence except fight a giant snake (the then-pioneering magnified lizards of ONE MILLION, B.C {1940}, also with Chaney, get another work-out here – as had been the case with the even more execrable ROBOT MONSTER {1953}); and it takes an awfully long time for the heroes – but not the viewer – to realize that he is really what has become of Talbott's unlucky spouse! By the way, looking at the IMDb entries on this one, I was shocked to learn Michael Elliott gave this a *** rating and even considers it Gordon's best "radioactive monster" outing!