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Old 21st January 2022, 06:12 PM
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The Giant Claw (1957)

What an utter joy The Giant Claw was. Totally cheesy with an awful flying creature that resembled a mangy turkey. But how brilliant was the turkey? I couldn't take my eyes off it. Be it chasing model planes or sitting on top of buildings pecking away at them causing serious devastation, all the time looking like some reject from The Muppet Show. And the looks it gives, comical facial expressions and head movements. Harryhausen this is not.

The film itself? Well it's about an extraterrestrial giant bird that comes to earth and wreaks havoc with only Jeff Morrow, Clint Eastwood fave Mara Corday and the US Air Force in the way of earth's destruction.

The Arrow Blu-ray, part of the Sam Katzman Cold War Creatures collection, looks stunning.

Completely bonkers, and utterly wonderful. I loved it!

Highly recommended.
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