Beasts Unleashed (Region B) Blu-ray ***Preorder*** 7/20

The 1950s was the decade of the creature feature. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, American cinemas were awash with marauding aliens from outer space, giant irradiated insects, robots on the rampage, monsters from the depths and dinosaurs rediscovered in the modern world. The Beast with a Million Eyes and The Beast of Hollow Mountain are two of the most entertaining films among them, presented together in the spirit of the science fiction double features of the 1950s.

The Beast with a Million Eyes, produced and purportedly co-directed by the legendary Roger Corman, follows a family living on an isolated ranch in the California desert. After an unidentified flying object crash lands somewhere near their farm, animals and people begin acting strangely – leading to a confrontation with a threat not of this planet. Featuring stop-motion animation by the legendary special-effects artist Willis O’Brien (a mentor to Ray Harryhausen and the animator of King Kong), The Beast of Hollow Mountain sees a cowboy living in Mexico discover that his cattle are being eaten by a prehistoric monster.

Representing two of the standout science fiction cycles of the 1950s, The Beast with a Million Eyes and The Beast of Hollow Mountain recall the era of double-bills, drive-ins and delirious monster mayhem. Eureka Classics is thrilled to present both films on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.