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The brainchild Of Gene Corman (Roger's brother), this black and white monster movie is occasionally amusing, but often painful to watch. The premise is that some robbers formulate an extremely elaborate (some would say pointless) plan to rob six measly gold bars from a bank located near a ski resort. The plan involves setting off a diversionary explosion in an old mine nearby to fool the police as to their true objective. In the process, romantic entanglements occur and a long-slumbering monster is awakened.

Since all the characters are snowbound in the lodge, they become the prime food source for the monster, which is a ghostly apparition with tentacles that spins webs around its victims, preserving them so they can satisfy its hunger pangs at a later date. There is a lot of stumbling around in the cave, lots of shots fired, lots of torch waving, and a spectacular amount of overacting, all accompanied by a classic soundtrack that features a wheezing organ.

"Beast From Haunted Cave" is by no means the worst movie I have ever seen, but it has no real distinguishing features, either. The monster is completely preposterous, the storyline is predictable and needlessly complicated, and the acting is what you would expect from the genre. While it has a few amusing moments, it certainly holds no real scares, and is tedious and padded despite its diminutive 73 minute running length.

For fans of the Cormans and 1950's monster movies this is worth watching. Once.

The movie has a pretty good story line, but the monster effects are really sucky, but what do you expect? I mean it was filmed in the 50's! And get this, the actors can all actually ACT! Yep you heard me, the characters are all believable, the direction is excellent, it's filmed in the wintry setting of Dakota's ski resorts and this movie is a great example of low-budget horror @ its best!