Sound of Horror



Sound of Horror (1964) is one of those b-movies that has a reputation much larger than it deserves. That's because the central concept is so memorable: An invisible dinosaur is killing people. Who wouldn't want to see that film?

The movie itself, despite the rather obvious budget saving tactic of making the dinosaur invisible, is still mainly filler. The action takes place in rural Greece. A group of archeologists and treasure hunters dig up a cave that may have a valuable artifact hidden in it. They find a perfectly preserved Neanderthal corpse(!) and some petrified eggs. One of the eggs hatches and soon an inexplicably invisible dinosaur is maiming people in the area. But before we get to this good stuff we have old guys talking about "the war," traditional Greek dancing and an hilariously inaccurate lecture on the history of archeology. There's nearly a full hour of this filler.

The dinosaur, which from descriptions of the movie I had always assumed was large but is apparently only 4 or 5 feet tall, is usually indicated by a strange scream, which sounds kind of like a car alarm malfunctioning. When it does become visible later in the movie it looks like a finger puppet. I'm glad I finally saw Sound of Horror, but I can't say I wasn't disappointed.

Posted: Sun - October 12, 2003 at      

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