Caltiki - Rätsel des Grauens

Originaltitel: Caltiki il mostro immortale

1959
16
1 Std. 17 Min.

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John Merivale and Daniela Rocca in Caltiki - Rätsel des Grauens (1959)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA team of archaeologists in Mexico encounter an amorphous, blob-like monster that appears to be connected with the collapse of the Mayan civilization.A team of archaeologists in Mexico encounter an amorphous, blob-like monster that appears to be connected with the collapse of the Mayan civilization.A team of archaeologists in Mexico encounter an amorphous, blob-like monster that appears to be connected with the collapse of the Mayan civilization.

Regie
- Riccardo Freda
- Mario Bava
Drehbuch
- Filippo Sanjust
- Riccardo Freda
Hauptbesetzung

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,9/10

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Regie
- Riccardo Freda
- Mario Bava
Drehbuch
- Filippo Sanjust
- Riccardo Freda
Hauptbesetzung

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Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Fotos25

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Topbesetzung18

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John Merivale

Prof. John Fielding

Didi Sullivan

Ellen Fielding

Gérard Herter

Max Gunther
(as Gerard Haerter)

Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Prof. Rodríguez's Assistant
(as G.R. Stuart)

Vittorio André

Prof. Rodríguez
(as Victor Andrèe)

Daniele Vargas

Bob
(as Daniel Vargas)

Arturo Dominici

Nieto
(as Arthur Dominick)

Nerio Bernardi

Police Inspector
(as Black Bernard)

Daniela Rocca

Linda

Gail Pearl

Indian Dancer
(as Gay Pearl)

Armando Annuale

Journalist at Press Conference
(Nicht genannt)

Orlando Baralla

Scientist
(Nicht genannt)

Mario Bava

Mexican at Police Station
(Nicht genannt)

Tom Felleghy

Astronomer
(Nicht genannt)

Ferruccio Fregonese

Journalist at Press Conference
(Nicht genannt)

Sandro Mondini

Journalist at Press Conference
(Nicht genannt)

Renzo Palmer

Narrator
(Nicht genannt)

Renato Terra

Investigating Officer
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
Riccardo Freda later claimed that he abandoned the project so Mario Bava, who he knew could be a good director, would have a chance to direct.

Patzer
The diver walks ankle-deep into and out of the sacrificial pool, several feet away from the edge. When he submerges, he's suddenly in very deep water, with no sign of a shallow underwater shelf.

Zitate
Bob: [of an "indigenous" purification ritual, improbably manned entirely by Africans]
[the setting being a volcano in southern Mexico]
Bob: , with an unlikely striptease by a white woman in blackface] What the devil are the natives up to this evening?

Alternative Versionen
Some prints use the English language dubbing but have the title and credits in their original Italian.

Verbindungen
Edited from Der Mann mit der Totenmaske (1946)

Benutzerrezensionen46

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6/10

Best of the blob monster movies

I've seen this movie on TV when I was small. I couldn't remember the story's premise except for the fact that it was a Blob like creature that grew when hit with radio activity. Recently, thanks to the internet, I got to watch this movie after so many years, and was surprised to find that archeology was the basis of its sub plot.

Archeologists goes on an expedition to a cave near Mayan ruins of Tikal, and accidentally discovers the monster Mayans associated with goddess Caltiki. Piece of Caltiki arrives back in Mexico city with the scientist which it tried to consume. Meanwhile, a comet is due to pass close to the Earth - the same comet passed near the Earth at the time the Mayan civilization mysteriously collapsed. Will Caltiki rise again, this time to end our civilization ?

Seriously, this is one of the best sci-fi movie from the late '50s. I saw this movie before I saw Steve McQueen's "Blob", and the Blob was somewhat lukewarm compared to Caltiki. There's been many movies featuring slime monsters, but this in my opinion is the best. The movie has the monster placed in middle of a pretty serious background where all the actors and scenery looks real. This is what makes this movie extra creepy, and also interesting to watch. To categorize this as a common B movie don't do justice. One of the better movie from the '50s.