Caltiki, the Immortal Monster1959
“Slimy Glob of Doom Engulfs The World!”
Directed by Riccardo Freda
🏆 2 nominations total
The premise
Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
Horror Vault's take
When archaeologists venture into a sacred Mayan ruin, they disturb something that has slumbered for centuries — a pulsating, amorphous entity with a terrifying connection to the cosmos. As a returning comet energizes the creature beyond all reason, what began as an academic expedition becomes a desperate fight for survival. This Italian late-50s genre gem blends ancient mythology with atomic-age anxiety in ways that still unsettle today.
Content: Monster Attack Sequences, Mild Body Horror
Cast
John Merivale
Dr. John Fielding
Didi Sullivan
Ellen Fielding
Gérard Herter
Max Gunther
Daniela Rocca
Linda
Vittorio André
Prof. Rodriguez
Daniele Vargas
Bob
Nerio Bernardi
Police Inspector
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Prof. Rodriguez's Assistant
Gail Pearl
Indian Dancer
Tom Felleghy
Astronomo
Arturo Dominici
Nieto
Mario Bava
Mexican at police station (uncredited)
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