The Hideous Sun Demon1958
“The Blaze Of The Sun Made Him A Monster!”
Directed by Tom Boutross, Robert Clarke
The premise
After exposure to radiation, an atomic research scientist finds himself changing into a murderous, lizard-like creature every time he is exposed to sunlight.
Horror Vault's take
A routine accident at a research facility leaves one scientist carrying a terrifying burden — sunlight itself becomes his enemy, triggering a grotesque physical change into something no longer quite human. As he struggles to hold his life together, the daylight hours become a countdown to catastrophe. This late-1950s creature feature channels atomic-age dread into a Jekyll-and-Hyde tale with scales and claws. The tension lies not just in the monster, but in the man desperately trying to outrun what he is becoming.
Content: Monster Violence, Mild Peril
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Cast
Robert Clarke
Dr. Gilbert McKenna
Patricia Manning
Ann Russell
Nan Peterson
Trudy Osborne
Patrick Whyte
Dr. Frederick Buckell
Fred La Porta
Dr. Jacob Hoffman
Peter Similuk
George Messorio
William White
Police Lt. Peterson (as Bill Hampton)
Robert Garry
Dr. Stern
Donna King
Suzy's Mother
Xandra Conkling
Suzy
Del Courtney
Radio Deejay
Ron Honthaner
Policeman in Warehouse
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