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Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

RELEASED IN 1965 and directed by Daniel Haller, "Die, Monster, Die" (aka "Monster of Terror") is a semi-Gothic horror about a young man (Nick Adams) who travels to the estate of his fiancé (Susan Farmer) in England. Unfortunately, her wheelchair-bound father (Boris Karloff) is curiously curmudgeonly and something strange is going on behind the scenes. The movie is based on HP Lovecraft's story "The Colour Out of Space."While this isn't a vampire flick, the opening is reminiscent of Dracula (young man visits old man's eerie chateau). I used to get this mixed up with "The Terror" (1963), probably because of Karloff, similarities in the plot, and they both came out in the early/mid-60s. Regrettably, "Die, Monster, Die" lacks the haunting fascination of "The Terror." It tries to work up a mysterious ambiance, and succeeds to a degree, but the story's mostly tedious and the characters dull. Susan Farmer is fine, but her part is too secondary and nothing interesting is done with her, like Venetia Stevenson in 1960's "City of the Dead," aka "Horror Hotel" (you know what I mean if you've seen that flick).Thankfully, there are some highlights, like the imaginative scene where the protagonist exclaims "It looks like a zoo in Hell," not to mention the impressive monster at the close.FYI: Two and a half years after the release of this movie in the US, a demoralized Nick Adams was found dead from an overdose, which might have been accidental, but it also could've been suicide.THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 15 minutes and was shot in England (Surrey & Berkshire).GRADE: C

...And since A.) the source material is a story by H.P. Lovecraft, and B.) the film was made in 1965, there's absolutely no way that anyone would expect a faithful adaptation, right? "Die, Monster, Die!" is so ridiculously un-Lovecraftian that it makes Roger Corman's Poe films look like exact replicas of the tales on which they were based, but you can't go wrong if you approach it in the spirit of fun. It's an AIP monster flick, after all, and the presence of Boris Karloff lends it considerably more dignity than it would otherwise have had. Nick Adams and Suzan Farmer are adequate as the obligatory young-couple-in-peril, while Frieda Jackson and Patrick Magee are on hand to bring an extra touch of British class to the proceedings. What remains of Lovecraft's classic story 'The Colour Out of Space' is the meteor and its frightening effects; everything else was concocted by screenwriter Jerry Sohl, but you'll have a good time anyhow (and that's coming from a staunch HPL fan). "Die, Monster, Die!" was Corman set designer Daniel Haller's first film as a director.

I've read more than once that of all the grisly tales H.P. Lovecraft wrote during his incredible literary career, The Colour Out of Space was his favorite. I'm fairly sure that Lovecraft would have been shocked with the liberties taken with his story by American International Pictures, but all the same Die Monster Die! is a fine, unfairly overlooked Gothic gem. Steeped in an eerie, melancholy atmosphere from the time Nick Adams steps off the train all the way through to the fiery climax, Die Monster Die! is a delight for all horror fans. Though the aforementioned Adams is the protagonist, and a very able one, there's no question the star of the show is the legendary Boris Karloff. Karloff plays the lord of a dilapidated--and possibly cursed--manor who rules his estate with a ruthless desperation, especially where his lovely daughter, played by Suzan Farmer in her first major role, is concerned. Before long, Adams wants to cut his visit short and spirit Suzan away from her enigmatic father and his house of horrors, but it's too late for that and inevitably Karloff's secrets come to a horrifying head. The script certainly isn't loyal to Lovecraft's original story, but it is engaging and well-written in its own way. Daniel Haller's direction is solid and deserves a lot of the credit for the rich, oppressive atmosphere. The cast plays it surprisingly low-key, generally avoiding the histrionics that ruin many similar pictures. Adams is a capable hero, Karloff is as usual marvelous, and the exquisite Suzan Farmer is the kind of girl any man would gladly risk life and limb for. A fine all-round feature that deserves a greater audience.

It was in the 1940's when mankind first discovered the Atomic bomb and many of the scientists working on it, hoped it would usher in a new world for mankind. In point of fact it did. The discovery brought forth the knowledge, the world could more easily destroy itself much easier than before, In the movies, like this horrific film called " Die Monster, Die " the new element called Uranium, did in fact bring a new beginning, it was called The Atomic age and the new element was global fear. In this story, an America has journeyed to England to visit his fiancé. One there, he is surprised to learn the town's people are terrified of the Witley family and wants nothing to do with them. Nevertheless, Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams) seeks to discover the reason for the fear and is introduced to Mahum Witley (Boris Karloff), his fiancé Susan, Letitia (Freda Jackson) and their man servant, Merwyn (Terence de Marney). The family has an established, though terrifying history, but none so deadly as a monstrous secret glowing in their basement which is destined to infest the world. The movie is a horror of the sixties and has become a cult horror film. A fun monster movie to be sure and with the presence of the great Karloff, certain to be a classic. ****