SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Leofwine_draca An okay but flawed movie in the spirit of the Corman Poe films (1960-1965), this has its moments but is let down by a sluggish pace and a familiarity with the proceedings. By now the "outsider goes to crumbling house and meets owner with dark secrets" plot had been done to death and it shows here. Plus, the imported American lead, Nick Adams, is hopelessly miscast, nothing more than wooden throughout the film's running time and hardly charismatic.I was hoping this film to be a Lovecraft tour-de-force but I was disappointed : Lovecraft's source material is barely used in the film, and the makers saw fit to add in an ancestral black magic subplot seemingly lifted from THE HAUNTED PALACE instead. Only in the last half an hour do things really pick up and become quite exciting, but by then we really don't care that much anyway. Everything that happens in this film is predictable. The acting, aside from Karloff's, is mundane too, with Suzan Farmer a forgettable love interest and Freda Jackson (THE BRIDES OF Dracula) given too little to do. Patrick Magee (DEMENTIA 13) is also wasted in his one-scene cameo as the town's doctor, a character whom I would have liked to have seen more of.Still, the ending itself is pretty good, with some tacky but effective special effects work. The special effects, while low budget, are still a lot of fun, especially the monster who just looks like somebody covered in tin foil and with green lights shining upon them. There are some fun clichéd bits - the skeleton behind the door shock is routine, yet reminded me of THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, and some lame ones, but sadly the silly bits outweigh the good. Just watch a moment where a woman is attacked by a mutated plant in the greenhouse - it's as stupid as it sounds, although not without its merits. On the plus side, the sets and scenery are quite nice and claustrophobic, and Boris Karloff is very good in his role. Despite being in a wheelchair and nearing the end of his life, Karloff gives a nicely sinister performance in his finest tradition and it's great to see the old master at work.DIE, MONSTER, DIE! is a cheesy B-movie, nothing more. It's worth seeing if you're a Lovecraft or Karloff fan, yes, but the outlandish title promises a lot of fun which just doesn't appear, sadly. Check out the 1987 movie THE CURSE for another version of Lovecraft's story, which is about the same in terms of quality.

Rainey Dawn This movie is known as "Monster of Terror" and "Die, Monster, Die!" It is a sci-fi horror - the mystery happens in the first half of the film. Once the mystery is reveled it becomes a pure sci-fi horror classic. I have to agree with other reviewers that once the mystery is known to the viewer the movie becomes just "ok" - not anything that thrilling.I found the movie "OK". And I would say that only fans of older sci-fi horror and/or Boris Karloff would (maybe) like this movie. And as much as I love Karloff I was not overly fond of the film... Karloff is good as usual but the script, plot, and the rest of it was on the mediocre side.6/10

AaronCapenBanner Nick Adams stars as a young man who arrives at an isolated village in search of Witley mansion, where he wants to surprise his fiancée Susan(played by Suzan Farmer) The locals are most uncooperative to him, so he sets out alone to the estate, only to be shocked by the state of decay he finds, both inside and outside. Susan is glad to see him, but her wheelchair-bound scientist father(played by Boris Karloff) is not. Both of them soon discover the terrible Witley secret involving a radiation emitting meteorite that has had a devastating effect on the family...Based on the H.P. Lovecraft story "The Color Out Of Space", the film is atmospherically directed by Daniel Haller, but otherwise a misfire, becoming much too silly and absurd, ruining the second half of the film, after a reasonable set-up. A waste of Boris Karloff, who does the best he can.

Claudio Carvalho The American Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams) arrives by train in Arkham, a small town in the countryside of England. He tries to travel to the real estate of a man called Witley by taxi or bicycle, but the locals are frightened by the name and refuse to help him. Stephen has to walk to the property and he is badly received by Nahum Witley (Boris Karloff), who is on the wheelchair.Stephen informs that he had been invited by his fiancée, Susan Witley (Suzan Farmer), who welcomes him when she sees Stephen. The young man is summoned by Susan's mother, Letitia Witley (Freda Jackson), who is very ill, to have a private conversation with her, and she asks Stephen to leave the real estate as soon as possible with Susan. Further he learns that the maid Helga has disappeared and the butler Merwyn (Terence de Marney) is also very ill.Stephen notes that there are weird things happening in the house, with a woman in black wandering in the garden and screams during the night. He snoops around and finds the Nahum is using the radiation of a meteorite in the greenhouse to turn the wasteland into a place of beauty with giant plants. However the side effect of the radiation has killed Merwyn and affected the health and turned Helga and Letitia into monsters. Now Nahum wants to destroy the stone with tragic consequences."Die, Monster, Die!" is a good sci-fi horror movie with Boris Karloff. The creepy story has a promising beginning but when the mystery is disclosed, it is a little disappointing. I was expecting that Corbin Witley was behind the dark events but the plots changes to science fiction and becomes silly. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Morte Para Um Monstro" ("Death for a Monster")