

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
You'll see it tear a city apart!
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $210K
- Box office
- $5M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- atomic bomb
- giant monster
- arctic polar circle region
- radioactivity
- stop motion
- dinosaur
- black and white
- sea monster
- based on short story
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical13 Jun 1953
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1512 Oct 1953
- PhysicalPGDVD26 Jan 2004
AustriaAT
- Theatrical16 Jul 1954
BrazilBR
- Theatrical28 Aug 1953
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical29 Mar 1954
FinlandFI
- Theatrical26 Mar 1954
GermanyDE
- Theatrical126 Nov 1953
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT11 May 1954
JapanJP
- Theatrical22 Dec 1954
MexicoMX
- Theatrical3 Aug 1953
PortugalPT
- Theatrical12 Dec 1954
SpainES
- PremiereMadrid14 Jun 1954
- PremiereBarcelona30 Aug 1954
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was released on 13 June 1953.
Audience reviews
1- J7/10
John Chard
9/6/2014
Rhedosaurus rampage as Harryhausen genius starts to work. Nuclear testing out in the arctic rouses a prehistoric Rhedosaurs from its icy incarcerated sleep. It promptly lays waste to everything that gets in its path, and its next stop is New York City. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms stands as one of the most important of the 50s sci-fi/creature feature films that filled the screens during that particular decade.…
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