If you are ever in any doubt how big the creature is in The Giant Claw, don’t worry….every ten minutes or so one of the characters will tell you “It’s as big as a battleship”!

Eric McNaughton puts his glasses on for a look at a neglected gem, Dr Cyclops. “Now you can call me ‘Cyclops’ because I have one good eye”. In 1940 Paramount studios returned to the world of horror films.

I well remember the very first time that I saw this film. I loved it so much. I had heard nothing at all about it and I sat, late at night, on my own, lights down low, sound up loud.

What is this that I sense? It seems to be a dark pall of nihilism and a rejection of any system of authority and social well-being. Oh hello, it must be a Pete Walker film!

The Beast Must Die is a film that must be easy to find fault with if you forget that its purpose is to be fun.