{"id":207,"date":"2009-03-17T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T21:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2013-10-02T09:39:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T15:39:16","slug":"the-hideous-sun-demon-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON (1959)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-206\" title=\"hideous_sun_demonposter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/hideous_sun_demonposter-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"hideous_sun_demonposter\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/hideous_sun_demonposter-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/hideous_sun_demonposter.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The late <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0164967\/\">Robert Clarke<\/a> appeared in a number of cult sci-fi classics including <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043778\/\">The Man From Planet X<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1951) and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0053651\/\">Beyond the Time Barrier <\/a><\/em>(1960), but the one he&#8217;ll be best remembered for is 1959&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0052888\/\">THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON<script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/a>, <\/em>which Clarke also co-wrote and co-directed.\u00a0I vividly recall watching this as a little kid and being freaked out by the scene where the monster squishes a mouse in his hand! I was also eternally marked by the sad, sultry, buxom barfly blonde (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0543350\/\">Patricia Manning<\/a>) who befriends him. Clarke plays a poor sap who gets exposed to solar radiation (or something like that) and instead of turning into a monster by night, he is transformed into a scaly beast when exposed to the direct sunlight! This twist on the werewolf mythos works on every level: it&#8217;s sympathetic, scary and stylish, in a very low budget, charming way. Fans still lovingly note the fact that Clarke sweated so much in his iconic rubber monster suit, it looks like the Sun Demon got a little <em>too<\/em> excited running around causing mayhem. Throw in some gangsters and you got yourself a perfect little B movie masterpiece with all the key elements. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hideous-Sun-Demon-Richard-Cassarino\/dp\/6305772711\">Available on DVD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-208\" title=\"sundemon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sundemon-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"sundemon\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sundemon-211x300.jpg 211w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sundemon.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><em>&#8220;Let&#8217;s go for a sunlight swim, baby&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thrillville.net\">Will the Thrill<\/a><\/em><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The late Robert Clarke appeared in a number of cult sci-fi classics including The Man From Planet X\u00a0(1951) and Beyond the Time Barrier (1960), but the one he&#8217;ll be best remembered for is 1959&#8217;s THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON, which Clarke also co-wrote and co-directed.\u00a0I vividly recall watching this as a little kid 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