Something Weird Giant Gila Monster

Here's a vintage rock 'n roll hot-rod teenage monster movie shot in Texas with a minimal budget. The movie stars a back projected lizard and provides a lot of unintentional laughs. The director, Ray Kellogg, also made THE KILLER SHREWS (a notorious film in which dogs wear masks to portray the “killer shrews“) and even went on the co-direct THE GREEN BERETS with John Wayne. What on earth did he put on his resume to get THAT job? The producer Ken Curtis played Festus on GUNSMOKE.