JUSTLY OVERLOOKED FILM: WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST (1958)

 First off, this one came from American International Pictures (AIP), which was to Fifties horror flicks that Republic Pictures was to Forties B-westerns.  Second, it was produced, directed, and and with a story by Bert I. Gordon (who also did the special effects), the king of the giant monster films, which is not really and Oscar-worthy sobriquet.  Third, it was a sequel to Gordon's first AIP flick, The Amazing Collosal Man -- even though it was not marketed as a sequel and had a different cast (but the storyline does pick up where the previous film left off.  And, although it was filmed in black-and-white, the fim;s last shocking (he-he-he) thiorty seconds or so was filmed in color.

The Colossal Man is Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning (Dean Parkin; his only other acting credit was the previous year's The Cyclops).  The eye candy in this flick was Manning's sister, Joyce (Sally Fraser; It Conquered the World, Giant from the Unknown, The Spider -- she screamed a lot during this phase of her career), and her beau was Major Mark Baird (Roger Pace; 10 credits on IMDb, including one episode of The Real McCoys, one episode of Steve Canyon, and three episodes of My Little Margie [playing deferent characters] )  And, because we need a scientist, the role of Dr. Carmichael was taken by Russ Bender (The Navy vs. the Night Monsters, Space Probe Taurus, the Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow).

The actual screenplay was by George Worthington Yates (It Came from Beneath the Sea, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Earth vs. the Spider).

The film, also known as Revenge of the Colossal Man, The Colossal Beast, and Terror Strikes, was released theatrically as the bottom half of a dopuble feature, with Attack of the Puppet People, another George Worthington Yates scripted flick.

The plot?  Yes, there is a plot.  Manning gets dosed by radiation.  Manning grows big.  Manning goes smash.  Manning shakes a buisload of teenagers.  Big colorized fianle.

Cheesiness, thy name is War of the Colossal Beast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8S0M3R39Ug