“Big as a Battleship” Movie: THE GIANT CLAW (1957)

Starring: Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday and Morris Ankrum
Directed by: Fred F. Sears
Written by: Samuel Newman, Paul Gangelin
Genre(s): Sci-Fi with Monster Bird “Big as a Battleship”

In celebration of this past weekend’s big action movie release BATTLESHIP, I would like to remind you of another battleship movie called THE GIANT CLAW from 1957.  Technically this movie isnt’ about a battleship, but instead THE GIANT CLAW is about a ginormous prehistoric monster bird with… you guessed it: giant claws!

Throughout the movie, this monster bird is described as “big as a battleship.”  Be warned THE GIANT CLAW is an awful classic, black and white sci-fi movie, but it’s a good, campy time to watch.  Don’t forget it only cost less than a price of a fine dinner to produce, while Hasbro’s BATTLESHIP production budget was over $200 million.

To be fair, I haven’t seen BATTLESHIP yet and I will probably skip it like it was a liver dinner.  After being suckered into watching TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011), I will stick with my gut feeling and let BATTLESHIP capsize without me.