cult film freak: ASA MAYNOR IN THE LOW BUDGET CREATURE FEATURE 'MAN BEAST'

Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2023 / No comments / asa maynor , creature , cult , fifties , hike , horror , indie , monster , thriller

ASA MAYNOR IN THE LOW BUDGET CREATURE FEATURE 'MAN BEAST'

6/04/2023 | No comment

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST Year: 1956 Rating: **1/2

Cherub-cheeked, full-lipped cutie Asa Maynor (billed as Virginia Maynor) had a career bookeneded by cinematic creatures: first here in MAN BEAST who, as he sister of a missing archeologist, is on a hunting trip through the Himalayan mountains... and then a cameo scolding a female chimp in CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES...

MAN BEAST is a basic journey with Asa and four other climbers... including a doctor who's heard about the titular Yeti aka Abominable Snowman, played by a man in a white gorilla suit turning up in the third act after too much dialogue yet there's just-enough suspense... including an enigmatic local native deadiler than the monsters... alongside closeups or wide-shots of professional mountain climbers mountain-climbing, while the actors spout mostly repeated expository: so the saving grace of this very low-budget, mainly talking-head creature feature is that Asa's is shown the most.

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST with Tom Maruzzi and Lloyd Nelson

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST with Tom Maruzzi

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST

Man Beast in MAN BEAST

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST with Tom Maruzzi

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST with George Welles Lewis

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST with Tom Maruzzi

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST with George Skaff

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST

Asa Maynor in CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST with Tom Maruzzi

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