Creature of Destruction
| Creature of Destruction | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Enrique Touceda |
| Directed by | Larry Buchanan |
| Starring | Les Tremayne, Pat Delaney |
| Music by | Ronald Stein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Larry Buchanan |
| Cinematography | Robert C. Jessup |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Azalea Pictures |
| Distributor | American International Television |
| Budget | Approx. $22,000 |
| Release | |
| Original release | 1967 |
Creature of Destruction is a 1967 American made-for-television film produced and directed by Larry Buchanan. It is an uncredited color remake of the 1956 movie The She Creature directed by Edward L. Cahn.
Suave, silver-haired stage hypnotist and self-proclaimed clairvoyant and expert on reincarnation Dr. Basso's experiments in hypnotic regression take his beloved beautiful blonde assistant/unwilling test subject Doreena back to a prehistoric past life as an amphibious humanoid 'Gill Monster'.
Using the entranced Doreena to summon the physical manifestation of the hideous fish-faced creature out of the depths of a nearby lake, the tuxedo and top hat-clad Basso commands the savage she-beast to commit brutal murders, partially for revenge on a world which scoffed at his strange occult theories and unshakable belief that mindlessly destructive primeval monsters still lurk hidden deep within all of us, but mostly for the notoriety they bring his performances when he predicts the killings before they happen.
While detective Blake suspects the misanthropic mentalist is behind these horrible crimes, the only real evidence the police have to go on is a webbed footprint found at the first crime scene and a sketch of the creature based on a description from an eye witness who caught a glimpse of it after one of the murders, and they seem powerless to stop Basso's reign of terror.
Handsome young Air Force psychologist Captain Ted Dell, a respected scientist in the field of psychic research, gets involved in the case when his fiancee Lynn drags him to a party her father, retired business tycoon Sam Crane, is putting on for the rich guests at his Tanglewood Country Club and Resort where Basso is providing the entertainment. The cheerfully cynical Crane sees Basso as only another opportunity to con money out of a gullible public, but Ted becomes fascinated with the unhappy Doreena, the true source of Basso's paranormal power, and vows to free her from the unhealthy mental domination that the romantically obsessed Basso has her under.
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