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3 unusual facts about The Monster of Piedras Blancas


The Monster of Piedras Blancas

The lighthouse locations in the movie were filmed at the Point Conception lighthouse near Lompoc, and the movie's "town" is actually the seaside town of Cayucos, about 30 miles south of the real Piedras Blancas.

Wayne Berwick later directed the cult classic Microwave Massacre and co-directed the 1950s spoof The Naked Monster; the latter features Jeanne Carmen and John Harmon in a lighthouse segment which sends up the 1959 film.

Top-lined Don Sullivan would appear in a number of other genre films afterward, such as The Giant Gila Monster.



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