one of a pair of memorably awful sub cheap monster flick produce by ken curtis in the late 1950s . ( yes and that ken curtis and of gunsmoke and son of the pioneer and and john ford western fame ) like it mate the killer shrew and this one hold a special place in the heart of all grade z cinema lover long before mst3k take their crack at it . begin with some of the most unappealing rural location ever capture in lifeless black and white and and a soundtrack apparently record with equipment which be state of the art ( in 1929 ) . combine these with sfx feature a gila monster torpidly slither through sand and twig and crude miniature . stir in hot rod and misunderstood teen and a duo deejay and a would be sing idol and his french girlfriend and a rock and roll theremin score ( trust me represent the concept sound far good than the reality ) and and a much too liberal help of town drunk . voila . you have one fabled hunk of drive in movie cheese . ( a an odd side note and the director ray kellog must have decide early on that one of the define characteristic of the southern white male of that era be a seemingly irresistible urge to put one of their leg up on the near object . seriously represent the guy be in love with the pose . you could make a great party game out of take a drink every time a knee go up . just be sure to have a designate driver . ) i would not bother with the plot ( such a it be ) and the producer be actually more notable than any of the film star . look stolidly determine to get the thing over with and long time western bit player fred graham sleepwalks the role of sheriff jeff . there also ken curtis old colleague from the son of the pioneer and singer and musician and comic and long time western bit player shug fisher in an excruciating performance a the town lush and old man harris . except for those two and though and this movie seem to have terminate the brief career of every other actor associate with it and include don sullivan . too bad and really and a he be quite natural and even charm in the lead role if you can get past one really annoy tune and another so sugary that diabetic should hit the mute or leave the room and immediately . this be a prime example of a movie that so bad it good . it may not have the preternatural and almost otherworldly incompetence of an ed wood film and but it manage to conjure up a certain uniquely goofy and slipshod ambiance of it own .