Monster of Terror (aka Die, Monster, Die!)

Date: 1965
Director: Daniel Haller
Production Company: Alta Vista Productions, American International Pictures

Stars: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer, Terence De Marney
Location(s): Berkshire, Surrey

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Storyline:

An American scientist visits the estate of his British fiancée’s family where he discovers that her father is hiding a radioactive meteorite with which he has been mutating plant and animal life.

Additional Information:

Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson

‘Die, Monster, Die!’ is the US Title and the film was released in Britain the following year as ‘Monster of Terror’.

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  • 31 Dec 2019

A train steams into Arkham station. This is the now closed Baynards station in Surrey which was on the line between Christ's Hospital and Guildford.

Now a rather beautiful but private garden. SJ

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As the train departs, Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams) makes his way to the roadway. The location was also seen in 'The Grass is Greener' and 'Rotten To The Core.'

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  • 31 Dec 2019

The American approaches a Taxi Driver (Harold Goodwin) and asks to be taken to Witley house. Baynards station on Station Road near Baynards Park, Surrey.

More visible in winter with the growth dying back I should imagine. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

After the cabbie refuses to carry him, Reinhart scans the deserted village streets. The Square, Shere with buildings towards Church Lane in the right background.

Crowded with tourists as it's one of the "prettiest villages in Surrey". SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

The visitor looks for signs of life. Facing The Square from Church Lane in Shere, Surrey.

Too many cars, and the ivy's been checked. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

Outside a small shop, Potter (Leslie Dwyer) becomes hostile when he's asked the way to the Witley's house. The village also features in 'The Ruling Class', 'Trouble with Eve', 'On the Fiddle', 'The Holiday', 'My Wife's Lodger', 'The Galloping Major', 'Edna, the Inebriate Woman', 'The Strange World of Planet X', 'The Earth Dies Screaming' and 'A Matter of Life and Death'.

Still a thriving shop. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

Three locals drinking outside the pub are approached. The Square at the junction of Shere Lane and Church Lane with the White Horse public house to the right.

More privacy for drinkers with the hedge now. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

Henry (Billy Milton) and his fellow drinkers make light of Reinhart's enquiry for directions.

A nice place for a pint. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

Reinhart is pointed towards the bicycle shop and walks away. The White Horse with Shere Lane on the left.

Now. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

The proprietor works on a bike outside the front of his shop. Middle Street, Shere in Surrey.

Little change: wonderful. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

Jason (Paul Farrell) refuses to loan a bike after being told that it's needed to get to the Witley's house. Facing north on Middle Street, Shere.

And not too many cars in the way this time. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

Reinhart is frustrated by the refusal. Middle Street looking towards the bridge over Tilling Bourne.

Looking south. SJ

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When told to walk, Stephen Reinhart heads out of the village on foot and soon comes across a huge crater surrounded by petrified trees.

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After negotiating locked gates and a multitude of warning signs, Reinhart nears the home of wheelchair-bound scientist Nahum Witley. The footbridge over the River Ash in Shepperton Studios' Littleton Park, Surrey. The bridge was seen in 'Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD', 'Every Day’s a Holiday', 'The Trygon Factor' and 'Dr. Terror's House of Horrors'.

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  • 18 Jul 2018

Through the mist, Reinhart reaches the house that his fiancée shares with her parents. Oakley Court, Windsor Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire as seen in many films including 'What the Butler Saw', 'The House in Nightmare Park', 'And Now The Screaming Starts' and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'.

No mist: instead a lovely summer's day. SJ

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  • 18 Jul 2018

The camera moves with Reinhart as he approaches the front door. Oakley Court, Oakley Green near Windsor.

Now with added terrace. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

The next day, Reinhart returns to Arkham in an effort to find out about the strange occurrences at the Witley house. Looking at the bridge carrying Middle Street over Tilling Bourne.

The same place now. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

After checking the phone book, Reinhart carries on into the village. To the north of St. James church in Shere with the Tilling Bourne flowing in the foreground.

The scene now with the church obscured by vegetation in the wrong season. SJ

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  • 31 Aug 2015

Reinhart approaches Dr. Henderson's house. Church Lane in Shere with St. James church in the distance. The church also makes an appearance in 'Reunion at Fairborough', 'The Late Edwina Black', 'The Hypnotist', 'Monster of Terror', 'Small Town Story' and 'The Wedding Date'.

A nice bright sunny aspect. SJ

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Susan Witley (Suzan Farmer) speaks with her fiancé. This appears to be the footbridge over the River Ash at Shepperton Studios.

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After the death of his mutated wife, Nahum Witley (Boris Karloff) explains his dream to create beauty using the power of a crashed meteorite.

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Susan pleads with her father to return to the house as he asks Reinhart to take his daughter away.