The Monster of Highgate Ponds

January. 01,1962      
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

Ronald Howard as  Uncle Dick
Michael Balfour as  Bert
Frederick Piper as  Sam
Philip Latham as  Schoolmaster

Reviews

BlazeLime
1962/01/01

Strong and Moving!

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Lucybespro
1962/01/02

It is a performances centric movie

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FirstWitch
1962/01/03

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Lachlan Coulson
1962/01/04

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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Chris Gaskin
1962/01/05

The Monster of Highgate Ponds has recently been released by BFI as part of their Children's Film Foundation release, Weird Adventures.A child's uncle brings back a Prehistoric egg from Malasya and gives it to his nephew David to look after. After a while, this egg hatches, revealing a dinosaur like monster. Very small at first, it soon starts to grow and David and his fried Chris release it into the lake on Hamstead Heath. 2 crooks are after the creature to money though...This monster movie makes a change from others as the monster doesn't grow into a giant and go on the rampage, as in a lot of other movies in this period.Monster of Highgate Ponds is a good way to spend an hour one evening. Great fun.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

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