This is a pretty lacking 50's monster movie from Richard E. Cunha, the man who brought us the schlocktastic female monsters and Nazis trash-fest, She Demons. That latter movie is considerably more entertaining than Giant from the Unknown. The basic premise of the film is reasonable enough though, with archaeologists arriving in a remote cabin town to discover that a 500 year old giant conquistador has been preserved and reanimated by special minerals in the local soil. It just so happens that this giant is a raving lunatic and goes around killing people for no reason other than he is evil, and that's what evil giant reanimated conquistadors do.
I suppose the trouble with the movie is that the title villain only really gets into his stride in the latter stages of the film, the rest being a somewhat unremarkable build-up. While there are some undeniably memorable set-pieces like the final confrontation at the dam, there aren't really enough and the film isn't entertaining in a campy sense either as, to be fair, it's too solidly made and acted to provide many cheap laughs. It's certainly not bottom of the barrel stuff but you might find this one lacking in much entertainment value outwith a few isolated scenes. Fans of 50's sci-fi and horror films might find something of value here mind you, but it is strictly a minor and lower division effort.
I suppose the trouble with the movie is that the title villain only really gets into his stride in the latter stages of the film, the rest being a somewhat unremarkable build-up. While there are some undeniably memorable set-pieces like the final confrontation at the dam, there aren't really enough and the film isn't entertaining in a campy sense either as, to be fair, it's too solidly made and acted to provide many cheap laughs. It's certainly not bottom of the barrel stuff but you might find this one lacking in much entertainment value outwith a few isolated scenes. Fans of 50's sci-fi and horror films might find something of value here mind you, but it is strictly a minor and lower division effort.