Gather round all you hep cats and hep chicks, your groove master DJ Prime is gonna tell you all a little tale about a cool cat by the name of Chase. Now Chase is a good ol' boy who is walking the straight and narrow. He’s 19, works at the local auto garage and is taking a correspondence course to become an engineer. Now Chase is also under a little stress, ya see his little sister had the polio or something like dat and needs some new braces for her little legs, so Chase helps out the best he can at home. Also my main man Chase has a sweetheart who happens to be a French exchange student and her sponsor don't like Chase sniffing around both his and her backdoor, if ya get my meaning, my little cats and kittens. In his spare time Chase like to work on turning his car into a hot rod and likes to write little diddies to sing, and we can all dig that and snap a finger in appreciation.

Now old Chase is having a good old time in his little Texas town until a few of his friends come up a missing, and when Sheriff Jeff needs a helping hand or just some one to rely on he comes to see old Chase who has his finger on the pulse of the teenage world. When a few more friends happen to come up missing and a lot of local livestock disappears, Sheriff Jeff asks our buddy Chase if he still has the book on reptiles. Never one to throw anything away Chase finds the book and him and Sheriff Jeff come to the conclusion that only one thing can be behind all of these foul deeds, a giant Gila monster! Now it is up to Chase and Sheriff Jeff to stop the monster before it ruins the big sock hop, hosted by Steamroller Stan, the DJ with the plan.

I do this to amuse myself o' loyal readers. This flick is bad even for the fifties. Brought to you by the same minds behind The Killer Shrews, we get The Giant Gila Monster. The plot is terrible as Chase basically does everything in town and apparently runs the police force as well, as he does favor after favor for everybody and anybody. Also during this whole film the Sheriff is the most laid back guy I've ever seen as he allows Chase to steal tires and car parts from every wreck in town caused by the Gila monster. Wanna know how you can tell if a wreck has been caused by a giant gila monster? All the tracks veer to the right, yup that and a book on reptiles is how they figure it out.

The Gila monster is just that, a Gila monster that is allowed to run across some miniature landscapes and hide under a miniature bridge. However they do let him claw over some hot wheel cars for the exciting rampage at the sock hop ending, god I love this stuff.

The Giant Gila Monster is worth a look and a laugh, which I got many of, but not much else, but is truly a good bad movie, and Chase is da man.

2 of 10 for cheesy goodness