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"Whiskey and soda mix, not whiskey and science." This statement is heard early in the cult classic, The Hideous Sun Demon , and this episode's Grue Crew doesn't buy it for a second. Join Chad Hunt, Joseph Perry, and Jeff Mohr as they study the statement's validity and have a ball along the way with The Hideous Sun Demon (1958). Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 41 – The Hideous Sun Demon (1958) Dr. Gilbert McKenna has "an accident" when he is handling highly radioactive material while suffering from a hangover. Gil seems to quickly recover, but when exposed to direct sunlight, he rapidly transforms into the hideous sun demon. Gil's doctor prescribes avoiding the sun's rays, but for a guy like Gil, that's not as easy as it sounds. When the sun is down, Gil restlessly cavorts about town and encounters the beautiful Trudy ( Nan Peterson ) who is singing and playing air-piano at a rundown nightspot. Unfortunately, he also runs into her thuggish boyfriend George ( Peter Similuk ), who proves to be a problem. While all this is happening, Gil's coworkers, Ann (Patricia Manning) and Dr. Buckell ( Patrick Whyte ), work to find a cure for Gil's newly acquired condition. A low budget creature feature inspired by the financial success of The Astounding She-Monster (1957), The Hideous Sun Demon is the brainchild of Robert Clarke who produces, directs, co-writes, and plays the lead in the film. Primary writers of the screenplay are E. S. Seeley Jr . and Doane R. Hoag . Your Grue Crew wasn't sure what to expect with The Hideous Sun Demon , but it turned out to be a barrel of fun, despite its low-budget related flaws. Jeff points out Clarke's extensive use of family members in bit parts on the film. Chad feels it was like watching two different movies; one a fairly standard, radiation-created creature feature and the other, a noirish story complete with brutish thugs and a femme fatale. Joseph agrees that at times, it seems like Nan Peterson was channeling Marilyn Monroe w
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