Nessie (unmade film)

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Nessie
Advance poster created for the film
Alternate titles Nessie: The Loch Ness Monster
Planned 1976-1979
Concept history None

Nessie (ネッシー,   Nesshī) is an unmade 1979 Toho and Hammer film.

Plot

The Loch Ness Monster appears in the Pacific Ocean, where it begins attacking and sinking ships.

History

Nessie was a Toho co-production with the British film studio, Hammer, famous for their horror films from the 1930's onward. The film was first proposed back in 1976, but it was continually delayed to 1978. Toho included the film in their 1978 lineup and even released an advance poster, however by 1979 the film was scrapped.

According to the poster, the film would have been directed by Bryan Forbes, with Teruyoshi Nakano as special effects director and David Frost, Euan Lloyd, Michael Carreras, and Tomoyuki Tanaka as producers. Columbia Pictures and David Paradine Productions were also involved in producing the film. A 250-page script for the film had even been completed by the time it was cancelled.

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Trivia

  • It has been long rumored that a Loch Ness Monster prop created for this film was later reused by Teruyoshi Nakano as the Dragon for the film Princess from the Moon in 1987. However, Nessie was cancelled almost a decade before Princess from the Moon was released, and no mention of a prop being reused for the film is made in any official books.

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