Ymir is the main antagonist of the 1957 American science-fiction/horror film 20 Million Miles to Earth.
A crashed United States rocket is found to contain an infant creature, which escapes captivity and begins to grow to enormous sizes.
Appearance
Ymir is a large humanoid creature with a muscular frame and a long sauropod-like tail. Its face is similar to both an ape and a fish, with a pronounced muzzle, hanging jowls, small eyes, and a fin-like crest on its head.
Powers and Abilities
Ymir possesses the following powers and abilities:
- Enormous size
- Superhuman strength
- Sharp teeth
- Claws
- Accelerated growth
Fate
After being shot with a bazooka, Ymir falls to its death off the Roman Colosseum.
Trivia
- The name "Ymir" refers to the father of all jötnar from Norse mythology.
- For the climax in the fight against a Roman zoo elephant, they used a real elephant at first, then started using a puppet.