Attack of the Crab Monsters
“From the depths of the sea... A TIDAL WAVE OF TERROR!”
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Researchers on an island encounter enormous crabs with an unexpected talent for conversation. The earnest scientific chatter and cumbersome monsters turn a tiny production into a remarkably ambitious argument against combining nuclear experiments with the seafood course.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 8/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 8/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“The crab has eaten your colleague and would now like a word.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 78
Synopsis and movie facts
A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes. The team soon discovers that the tests have given rise to crabs mutated into intelligent, impervious, telepathic giants intent on increasing their numbers by breeding, then travelling to populated areas to feed, and which do not intend to be stopped by their discoverers.
- Released
- 1957
- Directed by
- Roger Corman
- Running time
- 63 min
Starring
- Richard Garland as Dale Drewer
- Pamela Duncan as Dr. Martha 'Marti' Hunter
- Russell Johnson as Hank Chapman
- Leslie Bradley as Dr. Karl Weigand
- Mel Welles as Jules Deveroux
- Richard H. Cutting as Dr. James Carson
- Beach Dickerson as Seaman Ron Fellows
- Tony Miller as Seaman Jack Sommers
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