Island Claws
“Mutant crabs with an urge to kill!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 61, rated by 1 admin.
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A Florida community faces an outbreak of increasingly large land crabs. Much of the film proceeds with surprising composure before the scale of the problem becomes impossible to ignore. The eventual giant-crab confrontation is the reason to invite a patient creature-feature crowd.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 6.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 6.5/10
“A coastal pest problem grows beyond the capacity of any available bucket.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 61
Synopsis and movie facts
A biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight.
- Released
- 1980
- Directed by
- Hernan Cardenas
- Running time
- 90 min
Starring
- Robert Lansing as Moody
- Steve Hanks as Pete Adams
- Nita Talbot as Rosie
- Jo McDonnell as Jan Raines
- Martina Deignan as Lynn
- Barry Nelson as Dr. McNeal
- Tony Rigo as Joe
- Raymond Forchion as Jean
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 126487.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review finds the cast reasonable and the giant-crab confrontation entertainingly absurd.
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