Attack of the Crab Monsters1957
“From the depths of the sea... A TIDAL WAVE OF TERROR!”
Directed by Roger Corman
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
When a team of scientists arrives on a remote Pacific island to investigate the aftermath of nuclear testing, they quickly find themselves cut off from the outside world with no way home. Something massive and intelligent lurks beneath the surface, and it has no intention of letting them leave. Roger Corman's lean, low-budget creature feature channels Cold War atomic anxiety into relentless, escalating dread. The island itself becomes a shrinking trap as the threat grows more cunning with every encounter.
Content: Decapitation, Severed Limb Imagery, Creature Violence
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Cast
Richard Garland
Dale Drewer
Pamela Duncan
Dr. Martha 'Marti' Hunter
Russell Johnson
Hank Chapman
Leslie Bradley
Dr. Karl Weigand
Mel Welles
Jules Deveroux
Richard H. Cutting
Dr. James Carson
Beach Dickerson
Seaman Ron Fellows
Tony Miller
Seaman Jack Sommers
Ed Nelson
Ensign Quinlan
Charles B. Griffith
Seaman Mac, wears sunglasses
Maitland Stuart
Diving-double for male cast
Robin Riley
Diving-double for Pamela Duncan
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