Beginning of the End1957
“New thrills! New shocks! New terror!”
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
The premise
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
Horror Vault's take
When a small Illinois town is found devastated without explanation, a tenacious reporter teams up with a government scientist whose radiation research may hold a disturbing key to the mystery. What they uncover is far bigger — and far more terrifying — than either anticipated. With a ravenous swarm bearing down on Chicago, the military scrambles for any solution that can stop the unstoppable. This 1957 creature feature delivers classic Cold War-era anxiety wrapped in giant-bug mayhem.
Content: Giant Insect Violence, Mass Destruction Sequences, Mild Peril
Cast
Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson
Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson
Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Tom Sturgeon
Richard Benedict
Cpl. Mathias
James Seay
Capt. James Barton
John Close
Maj. Everett
Don C. Harvey
State Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. Blake
Roadblock Sergeant
Eilene Janssen
William's Date
Hylton Socher
Frank, grainary platoon soldier
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