Attack of the Crab Monsters

4.8/10 from 19 votes

Director: Roger Corman

Date of release: 10 Feb 1957

Description

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.

Extra

Budget	70000 $
Runtime	62 minute
Producer	Allied Artists Pictures Los Altos Productions
Language	English
Themes	independent film scientist island b movie decapitation underground cavern marooned scientist hero giant crab scientist heroine radiation-created monster weapons-resistant shell
Actors	Leslie Bradley Russell Johnson Mel Welles Ed Nelson Richard Garland Beach Dickerson Tony Miller Richard H. Cutting Pamela Duncan Charles B. Griffith Maitland Stuart