Attack of the Crab Monsters

1185-poster
release date November 30 1956
studio Allied Artists
director Roger Corman
writer Charles B. Griffith
starring Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson, Leslie Bradley
tagline From the depths of the sea... a tidal wave of terror!

Synopsis

A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane explodes. The team soon discovers that the island has been taken over by crabs that have mutated into enormous, intelligent monsters. To add to their problems, the island is slowly sinking into the ocean. Will any of them manage to escape?

Official Review

When a team of scientists disappears while investigating radioactive fallout from nuclear tests on an uncharted Pacific atoll, a second team visits the island to determine what happened. Soon these intrepid explorers are besieged by earthquakes and giant mutant crabs – and tormented at night by the disembodied voices of their fallen comrades. …Read More

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Official Score: 2.5 / 5