Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)

Name: Attack of the Crab Monsters
Director: Roger Corman
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1957
Duration: 1 h 3 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Beach Dickerson, Charles B. Griffith, Ed Nelson, Leslie Bradley, Maitland Stuart

Horror Science Fiction

5.2 (86 votes)

1h 3m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Roger Corman
Writer: Charles B. Griffith
Original Language: English
Budget: $70,000

Cast

Beach Dickerson Charles B. Griffith Ed Nelson Leslie Bradley Maitland Stuart Mel Welles Pamela Duncan Richard Garland Richard H. Cutting Robin Riley Russell Johnson Tony Miller

Keywords

crab decapitation giant crab island marooned missing expedition mysterious events radiation scientist scientist hero scientist heroine severed hand underground cavern