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Attack of the Crab Monsters (Roger Corman 1957)
Director/Producer: Roger Corman
Writer: Charles B. Griffith (screenplay)
Cast: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson
Genre: Mutant Giant Creature Sci-Fi B Movie
About: A group of scientists on a mission to a mysterious island attempt to find the whereabouts of a previous science team that vanished. While there they discover mutant giant crabs who are intelligent. To make matters worse they're trapped on a sinking island.
Review: Hooray for Roger Corman!..The king of B movies
The drive-in movie theaters of the 1950's wouldn't have been the same without him. Roger Corman might very well have produced more films than any one else. His specialty were low budget sci fi and horror films. He shot Attack of the Crab Monsters in only 10 days and for a paltry sum of $70,000. This might best be described as C or D movie, as production values aren't nothing to write home about. But what Corman lacks in quality he makes up with colorful story lines.
What's not to like about a pair of giant mutated crabs, that eat humans and can then talk telepathically in the eaten humans voice! I thought this was a fun way to spend an hour...and you get a babe, a bunch of scientist and the Professor, Russell Johnson from Gillian's Island.
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Attack of the Crab Monsters (Roger Corman 1957)
Writer: Charles B. Griffith (screenplay)
Cast: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson
Genre: Mutant Giant Creature Sci-Fi B Movie
"From the depths of the sea... a tidal wave of terror!"
About: A group of scientists on a mission to a mysterious island attempt to find the whereabouts of a previous science team that vanished. While there they discover mutant giant crabs who are intelligent. To make matters worse they're trapped on a sinking island.
Review: Hooray for Roger Corman!..The king of B movies
The drive-in movie theaters of the 1950's wouldn't have been the same without him. Roger Corman might very well have produced more films than any one else. His specialty were low budget sci fi and horror films. He shot Attack of the Crab Monsters in only 10 days and for a paltry sum of $70,000. This might best be described as C or D movie, as production values aren't nothing to write home about. But what Corman lacks in quality he makes up with colorful story lines. What's not to like about a pair of giant mutated crabs, that eat humans and can then talk telepathically in the eaten humans voice! I thought this was a fun way to spend an hour...and you get a babe, a bunch of scientist and the Professor, Russell Johnson from Gillian's Island.
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