Attack of the Crab Monsters

Rating: **/*****, or 5/10

Typical Roger Corman quickie from the fifties, obviously shot on a shoestring budget in very little time, designed to simply cash in on the popularity of science fiction films in that era. On a remote island in the Pacific, a group of scientists is confronted by intelligent giant crabs who have been mutated by nuclear experiments in the area. A typical 'terrestrial creature' flick about man's folly in testing nuclear weaponry and nature out for revenge for this transgression by sending monsters created by man's messing around with her secrets to correct the error. The crabs actually look pretty decent considering the small amount of money spent on their design. A really fun, campy movie if you know what you're getting yourself into, with little pretension of being anything beyond that.

Starring: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson

Directed by Roger Corman

USA: Los Altos Productions, 1957