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Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
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10 February 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
From the depths of the sea... a tidal wave of terror!Plot:
People are trapped on a shrinking island by intelligent, brain-eating giant crabs. Roger Corman directs. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Trash meets academia! (From Twitch. 2 June 2009, 4:27 AM, PDT)
Details on new Roger Corman documentary
(From Fangoria. 22 October 2008, 9:36 AM, PDT)
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A perennial favourite of all B movie buffs. moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Richard Garland | ... | Dale Drewer | |
| Pamela Duncan | ... | Dr. Martha 'Marti' Hunter | |
| Russell Johnson | ... | Hank Chapman | |
| Leslie Bradley | ... | Dr. Karl Weigand | |
| Mel Welles | ... | Jules Deveroux | |
| Richard H. Cutting | ... | Dr. James Carson | |
| Beach Dickerson | ... | Seaman Ron Fellows | |
| Tony Miller | ... | Seaman Jack Sommers | |
| Ed Nelson | ... | Ensign Quinlan | |
| Maitland Stuart | ... | Seaman Mac | |
| Charles B. Griffith | ... | Seaman Tate | |
| Robin Riley | |||
| Doug Robberts |
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Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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Russell Johnson broke his toe while splashing around in the water during one scene. Due to the low budget of the film, director Roger Corman had a stage tech tape up Johnson's toe and immediately ordered him back in the water to finish the scene. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Deveroux calls out to the first team upon arriving at the island, the echo does not match what he shouts. moreQuotes:
Martha Hunter: But Doctor, that theory doesn't explain why Jules' and Carson's minds have turned against us.Dale Drewer: Preservation of the species. Once they were men. Now they are land crabs.
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Whether Roger Corman likes it or not this is one of the movies he will always be remembered for. Radiation gets the blame again and spawns mutant crabs who can walk forward (something no real crab can do), talk, and absorb the brains of the people they eat. These ambitious soft shelled terrors want to conquer the world and digest the brains of several scientists to gain the know-how to do that. Believe me, a giant crab with a PHd. is a dangerous thing! Corman's usual stock company does very well here. Mel Welles and Leslie Bradley sport believeable accents, Richard Garland and Pamela Duncan (both of whom would be in THE UNDEAD the same year) are a fine couple, Russell Johnson is great and Beech Dickerson is the comedy relief. If we can believe Ed Nelson, he is the one who was under the giant crab and he also dimly recalled Jack Nicholson hanging around the location pestering Roger for something to do so maybe Jack was helping move the crab around too. Gore is non existant (it was 1957 for cryin' out loud!) except for a decapitation at the start of the film (interestingly (symbolically?) the victim is Charles Griffith who wrote the screenplay). Can I get serious for a moment now? Would someone get in touch with Roger and get him to round up the cast members who are still alive and release this on DVD with an audio commentary track? There IS a market for this movie out there and a 45th anniversary edition would, in my opinion, sell very well. Roger . . .er . . .Mr. Corman, if perchance you should read this, get in touch with me.