The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 3m.
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 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.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Roger CormanDirector
- Charles B. GriffithScreenplay
- Ronald SteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard GarlandDale Drewer
- Pamela DuncanDr. Martha 'Marti' Hunter
- Russell JohnsonHank Chapman
- Leslie BradleyDr. Karl Weigand
- Mel WellesJules Deveroux
- Richard H. CuttingDr. James Carson
- Beach DickersonSeaman Ron Fellows
- Tony MillerSeaman Jack Sommers
- Ed NelsonEnsign Quinlan
- Charles B. GriffithSeaman Mac, wears sunglasses
- Maitland StuartDiving-double for male cast
- Robin RileyDiving-double for Pamela Duncan
Stills
Movies like Attack of the Crab Monsters
Themes
islandradiationdecapitationcrabmaroonedscientistsevered handscientist herounderground caverngiant crabmysterious eventsscientist heroine