Attack of the Crab Monsters
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| Directed by | Roger Corman |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | Charles B. Griffith |
| Starring | Richard Garland Pamela Duncan Russell Johnson |
| Music by | Ronald Stein |
| Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
| Edited by | Charles Gross |
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Allied Artists
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| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
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62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70,000 |
| Box office | $1 million (est.) |
Attack of the Crab Monsters is a 1957 independently made American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, produced and directed by Roger Corman (via his Los Altos Productions), that stars Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan and Russell Johnson. The film was distributed by Allied Artists on a double bill with another Corman feature, Not of This Earth.
Attack of the Crab Monsters concerns a second scientific expedition that is sent to a remote Pacific island to discover what happened to the scientists of the first. Unknown to them when they arrive, the island is inhabited by a mating pair of two radiation-mutated intelligent giant crabs that consumed the first expedition. The giants are also slowly undermining the geology of the island, causing it to fall away, piece by piece, into the ocean.
A group of scientists and some sailors land on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. They are searching for a previous expedition that disappeared without a trace, and to continue their research on the effects of radiation from the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests on the island's plant and sea life.
Soon after their arrival, a sailor, Tate (Charles B. Griffith), falls in the water and is killed.
The scientists on the expedition are led by Dr. Karl Weigand (Leslie Bradley), and also include geologist James Carson (Richard H. Cutting) and biologists Jules Deveroux (Mel Welles), Martha Hunter (Duncan) and Dale Drewer (Garland). Their party also includes technician and handyman Hank Chapman (Johnson).
Several sailors are left behind to conduct demolition, while others, including Ensign Quinlan (Ed Nelson), attempt to return to the mainland, but their seaplane explodes. The scientists are unable to report what happened due to a storm; they decide to stay on the island and continue their research. They read journal entries written by the previous scientific team, which mention killer worm creatures.
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