USA, 1957
62m
black and white, 1.37:1 (original ratio); 1.78:1
mono (Westrex Recording System), English
An American science fiction film directed by Roger Corman.
Plot Summary
A group of scientists on a remote Pacific island discover that radiation has transformed crabs into monsters.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Roger Corman
© MCMLVII [1957] by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Allied Artists Pictures Corporation presents; Los Altos, Inc. *
Produced by: Roger Corman
Associate Producer: Charles B. Griffith
Screenplay by: Charles Griffith
Photographer: Floyd Crosby
Film Editor: Charles Gross Jr
Music by: Ronald Stein
Sound: Bob Post *
Ryder Sound
Make-up: Curly Batson
Underwater Locations: Marineland of the Pacific
Cast
Richard Garland (Dale Drewer)
Pamela Duncan (Martha Hunter)
Russell Johnson (Hank Chapman)
Leslie Bradley (Dr Karl Weigand)
Mel Welles (Jules Deveroux)
Richard Cutting (Dr James Carson)
Beech Dickerson (Ron Fellows)
Tony Miller (Jack Summers)
Ed Nelson (Ensign Quinlan[/crab monster])
Maitland Stuart
Charles B. Griffith (Tate, dying seaman)
Robin Riley
Doug Roberts
Alternative Titles
L’assalto dei granchi gigantic – Italy
Atak potwornych krabów – Poland
El ataque de los cangrejos gigantes – Spain, Venezuela
Ataque de los monstruos – Mexico
O Ataque dos Caranguejos Gigantes – Portugal
L’Attaque des crabes géants – France
A rákszörnyek támadása – Hungary
Links
Extracts included in
Cheezy Fantasy Trailers (2006)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four (2015)
First Works (1989)
The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Monsterama Sci-Fi Late Night Creature Feature Show Vol. 1 (1996)
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)
Quake (1993)
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
Slaughter Studios (2002)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.6 p.5
- Daily Film Renter no.7392 (30 May 1957) p.5
- Delirium no.25 (2020) p.10 – short review (Corman’s greatest creatures by Chris Alexander)
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2599 (6 June 1957) p.17
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.24 no.282 (July 1957) p.86
- Motion Picture Herald vol.206 no.13 (30 March 1957) p.322
- Scary Monsters no.1 (October 1991) pp.4-5 – illustrated article (Attack of the Crab Monsters)
- Supernatural no.1 (January 1969) p.29 – note (Round the cinema’s zoo of horrors with Supernaturalist)
- Today’s Cinema vol.88 no.7787 (30 May 1957) p.6
- Variety 20 March 1957
Books
- The Allied Artists Checklist by Len D. Martin p.7-8 – credits, synopsis, note
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.155
- Escape Velocity by Bradley Schauer pp.60, 88-89
- Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures by Mark Thomas McGee pp.36; 76
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.144 no.2 (18 March 1957) p.3
- Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.31 – credits
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.27
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.108-109 – illustrated credits, review
- The Illustrated Dinosaur Movie Guide by Stephen Jones p.45 – credits, review
- Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick p.49
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.20 – credits
- Roger Corman: The Best of the Cheap Acts by Mark Thomas McGee pp.91-94 – notes
