The Monster That Challenged the World

1957

1h 24m

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5.6/10

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Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

Directors

Arnold Laven

Writers

David Duncan(story by)

Pat Fielder(screenplay by)

Stars

Tim Holt

Audrey Dalton

Hans Conried

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Tim Holt

Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger

Gail MacKenzie

Dr. Jess Rogers

Jody Simms

Dr. Tad Johns

Lt. Robert 'Clem' Clemens

Sheriff Josh Peters

Sandy MacKenzie

Connie Blake

Seaman Fred Johnson

Sally

George Blake (lab assistant)

Sarah Selby

Mrs. Simms

Milton Parsons

Lewis Clark Dobbs

Charles Tannen

Seaman Wyatt (Radioman)

Robert Benevides

Seaman Morty Beatty

John Carlyle

Monster Victim

John Close

Deputy Larry

Directors

Arnold Laven

Writers

David Duncan(story by)

Pat Fielder(screenplay by)

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Instant TERROR......just add water! An earthquake out in the Salton Sea awakens the creeping dread, gigantic vampire water snails are on the loose and they are hungry for human fluid! Just about the right side of good, The Monster Who Challenge The World holds up well because of the well constructed creatures and a bit of care and attention to the boffin discussions. Far too many 50s creature features just used a basic premise of creatures obliterating mankind because they were in an odd mood, but much like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, this picture at least takes time to give us a bit of a nature heartbeat to help us understand the methods of a mollusc, and that alone should be applauded, so we learn while we have fun so to speak. The cast ooze B-movie standards, and that is in no way a bad thing here, whilst the Catalina Island locale sequences are pretty nifty to help salt the beef as it were! Good honest fun that isn't short on creepiness, and top marks to the makers for introducing a very ingenious creature to a truly wonderful genre. 6/10

John Chard06 Sep, 2014