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.
Attack of the Crab Monsters has generally received mixed reviews.
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Attack of the Crab Monsters was released in 1957 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 46 reviews, giving Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) an average rating of 43%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 59%. Professional critics were more impressed with Attack of the Crab Monsters than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 43%, Attack of the Crab Monsters is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1957, which stands at 60%.
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