Review of Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) by Emile H — 01 May 2016

You gotta love some good psychotronic drive- in schlock from the master himself, Roger Corman. This movie actually had some surprising elements too it that I found interesting in the context. While the film is basically a mutated creature feature, it also incorporates some creepy ghost element material that you wouldn't normally think of.

There's also some gore, like heads and hands being cut off. You can just about guess how much money went into most of the elements of this film (ie zero), with the most expensive elements being the crabs themselves, which are hilariously bad puppets with cartoon eyes.

These midnight drive in flicks are fun to watch anyway, but Corman did an excellent job of adding elements that were missing from other by-the-numbers films. If you're looking for a good hour long example of what the lower tier of these films was like (below movies like "Them!") then this would be a good place to start.