Review of Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) by Christopher H — 06 Apr 2012
For a second-rate creature feature, "Attack of the Crab Monsters" manages to be a decently entertaining watch if viewed on a lazy afternoon. The film was directed by Roger Corman, who directed 55 movies in his career along with producing around 400, most of the film's he worked on were very low-budget B-movies such as this one.
Originally released as a double bill with another Corman sci-fi feature "Not of this Earth", the film has very bare-bones production value but juggles enough interesting ideas (such as the crabs absorbing the knowledge of it's victims) to make it respectably entertaining on it's own right.
The acting is pretty standard for the character archetypes each one of the them is assigned to and the screenplay contains some really silly science but the film moves at such an efficient pace that it never fails to keep the viewers attention.
The effects for the giant crabs are very cheap-looking and cheesy, which is probably why the movie sticks to mostly showing their arms or showing the whole crab in quick-edit shots. Overall, it is a decently entertaining 50's creature feature, but not the best.
This review of Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) was written by Christopher H on 06 Apr 2012.
Attack of the Crab Monsters has generally received mixed reviews.
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