Review of The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) by Gregory W — 05 Oct 2009

Despite the misleading title (the monsters never really challenge much more than a single Naval base), this is actually a pretty fun '50s monster flick. It's worth the price of admission just to see the astoundingly copious amounts of something that they try to pass off as a sort of digestive fluid, but which looks really, really wrong on camera. Seriously, couldn't they have picked a better color than -white- for the globs of fluid the monsters tend to leave near their victims? Ah, the '50s truly were a more innocent time...

But apart from the fact that the monsters seemed to be trying out for the next "Feast" movie, there's a lot to like here. The monsters actually look pretty impressive for the time, (not so much the mannequins they used for the dead bodies, but I digress), and the performances provide plenty of fodder for the MST3K crowd. If you have any love for the genre of '50s giant animal sci-fi movies, and you're tired of seeing iguanas with fins glued to their backs, check this one out. You'll be glad you did.