The Monolith Monsters

1957

Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 45% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 4448 4.4K

small town california meteor dam black and white scientist

Director

John Sherwood Photo
John Sherwood

Top cast

Trevor Bardette Photo
Trevor Bardette as Prof. Arthur Flanders
Les Tremayne Photo
Les Tremayne as Martin Cochrane
Richard H. Cutting Photo
Richard H. Cutting as Dr. E.J. Reynolds
Claudia Bryar Photo
Claudia Bryar as Mrs.Simpson
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710.37 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 17 min
Seeds 1
1.29 GB
1920*1036
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 17 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Hitchcoc 6 / 10

Danger! Falling Rocks!

I always try to catch this movie when I can. When you run out of lizards and spiders and ants and octopus tentacles, is there another horror that you can unleash on the world. Yes, it's black rock crystals from outer space. At least I think they are black since the movie is in black and white. They grow fast, rise to an enormous height, and then fall over, crushing everything in their path. This sounds so stupid, yet the movie isn't all that bad. There is the obligatory scientist, the police officer, the young woman, and the small town in the path. What can they do? Can they outwit these rocks? As is usually the case, there is something that these things are vulnerable to. Now, can we deliver the goods and stop them. I have so much affection for these B science fiction movies that I just can't help myself. One thing about this one is that it has never been copied. Maybe it's time for Peter Jackson to do the new Monolith Monsters.
Reviewed by jamesrupert2014 7 / 10

Clever, inventive B-film

A meteorite crashes into the desert, fragments of which absorb silica when wet, attaining colossal proportions before crashing down on whatever lies in their 'downhill' path. I'm no geologist but I suspect that the petrology underpinning the plot is a bit sketchy, but nevertheless, the film is an original, well-made (for the budget) 'nature-run-wild' adventure. The 'monsters' are unique in that they are simply a natural phenomenon, and refreshingly, are played that way (there is none of the anthropomorphising the undercut the similar premise in "The Magnetic Monster" (1953)). The desert locale (typical of a Jack Arnold story) is well used, and the script and acting are fine (for the genre), although most of the 'comic relief' falls a bit flat (an exception being the scene with the weather forecaster, which is amusing). The special effects and miniature work is quite good as the towering crystals fall on the buildings and even the bargain-basement 'chemistry' scenes are reasonably effective. The sub-plot about people getting turned to stone is a bit far-fetched (even within context) but provides an opportunity to see a vintage 'iron-lung' at work. Definitely one of the better science-fiction 'B' movies to come out of the 1950's, and perhaps the most imaginative.
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