what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

After the first team go missing without trace a second team of scientist visit a Pacific island, investigating the effects of nuclear radiation, but encounter giant, intelligent, speaking (yes, I did say speaking!) crabs! A Roger Corman cheapie this is so bad that it's actually rather good fun. The crabs are the stars here. Couple of gory moments, a headless corpse and a man with a severed hand. The sets and some of the actors look familiar, no doubt from other Corman flicks.

A team of scientists travel to a remote island; part of their mission is to examine the effects of atomic fallout, the other part is to find out what happened to a previous expedition. As it happens, the island is destructing a bit at a time, and the title menace soon makes itself known. To make matters worse, their adversaries actually taunt them, in an interesting way.You could usually count on legendary maverick Roger Corman to try to make something out of nothing. Working in his typical fast and economical style, he manages the creation of some decent atmosphere. A large part of the appeal lies in the screenplay by frequent Corman collaborator Charles B. Griffith (who also plays a small role), which comes up with some entertaining story twists. Use of locations (including those oh so familiar Bronson Caves) is excellent, as is the engaging schlock movie score by the always reliable Ronald Stein. Corman gets off to a good start, coming up with another of his visually intriguing opening credits sequences. The special effects are as low tech as one could imagine. They're not exactly convincing, but that doesn't make them any less fun to watch.The script is a little talky, but there is good suspense. The action is rather rushed, especially in the abrupt finale. Corman gets fine performances out of his intrepid cast. Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell "The Professor" Johnson, Leslie Bradley, Mel Welles, and Richard H. Cutting play our imperiled scientists. Beach Dickerson and Ed Nelson, two other familiar faces from Corman movies of this period, also appear.Solid entertainment for devotees of the 1950s monster movie.Seven out of 10.

Exactly what you'd expect from a Roger Corman cheapie circa 1957. Lousy special effects, awkward dialog, stiff acting and yet still plenty of entertainment. A group of military and science types descend upon an island in the south Pacific to try and determine why a prior party of investigators went missing. What they encounter turn out to be the title characters...not so convincing crabs who've grown to massive sizes thanks to some radiation fallout. At 62 minutes it's impossible for the film to be dull for even a second and there are plenty of cheap thrills (and laughs) as Corman's cast is picked off one by one. Richard Garland, Russell Johnson and sexy Pamela Duncan are the leads. Corman regular Mel Welles plays a French botanist(!) and producer/screenwriter Charles B. Griffith has a role as a navy seaman. Floyd Crobsy, who shot everything from HIGH NOON to HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI was the cinematographer.

When I gave into this movie... I wasn't really sure what the hell I was thinking. Oh wait, I was. Talking crabs that have some weird super-intellectual brain! Sounds hilarious, doesn't it? Well, it is! Made of paper maché and aluminum, the crabs really look completely retarded! I bet they couldn't even hold themselves from laughter! That's what makes this movie such a lot of fun. Well... almost. The huge and unavoidable flaw of this movie is the acting. It's so bland and emotionless that it's entirely impossible NOT to get annoyed of it! Seriously, I know it's a low budget film, but "The Hideous Sun Demon" was low budget too and they had at least a great lead actor! Now, in THIS movie, there's not a single good actor. Well, that will say, if you out- count the voice actor for the crabs, 'cause he was awesome! Not a movie I recommend at all, just see it for the crabs, skip the "acting"-parts.