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Roger Corman directed this big-crab classic in which a crew of scientists investigates a nuclear fallout-stricken atoll in the Pacific. There isn't a sign of life on the island, but the researchers hear voices calling to them at night, and when they investigate they are promptly clawed and eaten. It seems these gigantic mutant crabs absorb the intelligence of their victims and can speak in their voices. Russell Johnson (the Professor from GILLIGAN'S ISLAND) is a demolition expert who manages to fall in love with betrothed biologist Martha Hunter (Pamela Duncan) before the crab business gets too critical, which isn't long. Mel Welles, Leslie Bradley, and Richard Garland costar as concerned scientists and future brain food. Corman works efficiently from an intelligent script by Charles B. Griffith, achieving a brisk pace that masks the low budget. Beach Dickerson and Ed Nelson are sailors who get eaten (they also operate the crabs for Corman, and in some scenes their legs are visible). This is a fun early example of the "pick 'em off one by one" mode of horror storytelling that would later be adopted in such films as ALIEN and FRIDAY THE 13TH.Product Identifiers
UPC0086624401546
eBay Product ID (ePID)3335260
Product Key Features
GenreHorror, Horror/Suspense
DirectorRoger Corman, Roger William Corman
Movie/TV TitleAttack of the Crab Monsters
RatingNR
Leading RolePamela Duncan, Richard Garland
Signal StandardNTSC
Additional Product Features
FormatVhs
Release Date19960101