The Monolith Monsters

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Daniel C. M Very fun "creature" feature with amazing effects. Recommended view for every lover of this type of movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review Ted B 3.5 stars; I can remember seeing this movie as a kid and thinking it was very silly—rocks multiplying. What a concept! Now, watching this movie as an adult, I can appreciate a certain level of sophistication in this movie in the 1950s science fiction genre. There was an actual attempt to incorporate science, as it was understood then, into a drive-in-level film. I like the technique of using the innocence of a very young girl in shock to amp up the mystery of what was terrorizing the town. The same technique was used in "Them." Given the low budget of these films, I'm surprised more film aficionados aren't as appreciative of the 1950s science-fiction genre. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/09/24 Full Review Evan D A very creative premise for a science fiction movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/19/23 Full Review Monsol E I love that the concept for this is just "rocks are multiplying" and they made it into an interesting and tense story, with some nice destruction. I really enjoyed this one! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review georgan g Very unique plot with "scientific" rationale. Special effects weren't the high point, but still acceptable for 1957. Same lead actor as in The Incredible Shrinking Man. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Just as the town is overwhelmed by the monsters, the movie itself sinks quickly into trite B-movie time-filler. Things start out promising enough. Beautiful desert surrounding a town as we meet the people, see a meteor fall. There's a deceptively simple yet brilliantly done scene, full of fateful foreshadowing, with a child talking with her teacher on a field trip. When the scientist and his lady (Grant Williams and Lola Albright) race to the girl's house later that night, it's downright spooky and near horrifying. But after these scenes, it's lots of ineffective second-banana actors talking endlessly about science that we know isn't real, since gigantic crystallized monsters don't really overwhelm towns. Grant Williams shows the powerful acting he did in "The Incredible Shrinking Man" was no fluke. Lola Albright is achingly beautiful and believable early on, but she's increasingly called on to portray emotions she can't quite do. What seems to be a lack of experience on her part is exposed, sacrificing believability. Things seem to be done in more of a hurry the longer the movie goes on. The biggest monster they could not defeat is there just wasn't enough material to pad it out to a full-length show. There's too many talking scenes and too little action, delivering the death blow to this science fiction film's hopes. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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