The Monolith Monsters – ABC Film Challenge – Horror – M – Monolith Monsters – Movie Review
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Director: John Sherwood
Writer: Norman Jolley, Robert M Fresco (Screenplay)
Writer: Jack Arnold (Story)
Cast
- Grant Williams (The Incredible Shrinking Man)
- Lola Albright (Lord Love a Duck)
- Les Tremayne (North by Northwest)
- Trevor Bardette (The Deerslayer)
- Phil Harvey
Plot: Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
Runtime: 1 Hour 17 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Monolith Monsters starts when a meteor lands in the desert. A local man Ben (Harvey) takes a piece home to study, calling in journalist Dave Miller (Williams). The morning after Ben is fold solid as a rock. Meanwhile, school teacher Cathy Barrett (Albright) sees one of her students find a rock, leading to her home having disastrous effects.
Professor Flanders (Bardette) is called in to help, teaming up with Dave and Cathy to understand what is going on. As the rocks keep growing leaving a path of destruction behind them.
Verdict on The Monolith Monsters
The Monolith Monster is a sci-fi horror that jumps at the chance to use the unknowns from space. It uses the idea of a meteor bringing an unknown substance to the planet, causing destruction. With a race against time to stop it from causing mass destruction on the planet.
In the 1950s one of the biggest fears in the world was threats from space. This uses that idea like many others for the era to bring the horror out. It is created well and comes from one of the more harmless approaches to contact. A growing lifeform. This might not look as breath-taking as flying saucers or enlarged animals. But it does bring a fresh threat that many people would consider.
Final Thoughts – The Monolith Monsters is a fun sci-fi horror movie fitting the era perfectly.
