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The Monster That Challenged the World

"A new kind of terror to numb the nerves!"

Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

Top Cast

  • Tim Holt

    Tim Holt

    Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger

  • Audrey Dalton

    Audrey Dalton

    Gail MacKenzie

  • Hans Conried

    Hans Conried

    Dr. Jess Rogers

  • Barbara Darrow

    Barbara Darrow

    Jody Simms

  • Max Showalter

    Max Showalter

    Dr. Tad Johns

  • Harlan Warde

    Harlan Warde

    Lt. Robert 'Clem' Clemens

  • Gordon Jones

    Gordon Jones

    Sheriff Josh Peters

  • Mimi Gibson

    Mimi Gibson

    Sandy MacKenzie

  • Marjorie Stapp

    Marjorie Stapp

    Connie Blake

Overview

Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

Rating

5.6 / 10
54 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    6 Sep 6, 2014

    Instant TERROR......just add water! An earthquake out in the Salton Sea awakens the creeping dread, gigantic vampire water snails are on the loose and they are hungry for human fluid! Just about the right side of good, The Monster Who Challenge The World holds up well because of the well constructed creatures and a bit of care and attention to the boffin discussions. Far too many 50s creature features just used a basic premise of creatures obliterating mankind because they were in an odd mood, but much like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, this picture at least takes time to give us a bit of a nature heartbeat to help us understand the methods of a mollusc, and that alone should be applauded, so we learn while we have fun so to speak. The cast ooze B-movie standards, and that is in no way a bad thing here, whilst the Catalina Island locale sequences are pretty nifty to help salt the beef as it were! Good honest fun that isn't short on creepiness, and top marks to the makers for introducing a very ingenious creature to a truly wonderful genre. 6/10

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