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The Monolith Monsters

The Monolith Monsters

1957Movie⏱️ 1h 17mApproved
DramaHorrorSci-Fi
6.3
IMDB Rating
4,484 votes

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.

Director
John Sherwood
Writers
Norman Jolley, Robert M. Fresco, Jack Arnold
Stars
Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne
Release Date
December 18, 1957
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Grant Williams
Grant Williams
as Dave Miller
Lola Albright
Lola Albright
as Cathy Barrett
Les Tremayne
Les Tremayne
as Martin Cochrane
Trevor Bardette
Trevor Bardette
as Prof. Arthur Flanders
Phil Harvey
Phil Harvey
as Ben Gilbert
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William Flaherty
as Police Chief Dan Corey
👤
Harry Jackson
as Dr. Steve Hendricks
Richard H. Cutting
Richard H. Cutting
as Dr. E.J. Reynolds
👤
Linda Scheley
as Ginny Simpson
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Dean Cromer
as Highway Patrolman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Lucerne Valley, California, USA
Production
Universal International Pictures (UI)

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

KaijuDramaHorrorSci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

One of the Best Sci-Fi 50's "B" Movies !
by PHeath602004-03-07

"Ok you Sci-Fi B Movie Fans! This is an "A" of the "B" movies! It has it all..dialogue with "talk-over" at times that reminds me of "The Thing" and the interplay between characters is terrific. The special effects for this movie are very good, considering the time frame...the plot pretty good, and the actors fair as well. The Plot is pretty typical of the Sci-Fi Movies of the time..there is a town in the middle of the desert, a child who ends up traumatized by her first encounter with the "entity". The female lead is a fairly independent wo..."

💡 Did You Know?

There are really stones known as "trovants" in Romania, that grow, move, and even reproduce. They take in the minerals from the rain after each heavy downpour, which combine with the chemicals already existing in the rock to produce a reaction and pressure within that eventually causes the stone to grow and reproduce.

📖 Synopsis

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.