MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD - DVD-MIDNITE MOVIES

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• Release Year: 1957
• Genre: Horror, Science-Fiction
• Plot: Creeping dread! Crawling terror! Oozing fear! The local beaches go from fun-filled swim-fest to horrifying slugfest when a horde of gargantuan vampire snails ooze their way into the water supply - and threaten to suck the life out of mankind! Packed with nerve-jangling 'suspense and excitement' (Variety), this slimy sci-fi thriller delivers 'superior monster action' (VideoHound's Movie Guide) that'll pull the most hardened sci-fi cynic right out of his shell!; ; Lieutenant John Twillinger thinks he's seen it all - until an earthquake under the Salton Sea unearths a horrifying nest of prehistoric killer crustaceans. Giant, terrifying and with a hunger for human flesh, the beasts begin feeding on the locals, unleashing a shocking reign of murderous mollusk mayhem. Can Twillinger do anything to stop their spread? Or will the human race be forever left in the snails' slimy wake?
• Cast: Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Barbara Darrow, Max Showalter, Harlan Warde, Gordon Jones, Mimi Gibson, Marjorie Stapp, Jody McCrea, Wallace Earl Laven, Robert Benevides, John Carlyle, John Close, Michael Dugan, William Forrest, Gil Frye, Dan Gachman, Joseph Hamilton, Charles Herbert, Shep Houghton, Byron Kane, Dennis McCarthy, David McMahon, Milton Parsons, Sarah Selby, William Swan, Hal Taggart, Charles Tannen, Dale Van Sickel, Mack Williams, Arnold Laven, David Duncan, Pat Fielder
• Director: Arnold Laven
• Runtime: 1:23
• Company: MGM / UA
• Media Format: Movie