(some SPOILERS)
The second expedition to an isolated island begins to meet the same deadly fate as the first -- not only do their shipmates and fellow scientists keep disappearing (and appearing, headless), but the island they are stranded on is sinking into the sea. The cause of it all is the title crab monsters -- huge telepathic creatures of the deep!
A memorable cast including Russell Johnson ("the professor" of TV's "Gilligan's Island") and Mel Welles as a frenchman.
Within the space of its 60 or so minute running time, it manages to introduce a love melodrama (the "star" trio) and some nice monster/human confrontations. The fact that the crabs speak to the surviving humans with the voices and personalities of their dead friends is creepy and amusing (Mel Welles makes a great crab monster).
A memorable cheapie from Corman and Griffith, in which he broadens the scope of the gruesome comedy that is his trademark.
The second expedition to an isolated island begins to meet the same deadly fate as the first -- not only do their shipmates and fellow scientists keep disappearing (and appearing, headless), but the island they are stranded on is sinking into the sea. The cause of it all is the title crab monsters -- huge telepathic creatures of the deep!
A memorable cast including Russell Johnson ("the professor" of TV's "Gilligan's Island") and Mel Welles as a frenchman.
Within the space of its 60 or so minute running time, it manages to introduce a love melodrama (the "star" trio) and some nice monster/human confrontations. The fact that the crabs speak to the surviving humans with the voices and personalities of their dead friends is creepy and amusing (Mel Welles makes a great crab monster).
A memorable cheapie from Corman and Griffith, in which he broadens the scope of the gruesome comedy that is his trademark.