You wonder how they became such top notch scientists because they make a lot of mistakes here. The writing is pretty solid but the characters are all very lacking in common sense.
#ATTACK OF THE GIANT CRAB MONSTERS BOOK MOVIE#
Now, that’s not to say that the movie is perfect of course. I mean, you know foul play was involved from the start but I just wasn’t expecting these mastermind Crabs.
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It’s a pretty intense scene partially because it’s so unexpected. That’s when you hear the guy say “Right here man” in a very calm voice as a giant claw shows up and ends the guy. That should throw up a few red flags right? I mean…what friend would tell you that? Well, the guy goes anyway and does the whole “Where are you” yells while looking around. Now you do have to excuse the fact that this guy isn’t very smart at all since the “friend” is saying a lot of suspicious stuff like coming alone to the abandoned cave in the middle of the night and not to tell anyone. One of the best scenes in the film is when one character goes outside after hearing his friend call out to him. I mean, a giant monster running around blowing people up works well too but I just liked this spin on things. It made the enemies so much more interesting than they would usually be. Once you are absorbed you can say goodbye to being a good guy. They turn these people into their arms of sorts and also get regeneration. So the Crabs have the ability to mimic the people they murder as well as hold onto their memories. There’s even a bit of a mental thriller aspect here. The film has an Invasion of the Bodysnatchers element to it on top of the classic Godzilla action. Here’s where things get pretty interesting. Now it seems like there are ghosts around but there’s actually a great deal of intelligence on the crabs part making it seem that way. One thing that really differentiated this from your classic monster film is the whole ghosts aspect. Making things worse is the fact that they can hear the voices of their dead friends. When you try to escape your plane either blows up or you fall into the ocean and get obliterated. The heroes want to get off the island but it isn’t really an option at the moment because of huge storms. Now there are huge Crabs roaming the area and murdering people left and right. Well, everything appears normal at first until it turns out that the radiation has changed the Crabs in the area. I feel like they should have protective suits but I suppose at this time it wasn’t really known quite how long radiation would tend to linger in the area. This group is trying to do some research on the radiation that covered this island not too long ago. She is going to an island along with fellow scientists Dale, Hank, and a few other people.
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You’ve got the main heroine Martha who is an experienced biologist. They’re not exactly the most memorable characters but you’ll quickly get the dynamic. The movie starts by introducing us to the main cast. This is definitely his definitive title at the moment. Would it be amazing, terrible, or somewhere in the middle? I wasn’t sure if I was ready to find out but then it was time to dive in and it actually worked out quite well. At the same time Roger Corman usually only delivers pretty bad film experiences at least from the titles that I’ve seen so this was really a close one. They just don’t make creature features like this one anymore. Whenever you see a title like this you know you’re going to be in for a good time.