#Movie attack of the giant crab monsters mac

He said 'okay.' If I had just asked, he would have said 'no.' I had to put it in a way that he would jump at. So when that picture came along, I wrote all the underwater stuff and went to Roger and told him I’d direct all the underwater parts for $100. 'I had just read The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau and found it to be new and exciting. Griffith directed some underwater sequences (and also appeared in a small role). ĭavid Arvedon provided the voice of Hoolar the Giant Crab. It was Duncan's first film for Corman, followed by The Undead a month later.

He just didn't want to bother cutting out the other scenes, which he would do'. No kind of scene without suspense or action.' His trick was saying it was an experiment, which it wasn't. 'I want suspense or action in every scene. 'Roger came to me and said, 'I want to make a picture called Attack of the Giant Crabs and I asked, 'Does it have to be atomic radiation?' He responded, 'Yes.' He said it was an experiment. Griffith later described the scripting process: Griffith, who had worked with Roger Corman on a number of occasions.

#Movie attack of the giant crab monsters mac

Maitland Stuart as Seaman Mac (uncredited).

David Arvedon (voice) as Hoolar the Giant Crab.Dale and Martha embrace on the small portion of what remains of the once large island. Hank then sacrifices himself by bringing down an electrically-charged broadcast tower directly on top of the giant crab, electrocuting the monster and her unhatched brood. Hoolar vows to go to the mainland with her fertilized eggs when the island is gone (and the three humans are dead) to feed upon even more people, absorbing those minds in the process. They are able to kill one of the giant crabs in a cave when their placed explosive detonates, shaking loose an overhead rock that crushes the head of the monster.Īs the island continues to fall away into the Pacific, and after barely escaping from their collapsing laboratory building, the surviving trio of Dale, Martha, and Hank finally meet the remaining intelligent giant crab, Hoolar, who speaks to them via telepathy. The scientists turn their attention to a way to stop the mating pair of monsters from reproducing. The remaining scientists finally discover that both giant crabs are the cause of the ongoing earthquakes and landslides on the island they are slowly destroying the island, reducing its size, by undermining it with tunnels. Members of the current expedition are being systematically attacked and killed by the monsters, which are now invulnerable to most standard weaponry because of their cell structure mutations. The current expedition learns to their horror that the earlier group had been killed and eaten by two mutated, intelligent giant crabs, who have absorbed the minds of their victims and can speak telepathically in their voices. Carson descends into a pit that opened up outside during an inexplicable earthquake and falls, losing his footing. That night, Martha hears 'McLane', leader of the previous expedition, calling out to her. They read journal entries written by the previous scientific team, which mention killer worm creatures. The scientists are unable to report what happened due to a storm, so they decide to stay on the island and continue their research. Two sailors (Beach Dickerson and Tony Miller) are left behind to guard the explorers, while the others, led by Ensign Quinlan ( Ed Nelson), attempt to return to the mainland, but their seaplane inexplicably explodes. Griffith), falls in the water and is killed, his decapitated body floating to the surface. Soon after their arrival, a sailor, Tate ( Charles B. Their party also includes technician and handyman Hank Chapman (Johnson). Cutting) and biologists Jules Deveroux ( Mel Welles), Martha Hunter (Duncan), and Dale Drewer (Garland). Karl Weigand ( Leslie Bradley), and also include geologist James Carson (Richard H. The scientists on the expedition are led by Dr. They are searching for a previous expedition that disappeared without a trace, and to continue their research on the effects of radiation from the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests on the island's plant and sea life. A group of scientists and their support crew of five sailors land on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean.