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The Monolith Monsters

The Monolith Monsters

Horror · Science Fiction · 1957

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

Movie details

The Monolith Monsters

“Mammoth skyscrapers of stone thundering across the earth!”

1957 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 17m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Monolith Monsters?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John Sherwood

Written by

Norman Jolley · Robert M. Fresco · Jack Arnold

Grant Williams

Grant Williams

Dave Miller

Lola Albright

Lola Albright

Cathy Barrett

Les Tremayne

Les Tremayne

Martin Cochrane

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

Prof. Arthur Flanders

W

William Flaherty

Police Chief Dan Corey

Harry Jackson

Harry Jackson

Dr. Steve Hendricks

Richard H. Cutting

Richard H. Cutting

Dr. E.J. Reynolds

Court is in session

Put The Monolith Monsters on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.