Poster

Deadly Mantis, The

Year

1957

Genre

Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Country

USA

Director

Nathan Juran

Writer

Martin Berkeley, William Alland

Actors

Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph, Pat Conway, Florenz Ames, Paul Smith, Phil Harvey, Floyd Simmons, Helen Jay

Description

The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. It first attacks military outposts to eat their occupants, then makes its way to the warmer latitudes of Washington and New York. A paleontologist works together with military units to try to kill it. ------- An attack on an arctic weather station and subsequently on a USAF transport plane have the Air Force puzzled. Their scientists can make little headway but Col. Joe Parkman enlists the aid of a paleontologist, Dr. Ned Jackson, who thinks he has the answer: the culprit is a giant praying mantis. The creature is traveling south at high speed and it's a race against time to capture or kill it. They get their chance when the creature is trapped in the Manhattan tunnel.

Comments

Duration

86 minutes (at 29.97 frames per second)

Filesize

699 MB

Video

XviD - resolution: 592x448

Audio