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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Why this pick
Its Arctic awakening, escalating sightings, and grave military response closely match the chilly, straight-faced giant-creature suspense of The Deadly Mantis.
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MOVIE1957 1h 19m USA
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The Giant Claw
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A very close period companion: baffled authorities, aerial surveillance, and an improbable giant menace treated with determined Cold War-era seriousness.
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Beginning of the End
Why this pick
Its giant-insect crisis, official investigation, and brisk drive toward a city-scale threat make it an ideal matching slice of 1957 creature-feature pulp.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the South Seas, a volcano explodes, eventually causing North Pole icebergs to shift. Below the melting polar ice caps, a 200-foot-long praying mantis, trapped in the ice for millions of years, begins to stir. Soon after, the military personnel at Red Eagle One, a military station in northern Canada that monitors information gathered from the Distant Early Warning Line, realize that the men at one of their outposts are not responding to calls. Commanding officer Col. Joe Parkman (Craig Stevens (actor)) flies there to investigate, and finds the post destroyed, its men gone, and giant slashes left in the snow outside.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Alix Talton
Marge Blaine
Donald Randolph
Gen. Mark Ford
Pat Conway
Sgt. Pete Allen
Florenz Ames
Prof. Anton Gunther
Paul Smith
Corporal
Phil Harvey
Lou
Paul Campbell
Lt. Fred Pizar
Helen Jay
Mrs. Farley