The Monster that Challenged the World (1957 film)
The Monster that Challenged the World, AKA The Jagged Edge, (1957)
Summary
"Crawling up from the depths... to terrify and torture!" An earthquake doesn't just shake up Southern California -- it awakens a nest of monsters lurking in the Salton Sea. These bloodthirsty sea snails are gobbling up anyone who sets foot in the water. And when the creatures move on to land in search of wider hunting grounds, they launch a reign of terror that threatens to spread across the whole country. Humanity's only hope rests on a crew of intrepid scientists and Lt. Cmdr. John Twillinger.
Details
- Release Date: 1957
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Sci-Fi, black-and-white
- Setting: 1950s ocean near California
- Runtime: 1 hr 24 min
- Starring: Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried
- Director: Arnold Laven
- Writer: David Duncan (story), Pat Fielder (screenplay)
- Producer/Production Co: Gramercy Pictures (II)
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Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: approved (roughly equivalent to a PG for mild 1950s violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Not very "Lovecraftian", except for the presence of soggy tentacle-monsters....
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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An earthquake doesn't just shake up Southern California -- it awakens a nest of monsters lurking in the Salton Sea. These bloodthirsty sea snails are gobbling up anyone who sets foot in the water. And when the creatures move on to land in search of wider hunting grounds, they launch a reign of terror that threatens to spread across the whole country. Humanity's only hope rests on a crew of intrepid scientists and Lt. Cmdr. John Twillinger.
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External links, See Also
For more soggy deep-sea tentacle horror movies, see:
