Attack of the Crab Monsters
The title is risible but Roger Corman’s landlocked monster movie boasts more than a few genuinely eerie moments, particularly when the titular creatures begin to communicate using the voices of the people they’ve murdered. Corman favorite Mel Welles is one of the unfortunates who gets up close and personal with the irradiated crustaceans, meanwhile the rest of the cast is trying to get up close and personal with Pamela Duncan, one of Roger’s most fetching scream queens.
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About Allan Arkush
A record collector and film buff from birth, Allan Arkush brought his two loves together in directing the cult classic Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. Back in the day Allan was directing and executive producing television series like Heroes, and Crossing Jordan. He has also directed episodes of Ally McBeal, Moonlighting, St. Elsewhere, Fame, A Series of Unfortunate Events and TV Movies like Elvis Meets Nixon and Shake Rattle & Rock as well as the mini-series, The Temptations, for which he won an Emmy. He used to have a lost film, Get Crazy, but Kino/Lorber found it in time for Christmas 2021. His day job is teaching Film production & history at the AFI.
Roger Corman is one of the few famous people outliving everyone, along with Eva Marie Saint, Jimmy Carter, Dick Van Dyke, Mel Brooks, Vera Miles, Bob Newhart, Tippi Hedren, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, Carroll Baker, Barbara Eden, Willie Nelson and Tina Louise.
In fact, Corman outlived Jonathan Demme, whose career he helped launch.