1957·Science Fiction·1h 3m
6.9
★
A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes. The team soon discovers that the tests have given rise to crabs mutated into intelligent, impervious, telepathic giants intent on increasing their numbers by breeding, then travelling to populated areas to feed, and which do not intend to be stopped by their discoverers.
Directed by Roger Corman
island
radiation
decapitation
crab
marooned
scientist
severed hand
scientist hero
underground cavern
giant crab
mysterious events
scientist heroine
missing expedition
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Cast
Richard Garland
Dale Drewer
Pamela Duncan
Dr. Martha 'Marti' Hunter
Russell Johnson
Hank Chapman
Leslie Bradley
Dr. Karl Weigand
Mel Welles
Jules Deveroux
Richard H. Cutting
Dr. James Carson
Beach Dickerson
Seaman Ron Fellows
Ed Nelson
Ensign Quinlan
Charles B. Griffith
Seaman Mac, wears sunglasses
Crew
Roger Corman
Director
Charles B. Griffith
Screenplay
Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography
Roger Corman
Producer
Charles B. Griffith
Associate Producer
Ed Nelson
Special Effects
Beach Dickerson
Special Effects
Popular Reviews
27 reviews
Luka
5.0★ · 02/25/26
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Bearman08
4.0★ · 02/12/26
Bad acting, bad special effects, weird crab monsters that eat human brains. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you really like crabs.
Bad acting, bad special effects, weird crab monsters that eat human brains. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you really like crabs.
M Hansen
3.0★ · 10/02/25
Day 2 of Ray Dombi’s Spooky Film Jam:
It’s another Corman because I was short on time, and this was one of the shortest horrors on my watch list. Even though I was expecting “Roger Corman on Tubi” quality, I can’t emphasize how bad this is. First of all, our telepathic crab person looks like someone’s discarded crab boil shells strung together with puppet string. Also, our cast is over performing and melodramatic as hell. Our only female character is a doctor (pretty sick for the 1950’s). But that being said, I love that even in a fictional depiction of an educated women with a doctorate in marine studies, her experience is allocated to “preparing seafood” and to be the love interest of two of the other Biologists. Their love triangle is like a Team Edward/Team Jacob situation. Not really worth your time, unless you too need to watch a quick Corman.
1.5 out of 5 Crab person-hand dismemberments.
🦀🦞🦐
It’s another Corman because I was short on time, and this was one of the shortest horrors on my watch list. Even though I was expecting “Roger Corman on Tubi” quality, I can’t emphasize how bad this is. First of all, our telepathic crab person looks like someone’s discarded crab boil shells strung together with puppet string. Also, our cast is over performing and melodramatic as hell. Our only female character is a doctor (pretty sick for the 1950’s). But that being said, I love that even in a fictional depiction of an educated women with a doctorate in marine studies, her experience is allocated to “preparing seafood” and to be the love interest of two of the other Biologists. Their love triangle is like a Team Edward/Team Jacob situation. Not really worth your time, unless you too need to watch a quick Corman.
1.5 out of 5 Crab person-hand dismemberments.
🦀🦞🦐
Day 2 of Ray Dombi’s Spooky Film Jam:
It’s another Corman because I was short on time, and this was one of the shortest horrors on my watch list. Even though I was expecting “Roger Corman on Tubi” quality, I can’t emphasize how bad this is. First of all, our telepathic crab person looks like someone’s discarded crab boil shells strung together with puppet string. Also, our cast is over performing and melodramatic as hell. Our only female character is a doctor (pretty sick for the 1950’s). But that being said, I love that even in a fictional depiction of an educated women with a doctorate in marine studies, her experience is allocated to “preparing seafood” and to be the love interest of two of the other Biologists. Their love triangle is like a Team Edward/Team Jacob situation. Not really worth your time, unless you too need to watch a quick Corman.
1.5 out of 5 Crab person-hand dismemberments.
🦀🦞🦐
It’s another Corman because I was short on time, and this was one of the shortest horrors on my watch list. Even though I was expecting “Roger Corman on Tubi” quality, I can’t emphasize how bad this is. First of all, our telepathic crab person looks like someone’s discarded crab boil shells strung together with puppet string. Also, our cast is over performing and melodramatic as hell. Our only female character is a doctor (pretty sick for the 1950’s). But that being said, I love that even in a fictional depiction of an educated women with a doctorate in marine studies, her experience is allocated to “preparing seafood” and to be the love interest of two of the other Biologists. Their love triangle is like a Team Edward/Team Jacob situation. Not really worth your time, unless you too need to watch a quick Corman.
1.5 out of 5 Crab person-hand dismemberments.
🦀🦞🦐
Szabó Dávid
2.0★ · 08/09/25
A fun monster movie, but not worth even an hour of your time. There are lots of more unhinged monster movies, even from the same era
A fun monster movie, but not worth even an hour of your time. There are lots of more unhinged monster movies, even from the same era
Glenjamin
2.6★ · 06/16/25
This was highkey bumcheeks and kinda gave me a headache, it was not for me and maybe, just maybe it’s a movie for movie lovers but it didn’t even give me a dreamlike atmosphere because of the headache I got due to the colours constantly changing #CRABS #SWAG
This was highkey bumcheeks and kinda gave me a headache, it was not for me and maybe, just maybe it’s a movie for movie lovers but it didn’t even give me a dreamlike atmosphere because of the headache I got due to the colours constantly changing #CRABS #SWAG