The Monolith Monsters

The Monolith Monsters

1957 · 77 min · EN · 6.5 (90 votes)
Dir. John Sherwood · Starring Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Trevor Bardette, William Flaherty, Harry Jackson · Music Irving Gertz

“Mammoth skyscrapers of stone thundering across the earth!”

HorrorScience Fiction

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.

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A creeping dread permeates this desert town as an unknown force from space begins to grow. The tension builds as ordinary people must confront an extraordinary, terrifying threat in black and white.

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