太平洋への降下訓練を行う兵士と、その引き揚げに向かったボートの乗組員が怪死した。犠牲者が民間人にも及ぶ中、調査にあたる海軍は海中に潜む奇怪な怪物を発見。怪物の正体は、原爆実験によって割れた海底の地殻から出現した、太古の巨大軟体動物であり、その数は一体だけではなかった。
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監督: Arnold Laven
脚本: David Duncan / Pat Fielder
音楽: Heinz Roemheld
制作: Arthur Gardner / Jules V. Levy
撮影監督: Lester White
Instant TERROR......just add water! An earthquake out in the Salton Sea awakens the creeping dread, gigantic vampire water snails are on the loose and they are hungry for human fluid! Just about the right side of good, The Monster Who Challenge The World holds up well because of the well constructed creatures and a bit of care and attention to the boffin discussions. Far too many 50s creature features just used a basic premise of creatures obliterating mankind because they were in an odd mood, but much like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, this picture at least takes time to give us a bit of a nature heartbeat to help us understand the methods of a mollusc, and that alone should be applauded, so we learn while we have fun so to speak. The cast ooze B-movie standards, and that is in no way a bad thing here, whilst the Catalina Island locale sequences are pretty nifty to help salt the beef as it were! Good honest fun that isn't short on creepiness, and top marks to the makers for introducing a very ingenious creature to a truly wonderful genre. 6/10
