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The Astounding She-Monster: Directed by Ronald V. Ashcroft. With Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Marilyn Harvey, Jeanne Tatum. A gang of crooks has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful, but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth.
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- Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Ronald V. Ashcroft
- 1957
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The Astounding She-Monster has gone on to minor notoriety as one of the cheapest, and therefore impoverished, science fiction films ever made, yet nevertheless a cult has grown up around it thanks to the unintentional comedy value of a work straining for entertainment values, never mind production values, outwith its grasp.
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Gangsters Nat Burdell (Kenne Duncan) and Brad Conley (Ewing Miles Brown) kidnap wealthy socialite Margaret Chaffee (Marilyn Harvey) and, joined by gun moll Esther Malone (Jeanne Tatum), head for the San Gabriel Mountains to await the ransom they've demanded from Chaffee's father. That night, geologist Dick Cutler (Robert Clarke) sees what he thinks...
Kenne Duncanas Nat BurdellMarilyn Harveyas Margaret ChaffeeJeanne Tatumas Esther MaloneThe film was picked up for distribution by American International Pictures (AIP) and issued as half of one of its double feature programs. Edward D. Wood, Jr. was an unofficial "consultant" on the film. Ashcroft and Wood knew each other, Ashcroft having been assistant director on Wood's Night of the Ghouls. The working titles of The Astounding She-...
The Astounding She-Monster was released in American theaters on April 10, 1958 by American International Pictures on a double feature with Roger Corman's The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent. When the movie was released in the UK, under the title The Mysterious Invader, it was distributed by Anglo-Ama...
Perhaps because The Astounding She-Monster was a low-budget second feature on a double bill, contemporary reviews of it are difficult to locate. Warren reproduces in his book parts of two reviews from the time the movie was playing in theaters. He notes that while The Monthly Film Bulletingave the movie its lowest rating and called it a "feeble and...
Jan 22, 2001 · The Astounding She-Monster (1958) Image Entertainment. Cast: Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Shirley Kilpatrick, Marilyn Harvey. Extras: Theatrical Trailer, Liner notes. Rating: Ronnie Ashcroft’s dreadful calling card to the cinema begins as a heist caper, with the abduction of a prominent socialite.
Sexy alien babe goes around killing people when she was sent here to welcome Earth into the space age. People bitch and moan about Plan 9 when things like this are worse. At least Plan 9 wasn’t a snoozer.
The Astounding She-Monster is a 1957 science fiction horror film starring Robert Clarke and directed, written and produced by Ronald V. Ashcroft. The film focuses on a scientist and a gang who have kidnapped a rich heiress and their encounter with an alien who has crashed to Earth. In the UK, it was released as Mysterious Invader.
