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Movie Review by The Gravedigger
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07.01.99
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On a generic tropical island where vacationers bathe in the sun Marine biologists are experimenting with growth hormones on the local crabs. Not a good combination. There's lots of preaching about how mankind is screwing up the ecosystems, the usual sub-plots with characters you really don't care about, and of course, the crabs. Although normal sized at first, they wholeheartedly attack a lone fisherman who lives alone in his trailer, crawling up the walls (albeit slowly), pouring in through the open windows (even more slowly) and eventually causing the entire trailer to go up in flames. Later, evidence is found of a much larger creature--mostly trails in the beach sand and shed pieces of its giant shell about the island. When the giant creature is finally revealed it is impressive--a giant crab constructed by Glen Robinson, who did some of the effects on the '77 version of KING KONG. Robert Lansing, one of the island's fisherman, defeats it by poking out its eye stalks.
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Rating: 7.6 out of 10.0 - 5 votes cast total
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