Attack Of The Crab Monsters [1957]

[Cross-posted on the Bad Movie Night Facebook page.]

Often movies in which something attacks are pretty straightforward. There are usually scientists of some sort alongside blue collar workers who notice something strange, that something strange is some kind of anomaly of nature, that strange thing goes on a rampage, and then the scientists kill the thing usually with fire or electricity. "Attack of the Crab Monsters" follows this formula pretty closely and was ultimately unexciting enough that we started watching it at 1.25x speed even though it was only a hour anyway but there were a few really unique parts to it:
* Part of the plot involves a ravine suddenly appearing where there was no ravine before. I can't be sure whether this had anything to do with the story in particular by the scientists talked about it a fair amount.
* Two guys play poker where they use sticks of dynamite as betting chips. They were smoking cigarettes the whole time.
* A guy loses his hand and somehow immediately dies from this.
* Whenever someone gets eaten by one of the giant crabs, they are absorbed into the crab collective hive mind and can somehow communicate telepathically with humans. They use this skill to lure the protagonists into their caves.
* The crabs have human eyes which are hilarious on the one hand and a horrifying abomination on the other hand.

BMN Quotes:
Adam: "He got crabs."
Sarah: "Usually a round of antibiotics will clear that up."

Spoon Rating: 3

Adam's Grandma's Review: "Awful."