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The Magnetic Monster (1953)

NR 02/18/1953 Science Fiction, Horror 1h 16m
56%
User
Score
5.8/10

Terror swoops through the heart of a city in the dead of night!

Overview

The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.

Curt Siodmak

Director

Ivan Tors

Screenplay

Herbert L. Strock

Director

Top Billed Cast

Richard Carlson

Richard Carlson

Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

King Donovan

King Donovan

Dr. Dan Forbes

Leo Britt

Leo Britt

Dr. Benton

Jean Byron

Jean Byron

Connie Stewart

Harry Ellerbe

Harry Ellerbe

Dr. Allard

Frank Gerstle

Frank Gerstle

Col. Willis

John Vosper

John Vosper

Capt. Dyer

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Mr. Simon

Leonard Mudie

Leonard Mudie

Howard Denker

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Media

1953 The Magnetic Monster Trailer

1953 The Magnetic Monster Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on May 30, 2023

Richard Carlson struggles to inject much life into this rather dry sci-fi adventure. He and his scientist colleague "Dan" (King Donovan) are called into investigate mysterious goings on in a small town where just about everything metallic appears to have become magnetised. Bizarre, eh? What's causing it? Well that might have something to do with poorly scientist "Denker" (Leonard Mudie) who is travelling on an aircraft with a briefcase containing an highly toxic, radioactive, element that absorbs energy from adjacent metallic objects allowing it to expand exponentially. It's soon down to our intrepid duo to come up with a way of destroying it before it becomes huge enough to destabilise the Earth's orbit. This has one big problem for me - it has no object or creature for me to focus on as ...

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