If you’re into monsters and terrible creatures, you might want to peruse the Holy Bible. Take beasts in the Book of Daniel. Among them are four hideous creatures that emerge from the sea to prey on humanity. Surprisingly, they are said to represent four nations that existed in Daniel’s day. Top Tenz describes nine other dragons, behemoths and locusts that were equally as terrifying.
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Gigantic, mutant crabs attack a party of scientists on a shrinking Pacific atoll in today’s Trillion Dollar Movie. Attack of the Crab Monsters is the handiwork of legendary B-movie filmmaker Roger Corman. It’s one of 
10 pictures he completed in 1957 alone, shooting this thriller on several locations in the Los Angeles area, including the Bronson Caves, Marineland of the Pacific and Leo Carrillo State Park.
Long before he played “The Professor” on “Gilligan’s Island,” Russell Johnson appeared as Hank Chapman, a technician who emerges as the hero on a scientific expedition to stop the killer crabs. We’re told there are many crabs, but in actuality, we only see one at a time, flailing its pincers menacingly, not only dismembering its victims but also devouring their brains. In the process, the crab inherits the victims’ thought processes and speaking abilities.
The perfect date: Dinner at Red Lobster, followed by a nightcap watching this silly, but often quite hilarious example of that ultimate 1950s genre — the A-bomb test that goes horribly amok, spawning monstrosities in some remote locale. As Eccentric Cinema reviewer Brian Lindsey attested, “Ridiculous and cheesy, with a nonsensical plot completely shot through with holes, Crab Monsters is also surprisingly fun.” Enjoy and do return again next Friday for another Trillion $ Movie.
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JIGER
This is one of the few female movie monsters from Japan. She’s a prehistoric throwback, quarantined on Wester Island until a team of archaeologists removes a statue that’s kept her safely entombed for centuries. Released from captivity, Jiger wastes no time in attacking Japan, leveling Osaka and easily defeating the Japanese army. Nothing stands in her way except one determined, giant terrapin — Gamera.
Jiger appears to be an amalgam of two dinosaurs — the Triceratops and Stegosaurus. She has an array of horns and tusks, spikes running along her back and a needle-like stinger at the end of her tail. She’s ugly as sin, slow and lumbering, but this monster keeps plugging away and rolling on. She can walk, swim and fly.
Jiger shoots a lethal microwave ray that burns flesh upon impact. When she shoots the ray, she also emits high-pitched reverberations, leaving opponents clutching their ears in pain rather than preparing to fight. Jiger can shoot hidden darts from her horns and has suction pads embedded in her body. Don’t get near her or you’ll be trapped in her deadly vise grip.
Her big claim to fame came in the 1970 movie Gamera Vs. Jiger, from which this battle clip is drawn.
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Tomorrow’s featured monster: King Ghidorah
