Richard Carlson stars in this earnest, cautionary sci-fi as an agent from Boston's Office of Scientific Investigation discovering to his horror that a renown scientist has independently developed an artificial radioactive element which has taken on a life of its own. This isotope feeds on the energy around it, which doubles its size, and in time will harvest enough power to knock planet Earth right off its axis! Not-bad suspense thriller--with both textbook physics and non-textbook logic--smoothly incorporates footage from the 1934 German film "Gold" for its rousing conclusion. A low-budget entry in the man-made monster genre, but certainly an enjoyable one. ** from ****
Review of The Magnetic Monster
