Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
- Dr. E.J. Reynolds
- (as Richard Cutting)
- Mrs.Simpson
- (uncredited)
- Hank Jackson
- (uncredited)
- Newscaster
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Corpse in Back of Pickup Truck
- (uncredited)
- Police Dispatcher
- (uncredited)
- Second Nurse
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere actually are stones known as "trovants" in Romania, that grow, move, and even reproduce. They take in the minerals from the rain after each heavy downpour, which combine with the chemicals already existing in the rock to produce a reaction and pressure within that eventually causes the stone to grow and reproduce.
- GoofsThe town is ordered to evacuate, however when the monoliths reach the bottom of the canyon and someone on a rooftop sees them, you can see there are still many people walking around the town with no indication of evacuation.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: From time immemorial the Earth has been bombarded by objects from outer space, bits and pieces of the universe piercing our atmosphere in an invasion that never ends. Meteors, the shooting stars on which so many earthly wishes have been born - of the thousands that plummet toward us, the greater part are destroyed in a fiery flash as they strike the layers of air that encircle us. Only a small percentage survives. Most of these fall into the water which covers two-thirds of our world, but from time to time, from the beginning of time, a very few meteors have struck the crust of the Earth and formed craters - craters of all sizes, sought after and poured over by scientists of all nations for the priceless knowledge buried within them. In every moment of every day they come from planets belonging to stars whose dying light is too far away to be seen. From infinity they come. Meteors!
[a meteor crashes against the Earth]
Narrator: Another strange calling card from the limitless reaches of space. Its substance unknown, its secrets unexplored, the meteor lies dormant in the night - waiting!
- ConnectionsEdited from Born to Be Wild (1938)
I guess "pretty good" would be the best description of everything here: the acting, the characters, the special-effects and the story. One thing for sure: this certainly has a different premise. In a nutshell, rocks from a big meteorite that had crashed who-knows-when, suddenly begin growing when water hits them. As long as moisture touches them, they grow, multiple and crush everybody and everything around them. First a scientist loses his life, then a family loses the mother and day, the house, and almost their little girl. The girl is saved as they experiment and find out how to cure her. More experiments occur by the hour as the citizens in this small California desert town try to figure out what and why this is happening. An emergency erupts when a storm arrives and all the rain begins to cause those rocks (monoliths) to rise to huge proportions, fall, break up and then rise again and destroy everything in its path. It's course, of course, is the town and the race is on to stop them before the town is destroyed.
For a 'B' film, it's well-acted with Grant Williams, star of "The Incredible Shrinking Man," in the lead and Lola Albright of Peter Gunn TV fame as his girlfriend. It's always good to see the gorgeous Albright in her younger days: a classic beauty. The supporting actors in here were fine, too. Nobody sounded wooden. The monoliths - the special-effects - were well-done, too, for its day. They were interesting (not scary) and the sound-effects that went with them were effective.
In all, not something you'd watch over and over, but certainly worth one look and it is a worthy additon to the recently-released Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection pack. The DVD transfer is very good, too.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Oct 10, 2006
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1