Very best movie i ever watch

recommended

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This movie has MONSTER in the title, yet there is no such thing. If you consider charcoal that grows, gives up and falls down, which brings more charcoal, which does the same thing, a monster, then you find watching grass grow as pretty monstrous.Since there's so much charcoal about, people end up touching it and just like when there's too much garbage around, the inevitable is that some people will get sick and die. The movie is no more exciting than that. Well, at least growing grass can't kill you. Bar-B-Que anyone? BTW, just like with real charcoal, you kill it by depriving it of water. My, my, my. I at least expect a stupid rubber suit with these B-movies which have the word MONSTERS in them, but not here. The charcoal don't raise their arms and walk slowly towards you (they fall slowly in all directions), they don't let out blood curdling yells (they don't even whisper), they don't have blood on the face (if they had a face), and you will never see them in a Monster Mash movie.

Another 1950's "B" movie half-of-a-double-feature 'monster' movie. But different. The writing and acting isn't any better. The pseudo-scientific technobabble is even self-mocking - maybe an inside joke by a bored writer...One thing that makes this stand out is that the monster isn't some horrible creature, it is just a rock, a chemical-geologic process. Which not only means no bad make-up or guy in a rubber costume or clumsy stop-motion or composite photography that tended to be distractingly-bad in their day and just-plain-laughable by the late 1960's, but also that the 'monster' is a chemical process, mindless and relentless like a flood. It's scarier when you aren't laughing at the bad guy.Instead, we get some very-decent miniatures and effects (obvious, but they LOOK great), clear lighting and good cinematography. The "science" is of course pure claptrap, but it doesn't SOUND as ridiculous as the silly gobbledygook that's supposed to explain giant insects and green zombies from mars.Definitely one of the outstanding "B"-movies of its time. The producers appear to have gotten their money's worth in what was probably a low but well-managed budget.

*Spoiler/plot- 1957, In a peaceful desert community, a meteor lands and breaks up into pieces. Local school kids find them and cause several unexplained deaths. Local geologists look into the mystery of the unusual black shiny rocks and dies. More mysteries happen until the small town is threatened by growing silica towers growing out of the ground. They seek assistance from government officials, but the citizens take chance to solve their issues.*Special Stars-Les Tremayne, Grant Williams. Early Bit Actor: Troy Donahue. Narrator: Paul Frees.*Theme- Nature running amok will put things right for a happy 50's era ending.*Based on- 50's space theory.*Trivia/location/goofs- Grant Williams made a career for himself starring in many Universal B-Movies most memorably 'Shrinking Man'. Goofs: In some of the office interiors watch for several microphone 'boom' shadows on the actor's faces and back office walls.*Emotion- A somewhat forgettable except for the special effects of the day and rocky desert location shots.

I like 1950s sci-fi/horror films--both the well-made and intelligent ones (like "The Day the Earth Stood Still") and the cheesy ones ("Invasion of the Saucer Men"). And, if you like these films, you'll probably enjoy "The Monolith Monsters"--and it's about average for the genre. However, if you don't like these films, then I seriously doubt if this one will change your mind.The film begins with some strange meteorite falling in the desert. Little do people know that these odd rocks can both multiply AND grow to enormous proportions! But, what makes this even worse is that they can also turn people into stone-like dead folks! So, it's either us or the stones! In the end, fortunately, the people of the town apparently watched "Frankentein Meets the Wolfman" as they use this strategy to beat these evil alien rocks! While this all sounds pretty dumb, believe it or not, they handle it in a literate and reasonably credible manner. Brilliant? No. But it is watchable and fun.