What appears to be a meteorite crashes into the sea off the coast of Mexico.
After a few days and nights of mysterious lights and noises, a giant machine – ‘Kronos’, which is made of metallic cubes – emerges from the ocean. It turns out it’s the creation of an alien race which is here to syphon energy from the earth.
Kronos begins a destructive march across the country, draining power from everything it encounters – including an atom bomb which the Air Force drops on it – and the more energy it absorbs the more fantastically large the machine becomes.
The story is clever and involving and the plot is unique.
The science is wrong, of course, and the scientists (John Emery, Jeff Morrow, George O’Hanlon and Morris Ankrum) are laughable, but the special effects – by FX wizards Jack Rabin, Irving Block, and Louis DeWitt – are superb for the time for such a low-budget film.
Dr Leslie Gaskell
Jeff Morrow Vera Hunter
Barbara Lawrence Dr Hubbell Eliot
John Emery Dr Arnold Culver
George O’Hanlon Dr Albert Stern
Morris Ankrum McCrary (pickup driver)
Kenneth Alton General Perry
John Parrish Manuel Ramirez
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales Pilot
Richard Harrison Nurse
Marjorie Stapp Air Force General
Robert Shayne Weather Operator
Don Eitner Sergeant
Gordon Mills
Director
Kurt Neumann
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Kronos begins a destructive march across the country, draining power from everything it encounters – including an atom bomb which the Air Force drops on it – and the more energy it absorbs the more fantastically large the machine becomes.
