A cheap British excursion into the realm of science fiction which provides a good deal of suspense as well as downright horror.
Forrest Tucker stars as American scientist Gil Graham who – along with Dr Laird (Alec Mango) – is using large amounts of power to experiment on magnetic fields which accidentally opens up a hole in the ionosphere, leading to blasts of cosmic radiation and, eventually, a plague of outsized locusts, beetles, centipedes and spiders.
Martin Benson – one of television’s ‘professional villains’ – provides the film’s biggest surprise.
The film was initially unsuccessful at the box office but became something of a cult favourite due to later television syndication.
Released in some markets as The Cosmic Monster and Cosmic Monsters.
Gil Graham
Forrest Tucker Michele Dupont
Gaby André Smith
Martin Benson Dr Laird
Alec Mango Brigadier Cartwright
Wyndham Goldie Jimmy Murray
Hugh Latimer Mrs Tucker
Dandy Nichols Inspector Burns
Richard Warner Helen Forsyth
Patricia Sinclair Gerard Wilson
Geoffrey Chater Mrs Hale
Hilda Fenemore Jane Hale
Susan Redway
Director
Gilbert Gunn
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