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Beginning of the End (1957)

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Reviews Counted: 3

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Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: This 1957 drive-in classic comes straight from the mind of creature expert Bert L. Gordon. Giant grasshoppers wreak havoc on a small town after a failed radiation experiment by the dept of... This 1957 drive-in classic comes straight from the mind of creature expert Bert L. Gordon. Giant grasshoppers wreak havoc on a small town after a failed radiation experiment by the dept of agriculture creates the destructive creatures. Now on the march towards Chicago, and seemingly hell-bent on taking over the world, can this menace be stopped, or have we reached the BEGINNING OF THE END for mankind? [More]

Starring: Peter Graves, Morris Ankrum, Thomas Brown Henry, Peggie Castle

Starring: Peter Graves, Morris Ankrum, Thomas Brown Henry, Peggie Castle

Director: Bert I. Gordon

Director: Bert I. Gordon

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Mar 25, 2003

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  • A small town demolished to the ground. Dozens of innocent people mysteriously missing. A monstrous secret covered up by the military. Lovely reporter Audrey Aimes (Peggy Castle) smells a scoop, and with the aid of Dr. Ed Wainwright (Peter Graves), the truth behind a titanic terror growing in the Illinois heartland is soon uncovered! Department of Agriculture experiments with radiation have created giant, man-eating grasshoppers, and now the oversized horrors are hopping their way to Chicago! Can this menace be stopped before the Windy City becomes another casualty? Or is this the Beginning of the End for mankind? This atomic drive-in favorite from mutant monster expert Bert I. Gordon (Village of the Giants, Earth vs. the Spider) delivers non-stop entertainment packed with creepy-crawly critters. Newly transferred from the original negative, this beautifully restored presentation brings all the big bug action bursting off your television screen like you've never seen it before!
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    03/25/06
    Bosley Crowther
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    09/24/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    Giant grasshoppers, Peter Graves, and Bert I. Gordon. What more can you want?

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    12/29/02
    Ken Hanke
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    Bad Movie Lesson #1: Bert I. Gordon. Avoid.

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