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The Deadly Mantis (The Giant Mantis)(The Incredible Praying Mantis) (1957)

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Release Date: May 1, 1957 Wide

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This is the one in which the "villain" is a huge, carnivorous praying mantis. After the titular insect has attacked several people in a remote Arctic region, Col. Joe Parkham (Craig Stevens) swings into action. Parkham and his associates, Dr. Ned Jackson (William Hopper) and Ned's assistant Margie Blake (Alix Talton), track the predatory mantis as it heads southward to Washington DC (how did it get past customs?) The green monstrosity meets its Waterloo in "Manhattan Tunnel", where it is

May 13, 2008

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Very '50s sci-fi with giant insect on the climb, and typically fun overall.

January 1, 2008
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Fun entry into the giant bug movies of the 1950s

March 19, 2004
Lawrence Journal-World

An affront to the grace and dignity of giant bug movies.

December 4, 2002
Flipside Movie Emporium

One of Universal-International cheapie '50s bug movies. Bring on the DDT.

September 8, 2002
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Having already been through ants, grasshoppers and spiders, the giant bug movie was clearly running the risk of making the entire sci-fi subgenre unbelievable.

July 30, 2002 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The military use smoke and chemical bombs (maybe they contained Raid) to kill it, as the film mercifully ends.

August 31, 2001 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Audience Reviews for The Deadly Mantis (The Giant Mantis)(The Incredible Praying Mantis)

If you don't believe the Incredible Truth movie when they say the ice caps are melting, maybe this movie will make you think twice? Who wants a giant praying Mantis running around? This movie is silly, but it's got cool special effects and the story's not bad.
September 5, 2010
ajv2688

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Seismic activity in the southern hemisphere triggers vibrations at the arctic icecap, releasing a gigantic mantis religiosa that was frozen in the ice some 15 million years earlier. Pissed off and hungry, the enormous insect migrates south, taking out arctic radar stations, airplanes and even Eskimos along the way.

As silly as this all sounds, it's really not half bad. Classic cold war sci-fi with just a touch of romance thrown in for good measure.
January 21, 2009
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