3.12.12

beginning of the end (1957)

"A town of 150 people doesn't just disappear."
Reporter Audrey Ames (Peggie Castle) stumbles on a small town that has been mysteriously destroyed. During follow up interviews she talks to Agricultural scientist Dr. Ed Wainwright (Peter Graves) and they discover that locust have eaten some radioactive wheat and grown enormous. Once found the creatures decide to tour Illinois, starting with a trip to Chicago. As usual the military want to nuke everything, can Audrey and Ed stop the creature before the air-force can make a black hole of home of the blues?
Standard atomic creature feature, lots of talk, a few screams, giant creatures chomping on people, and one stand out feature, the central character being an intrepid female reporter, though she gets quickly ditched in favour of Peter Graves when the action begins.

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