Giant locusts attack a small town in Illinois before upping their game and invading Chicago eventually being defeated by a heroic entomologist Dr. Ed Wainwright. The film starts off well with a mysterious event and a determined reporter Audrey Aimes trying to discover the truth. But unfortunately when the first giant locust appears badly superimposed the movie starts going downhill, getting sillier as it proceeds along.
Peter Graves is wan as Wainwright but Peggie Castle as the experienced reporter is most watchable. The film also has the reassuring presence of Morris Ankrum and Thomas Browne Henry as military officers so you know things will turn out well in the end.
The giant insect's didn't look scary but the sound of them did but in a monster picture the creature also has to look scary but one look at these pale locusts and suspended belief drops off.
Peter Graves is wan as Wainwright but Peggie Castle as the experienced reporter is most watchable. The film also has the reassuring presence of Morris Ankrum and Thomas Browne Henry as military officers so you know things will turn out well in the end.
The giant insect's didn't look scary but the sound of them did but in a monster picture the creature also has to look scary but one look at these pale locusts and suspended belief drops off.