THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957)

A meteor crashes in the desert and explodes into a million pieces. When the pieces are exposed to water [insert low effort Mogwai joke here] they start growing until they turn into giant towers and fall over exploding into a thousand pieces and all of those pieces do the same thing. Also, if you happen to touch one of the rocks that's gotten wet it'll suck all of the moisture out of your body and turn you into rock! Yikes!

For a B-level sci-fi thriller THE MONOLITH MONSTERS is entertaining enough. The acting is over the top and the music is too dramatic, but it's still a fun watch.  Also, the town looks a lot like the Hill Valley set from BACK TO THE FUTURE.  If you like 50's sci-fi then you definitely need to check out THE MONOLITH MONSTERS. My biggest complaint is not enough people turned into stone.  I would love to see a serious remake.  Maybe even a limited series with a slower build up.

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957)

A man, while out on his boat, passes through a strange mist. A few months later he notices that his clothes are too big, he's lost weight and he can no longer please his wife. He goes to the doctor and yep: he's shrinking!  At first it's not too bad, but soon he's only a few inches tall.  He moves into a doll house placed in their living room. Then one evening his wife accidentally lets a cat in and it attacks him. He manages to escape, by falling off the basement stairs into a pile of clothes, but when his wife sees the remains of his bloody shirt and the cat licking it's paws, she automatically assumes that her husband's dead.  (You would think that they could at least x-ray the cat to see if there was a human corpse in it's cute, furry belly.)  He wakes up in the basement and since he's only a few inches tall it's like he's on a alien planet. Soon he gets hungry and starts searching for food and, hopefully, a way out.

This is a very interesting premise for a movie, but it's just too slow. I'm sure back in 1957 this movie was thrilling audiences, but watching it now I found it to be a little boring. The spider scenes were fun though!

Worth watching, but don't expect too much.