Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

poe-48833 THE MONOLITH MONSTERS didn't impress me when, as a kid, I saw it on a local Late Night Creature Feature show. Granted, it WAS late (Midnight or thereabouts) and I wasn't exactly the most studious of students (the alleged science in the movie was far beyond my grasp)... These days, however, I can appreciate the movie on many levels. MOST impressive is the film's overall craftsmanship: it's nigh flawless. One can't help but wonder if THE MONOLITH MONSTERS was at least partial inspiration for the "CORPUS EARTHLING" episode of THE OUTER LIMITS (or "CRY OF SILENCE"). THE OUTER LIMITS (the original series only) was like a weekly dose of the kind of sci-fi shockers doled out in the 1950s; that's one of the reasons it remains the finest hour-long anthology in the history of Fantastic Television.

AaronCapenBanner John Sherwood directed this surprisingly good science fiction story set in the Southwestern desert community of San Angelo, where a meteor shower of rocks turn some people to stone upon contact, but even worse, when they come into contact with water, start to grow into the title menace, which threaten to destroy the town, then engulf the world. Grant Williams and Lola Albright play the romantic leads. Well-directed and imaginative, with a most original and unusual threat working quite well here. The monolith rocks are both imposing and striking, and the model work used to bring them to "life" is excellent. A little-known thriller awaiting rediscovery.

gavin6942 Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.Let me just say there is nothing too terribly scary about rocks that grow, fall over, and then grow again. Petrifying people is kind of scary, but I was not even clear how that was happening. And did the governor really need to be called? The town finds out pretty quickly what makes the rocks grow and finds out almost as quickly what makes them die. The way they ultimately destroy the rocks (which I will not reveal here) made very little sense to me given what we know about them and the huge bill they would have to pay, but what do I know?

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- 1957, In a peaceful desert community, a meteor lands and breaks up into pieces. Local school kids find them and cause several unexplained deaths. Local geologists look into the mystery of the unusual black shiny rocks and dies. More mysteries happen until the small town is threatened by growing silica towers growing out of the ground. They seek assistance from government officials, but the citizens take chance to solve their issues.*Special Stars-Les Tremayne, Grant Williams. Early Bit Actor: Troy Donahue. Narrator: Paul Frees.*Theme- Nature running amok will put things right for a happy 50's era ending.*Based on- 50's space theory.*Trivia/location/goofs- Grant Williams made a career for himself starring in many Universal B-Movies most memorably 'Shrinking Man'. Goofs: In some of the office interiors watch for several microphone 'boom' shadows on the actor's faces and back office walls.*Emotion- A somewhat forgettable except for the special effects of the day and rocky desert location shots.