Written by James M. Tate / 11/26/2025 / No comments / fifties , grant williams , horror , jack arnold , les tremayne , lola albright , paul frees , science-fiction , thriller , troy donahue
LOLA ALBRIGHT & GRANT WILLIAMS IN 'THE MONOLITH MONSTERS'
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| Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS Year: 1957 Rating: **1/2 |
Grant Williams, with an unassumingly skinny frame, All-American blond hair and soft voice, is perfect for science-fiction as he passively allows strange things to happen around him... even when vanishing into thin air for THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, and, here as a small town cop, he's partnered with a old scientist to figure out how giant monoliths are growing out of the earth...
Which eventually look fantastic as they crash into a raging river... but these titular MONOLITH MONSTERS never seem that formidable, and are more dangerous in semi-suspenseful scenes leading up...
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| Grant Williams and Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
Initially/mysteriously killing a townsman before hypnotizing a chaste little girl, who extremely gorgeous ingenue Lola Albright is connected to... waiting nervously to see how things pan out...
Which ends up a forgotten THEM-like plot-point in a mostly dialogue/exposition-driven science-fiction that (despite good acting and grim, ultra-serious narration by Orson Welles store-brand announcer Paul Frees) should have had co-writer Jack Arnold as director.
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| Grant Williams and Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| From THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| From THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Grant Williams and Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Grant Williams in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Grant Williams and Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Grant Williams in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| From THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Grant Williams and Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Grant Williams and Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| Grant Williams and Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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| From THE MONOLITH MONSTERS |
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