Science FictionHorror

The Magnetic Monster

- Terror swoops through the heart of a city in the dead of night!

The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.

Release Date : 1953-02-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ivan Tors Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Original Name : Richard Carlson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Dan Forbes

Original Name : King Donovan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Benton

Original Name : Leo Britt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Connie Stewart

Original Name : Jean Byron

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Allard

Original Name : Harry Ellerbe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col. Willis

Original Name : Frank Gerstle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Dyer

Original Name : John Vosper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Simon

Original Name : Byron Foulger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Howard Denker

Original Name : Leonard Mudie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nelly

Original Name : Kathleen Freeman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Albert

Original Name : William Benedict

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Watson

Original Name : John Zaremba

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Douglas Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Co-Pilot

Original Name : Strother Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Serny

Original Name : Michael Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayor

Original Name : Watson Downs

Gender : Male

Character Name : City Engineer

Original Name : Lee Phelps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gen. Behan

Original Name : Roy Engel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Carthwright

Original Name : John Dodsworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabbie

Original Name : Charles Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenneth Smith

Original Name : Michael Granger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stewardess

Original Name : Jarma Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joy

Original Name : Elizabeth Root

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spinster

Original Name : Juney Ellis

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-30

Richard Carlson struggles to inject much life into this rather dry sci-fi adventure. He and his scientist colleague "Dan" (King Donovan) are called into investigate mysterious goings on in a small town where just about everything metallic appears to have become magnetised. Bizarre, eh? What's causing it? Well that might have something to do with poorly scientist "Denker" (Leonard Mudie) who is travelling on an aircraft with a briefcase containing an highly toxic, radioactive, element that absorbs energy from adjacent metallic objects allowing it to expand exponentially. It's soon down to our intrepid duo to come up with a way of destroying it before it becomes huge enough to destabilise the Earth's orbit. This has one big problem for me - it has no object or creature for me to focus on as the danger. The film consists of loads and loads of dialogue, a bit of romance from Carlson and his wife "Connie" (Jean Byron) but until the last ten minutes, nowhere near enough actual action to keep the momentum going for what seemed like an over-long seventy-five minutes of haring about and chatter.