The Monolith Monsters

The Monolith Monsters
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	John Sherwood
Screenplay by	Norman Jolley Robert M. Fresco
Story by	Jack Arnold Robert M. Fresco
Produced by	Howard Christie
Starring	Grant Williams Lola Albright Les Tremayne William Schallert
Narrated by	Paul Frees (uncredited)
Cinematography	Ellis W. Carter
Edited by	Patrick McCormack
Music by	Uncredited: Henry Mancini Irving Getz Herman Stein
Production company	Universal-International
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 18, 1957 (1957-12-18) (LA)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States

The Monolith Monsters is a 1957 American science-fiction disaster film from Universal-International, produced by Howard Christie, directed by John Sherwood, and starring Grant Williams and Lola Albright. The film is based on a story by Jack Arnold and Robert M. Fresco, with a screenplay by Fresco and Norman Jolley.^[1]

The Monolith Monsters tells the story of a large meteorite that crashes in a Southern California desert and explodes into hundreds of black fragments which have strange properties. When those fragments are exposed to water, they grow extremely large and tall. The fragments also begin to cause some of the inhabitants of a nearby small town to petrify. The unfolding story becomes one of human survival against an encroaching unnatural disaster that, if not stopped, could become an ecological nightmare, and pose a threat to all of humanity.