Sunday, August 14, 2022

Mesa of Lost Women (1953)

 A sinister scientist played by a pre Uncle Fester Jackie Coogan is conducting experiments in the desert involving beautiful women, little men, and giant spiders. An escaped mental patient holds a half dozen hostages on a small plan that is forced to land nearby. Also there is some over the top narration. Despite all this potentially entertaining stuff jamed into 70 minutes the movie is often dull and largely incoherent. My favorite line is when the doctor states of the spiders that he "found I could  communicate with them telepathically", no further explanation bothered with. Actress Sandra Quinn who plays the vixin tarantula woman appeared in five films total, all but one of which was a 1953 release. This movie is unusually bad, even for its type. *

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