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The Magnetic Monster

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

5.6(39)19531h 16m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • magnetic field
  • radiation
  • pregnancy
  • black and white
  • stock footage
  • radiation sickness
  • hardware store
  • scientist hero
  • magnetism
  • energy absorption
  • office of scientific investigation

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Behind the camera

Director

Curt Siodmak

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR18 Feb 1953
    • Theatrical1 Aug 1956

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The Magnetic Monster was released on 18 February 1953.

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    CinemaSerf

    5/30/2023

    5/10

    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 aircra…

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