

Beginning of the End
New thrills! New shocks! New terror!
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
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- English
- chicago, illinois
- radiation
- deaf-mute
- evacuation
- giant insect
- woman reporter
- military
- locust
- scientist hero
- high frequency sound
- grasshopper
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- TheatricalNRDistributed by Republic Pictures Corp.28 Jun 1957
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Beginning of the End was released on 28 June 1957.
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CinemaSerf
7/15/2026
Oh come on, it's not that bad. Granted, it's not very good but the idea that downtown Chicago is being terrorised by a swarm of gigantic locusts is quite entertaining. It all starts off when photo-journalist "Audrey" (Peggie Castle) stumbles upon an army roadblock near the remote town of Ludlow (no, not the one where Henry VIII's big brother died). The army cordon around the place doesn't prove to be much of a barrie…
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