Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Horror · Science Fiction
Overview
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.
Cast
- Jackie Coogan as Dr Aranya
- Allan Nixon as Dr. Tucker, camp physician
- Richard Travis as Dan Mulcahey, foreman
- Lyle Talbot as Narrator (voice)
- Paula Hill as Doreen Culbertson
- Robert Knapp as Grant Phillips
- Tandra Quinn as Tarantella
- Chris-Pin Martin as Pepe
- Harmon Stevens as Dr. Leland J. Masterson
- Nico Lek as Jan van Croft