The Monolith Monsters
The Monolith Monsters is a 1957 American blackandwhite science fiction film from UniversalInternational, produced by Howard Christie and directed by John Sherwood, 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.
Cathy joins them, also recognizing the fragments. She goes with the two men to the Simpson farm they find the farmhouse in ruins under a large pile of black rocks and Ginnys parents dead. The girl is still alive but in a catatonic state. At Dr. Reynolds request, they rush her to Dr. Steve Hendricks Harry Jackson at the California Medical Research Institute in Los Angeles. He later reports that Ginny is slowly turning to stone her only hope lies with identifying the black rock within eight hours. Dave brings a fragment to his old college professor, Arthur Flanders Trevor Bardette, who determines it came from a meteorite. Back at the Simpson farm, both men notice a discoloration in the ground The black rock is draining something from everything it touches, including people. Later, tests show that silicon is that substance in humans it is normally just a trace element. Dr. Reynolds explains that research indicates that one possible function of silicon is to maintain human tissue flexibility. They realize the meteorites silicon absorption was the cause of Bens death, Ginnys condition, and the death of her parents Steve then prepares a silicon solution injection for the girl.Returning to the desert, Dave and Arthur trace the fragments to the crashed meteor. Arthur deduces that the meteorites atomic structure has been radically altered by the intense heat of atmospheric friction. Back in the lab, a rainstorm blows up while Dave and Arthur continue their investigation. A piece of black rock falls into the sink and begins to react when hot coffee is poured on it the men then realize that water is the culprit. With it raining outside, they hurriedly return to the desert and see the black fragments now growing into storiestall monoliths that rise up and then crash back to Earth, breaking into hundreds more fragments, each fragment then repeating that cycle. Dave quickly realizes that the monoliths advancing path will take them directly through San Angelo, and from there the
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