El monstruo magnético

Título original: The Magnetic Monster

1953
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1h 16min

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Jean Byron, Richard Carlson, and King Donovan in El monstruo magnético (1953)

The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.

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Un científico que crea, a partir de un experimento fallido, un isótopo radioactivo que comienza a magnetizar todo lo que le circunda, creciendo de tamaño, emitiendo energía y absorbiendo hid... Leer todoUn científico que crea, a partir de un experimento fallido, un isótopo radioactivo que comienza a magnetizar todo lo que le circunda, creciendo de tamaño, emitiendo energía y absorbiendo hidrógeno.Un científico que crea, a partir de un experimento fallido, un isótopo radioactivo que comienza a magnetizar todo lo que le circunda, creciendo de tamaño, emitiendo energía y absorbiendo hidrógeno.

Dirección
- Curt Siodmak
- Herbert L. Strock
Guión
- Curt Siodmak
- Ivan Tors
Reparto principal

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Dirección
- Curt Siodmak
- Herbert L. Strock
Guión
- Curt Siodmak
- Ivan Tors
Reparto principal

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Vídeos1

Trailer 2:20

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Curiosidades
Uses stock footage of the underground magneto-dynamo from the German science fiction thriller Oro (1934).

Pifias
In the early scene in the hardware store, when the scientists toss washers up to the ceiling to determine a magnetic source, the the washers roll and spin before settling on the ceiling, just as some coins would do so if dropped on the floor. A magnetic force strong enough to magnetize much heavier objects in the store would have pulled the washers directly to the ceiling without the extraneous movement.

Citas
[last lines]
[Jeffrey and Connie Stewart arrive at their new house and are walking toward the front door]
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart: Hey, you're not so skinny.
Connie Stewart: I'm working on it. I'm getting bigger and better.
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart: Secret of multiplication.
Connie Stewart: What are you talking about?
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart: I'm not sure. Excepting they both seem to have something to do with multiplication. Done through love, the result is a baby, a... a lovely thing. But without love, done through hate or... or fear, the result is a monster, an element that grows.
Connie Stewart: Jeff...
[Connie removes a set of keys from her handbag, and they enter the house]

Créditos adicionales
All credits except the main title -- stars, supporting cast, director, producer, screenplay, etc. -- are at the end of the film, not the beginning.

Conexiones
Edited from Oro (1934)

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One of my favorite minor Science Fiction films from the fifties!

Two agents from the Office of Scientific Investigation are sent to investigate high levels of radiation and magnetism centered above a hardware store. They discover that a scientist, who has since fled with the element, has invented a new highly dangerous radioactive element that is able to "grow". If the element is not found and destroyed or contained, it could continue to grow until it sends the Earth off its orbit. The OSI men must locate the element and then find a way to destroy before its to late.

THE MAGNETIC MONSTER is one of the best low budget films from the 1950's. The story is intelligent and the science at least seems authentic. Ivan Tors deserves praise for trying to make a serious, realistic science fiction film. This is probably his best. His other science fiction films and T.V. series "Science Fiction Theater" also aimed for this kind of realism, but they were often to talky and slow moving. This film moves at the right pace and builds up to an excellent climax.

A few stray facts: Most of the special effects at the end were taken from the 1935 German science fiction film GOLD. This explains the outdated overcoat and fedora that Carlson wears at the the climax, to match the one worn by the German actor in the older film. Also Ivan Tors is said to have aped this films structure from the "Dragnet" TV series. The fictitious government agency The Office of Scientific Investigation turned up in Tors GOG (1954) and some episodes of "Science Fiction Theater."