1950's cinema was full of giant bugs, everything from spiders to ants to grasshoppers, and as far as those types of movies go this one is pretty generic. It's filled with plenty of talking and military strategy scenes which drag it down and a romantic subplot with a not very attractive couple you don't care about. If that's not bad enough there's also generic stock-footage to wade through. Also praying mantis' aren't all that scary-looking and I'm pretty sure they don't roar like monsters. One unintentionally homosexual scene has a bunch of military men dancing with each other on a base. I guess the only positive thing I can say is the mantis looked realistic enough through most of the film but you would be better off watching 1954's THEM for some superior giant insect action.
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