Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
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.
- Released
- 1953-06-17
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Runtime
- 69 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Herbert Tevos, Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos
- TMDB rating
- 2.5/10 from 38 votes
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
- Kelly Drake as Lost Woman
- John Robert Martin as Frank
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