STACK's Ultimate Monster Guide

Size Does Matter

WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS (1978) SPECIES: Assorted oversized marine life including a giant mutant octopus. MUTATED BY: Well, Atlantis is actually a breakaway hunk of Martian rock that fell to Earth, complete with the original inhabitants. IN DANGER: Doug McClure and fellow scientists investigating the sunken city. SOLUTION: Get the hell out of there!

STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) SPECIES: Swarms of grasshopper-like alien arachnids, giant tanker beetles that fart starship-destroying plasma, and a big brain-sucking dust mite. MUTATED BY: No mutation - they’re alien bugs. IN DANGER: Earth, as the bugs obliterate major cities with carefully aimed meteors. SOLUTION: Send in the troops to “nuke ‘em” and “kill ‘em all!” Or if that fails, capture and torture the commanding Brain Bug.

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961) SPECIES: Monstrous bees, a crab and a chicken. MUTATED BY: Captain Nemo (Herbert Lom), experimenting with a possible cure for world famine. IN DANGER: Castaways Michael Craig and Percy Herbert. SOLUTION: The inevitable volcanic explosion.