Mesa of Lost Women (1953)

2.5/10 69 min Horror Science Fiction

Overview

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.

Cast

Jackie Coogan

Dr Aranya

Allan Nixon

Dr. Tucker, camp physician

Richard Travis

Dan Mulcahey, foreman

Lyle Talbot

Narrator (voice)

Paula Hill

Doreen Culbertson

Robert Knapp

Grant Phillips

Tandra Quinn

Tarantella

Chris-Pin Martin

Pepe

Harmon Stevens

Dr. Leland J. Masterson

George Barrows

George

Dolores Fuller

Blonde 'Watcher in the Woods'

Mona McKinnon

Lost Woman

Sherry Moreland

Lost Woman

Katherine Victor

Car-Driver Spider Woman

Samuel Wu

Wu

Margia Dean

Lost Woman

Angelo Rossitto

Dwarf Lab Assistant

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