Mesa of Lost Women

Mesa of Lost Women

70 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | June 17, 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.

Mesa of Lost Women

70 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | June 17, 1953

Mesa of Lost Women
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.
IMDb rating 2.7
Producers Howco Productions Inc., Ron Ormond Productions
Original title Mesa of Lost Women
Directors Herbert Tevos, Ron Ormond
Writers Herbert Tevos

Cast

Jackie Coogan

as Dr Aranya

Allan Nixon

as Dr. Tucker, camp physician

Richard Travis

as Dan Mulcahey, foreman

Lyle Talbot

as Narrator

Paula Hill

as Doreen Culbertson

Tandra Quinn

as Tarantella

Robert Knapp

as Grant Phillips

Harmon Stevens

as Dr. Leland J. Masterson

George Barrows

as George

Dolores Fuller

as Blonde 'Watcher in the Woods'

Mona McKinnon

as Lost Woman

Sherry Moreland

as Lost Woman

Katherine Victor

as Car-Driver Spider Woman

Margia Dean

as Lost Woman

Angelo Rossitto

as Dwarf Lab Assistant

Samuel Wu

as Wu