James Seay, Morris Ankrum, Peggie Castle

Produced by Bert I. Gordon, The Beginning of the End a menacing onslaught of giant-sized grasshoppers. Department of Agriculture functionary Peter Graves and photojournalist Peggie Castle discover tha...( read more  read more... )t the huge grasshoppers are the product of a gone-awry experiment in radioactivity. Before the Army can neutralize the green monstrosities, Chicago has been besieged by the ravenous insects. Beginning of the End was one of two horror films produced by American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres; the other was The Unearthly (1957).~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Unrated, 1 hr. 16 min.

Directed by: Bert I. Gordon

Release Date: June 28, 1957

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DVD Release Date: March 25, 2003

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  • June 17, 2008
    Um, saying its one of the better giant grasshopper movies, isn't exactly an endorsement.
  • November 1, 2007
    Not interested. In general I don't like horror movies.
  • July 15, 2007
    Basically giant grasshoppers eat people and try to destroy the world.
  • July 4, 2007
    "We may just be witnessing the beginning of the end"...of Peter Graves' quality acting! Nah, kidding. Fun film, great MST3K. :>
  • July 4, 2007
    What better to reak havoc than giant grasshoppers!
  • February 27, 2007
    Oh my God! I just wasted an hour and a half of my life watching this film. My husband's friend recorded it on DVD and wants us to see how it turn out. It was sooo hilarious!!! They said its a thriller and a suspenseful movie. What a laugh! Maybe during that time it was scary but ...( read more)heck! All we did the entire show was finding some funny bloopers. If you want a funny movie I recommend you to watch this one. Guarantee to make you laugh your heart out. The story is just about a giant grasshoppers who manage to wipe out the entire population. There are a lot of funny things you'll notice here. The using of big screen to depict that they are really driving down the road with the same cars passing them by and of course the giant grasshoppers. A military who is soo terrified facing a grasshopper, a military that didn't know how to use his gun, and the same military group of people who just died in the war of grasshoppers are seen during the preparation to divert them from the city of Chicago and into the water. Another blooper was when a lot of military guys with guns and tanks who can't seem to kill the grasshoppers but here's the heroine in the movie shooting the grasshopper and it died. A cardboard picture of a building with crawly grasshopper. But hey, what can you expect??? This was done during 1957. :D
  • February 11, 2007
    I'm rating the MST3K version..
  • February 4, 2007
    I want to see the MST3K version!!
  • December 10, 2006
    Not a very good movie. I wouldnt ever watch this movie again.

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