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Mesa of Lost Women

  • 1953
  • TMDB 2.5/10
  • 1h 9m

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.

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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 CooganDr Aranya
  • Allan NixonDr. Tucker, camp physician
  • Richard TravisDan Mulcahey, foreman
  • Lyle TalbotNarrator (voice)
  • Paula HillDoreen Culbertson
  • Robert KnappGrant Phillips
  • Tandra QuinnTarantella
  • Chris-Pin MartinPepe

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