'The Deadly Mantis' quite probably represents the very nadir of the big bug cycle of the 1950s starting with a narrator pompously quoting Newton's Law and expecting us to believe the preposterous notion that this means an earthquake in the Antarctic logically leads to an enormous insect being freed from the ice on the North Pole.
Considering that the film is actually called 'The Giant Mantis' the reaction of your viewer is simply impatience that the army are so slow on the uptake and take so long to figure out just the exact nature of current threat to mankind trashing New York and when they finally see it how they keep straight faces.
As usual in this sort of thing the biggest single item on the film's budget was probably the chic gear worn by the leading lady.
Considering that the film is actually called 'The Giant Mantis' the reaction of your viewer is simply impatience that the army are so slow on the uptake and take so long to figure out just the exact nature of current threat to mankind trashing New York and when they finally see it how they keep straight faces.
As usual in this sort of thing the biggest single item on the film's budget was probably the chic gear worn by the leading lady.