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The Monolith Monsters are the main antagonist of the 1957 American horror film The Monolith Monsters.

When a meteorite crashes to Earth, fragments of it spread into a small town where they grow into immense towers when wet and turn humans they touch into rock statues.

Appearance

The Monolith Monsters are large fractured towers of black rock.

Powers and Abilities

The Monolith Monsters possess the following powers and abilities:

  • Extreme growth when in contact with water
  • Calcification of humans

Fate

The Monolith Monsters are destroyed when they are toppled into saltwater, the salt dissolving them.

Trivia

  • The film's special effects were created by Clifford Stine, who worked extensively on the 1933 film King Kong.

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