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>> The Deadly Mantis
>Very Good

Really underrated.
> Good build up with mystery & mood without overdoing it.
> The Mantis gets a lot of screentime.
> The Mantis looks solid & fairly realistic, they thankfully did not give him a humanized silly face like the close up models for BlackScorpion or Crab Monsters.
> Snowy artic setting is unique & a nice change of pace from the Deserts most of the 50s B-movies had.
> Great score.
> Lots of retro military porn & Jet footage.
> They don't waste too much time on romance like It Came from Beneath the Sea did.

I'd put it as about equal with Them and both just a bit above The Black Scoprion.
Tarantula is decent but notably lesser than those 3.