

Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
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.
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.

Jackie Coogan
Dr Aranya

Allan Nixon
Dr. Tucker, camp physician

Richard Travis
Dan Mulcahey, foreman

Lyle Talbot
Narrator (voice)

Paula Hill
Doreen Culbertson

Robert Knapp
Grant Phillips

Tandra Quinn
Tarantella

Chris-Pin Martin
Pepe