Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscraper-tall, mobile machine which is designed to syphon energy from earth, including any energy directed at it in an effort to destroy it.
Practical Effects
Giant machine actually built and filmed, not animated.
Production
Microscopic budget, maximum imagination.
Director
Kurt Neumann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak Sputnik panic, Kronos literalized fears that technology would consume humanity rather than save it.
The monster was constructed from wood, plaster, and chicken wire, then partially destroyed in the finale because the studio needed the materials back.
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