The Deadly Mantis opens across the U.S. in 1957. Mostly a cash-in on the success of Them!, the cheesy B-movie fun later became an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

This Day in Halloween: "The Deadly Mantis" opens across the U.S. in 1957.
The Deadly Mantis opens across the U.S. in 1957. Mostly a cash-in on the success of Them!, the cheesy B-movie fun later became an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.