Dr. Ed Wainwright, an agricultural scientist, played by [Peter] Graves, successfully grows gigantic vegetables using radiation. Unfortunately, the vegetables are eaten by locusts (the swarming phase of short-horned grasshoppers), which quickly grow to a gigantic size and attack the nearby city of Chicago. Beginning of the End is generally known for its "atrocious" special effects, "and yet," writes reviewer Bill Warren, "there is something almost compellingly watchable about this goofy little movie".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beginning_of_the_End_(film)

Beginning of the End (1957) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, July 26 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live text commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

• for info on how to block ads, see: https://ohai.social/@klu9/115245207831850566
• tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100056094/beginning-of-the-end
• youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izrKn6JGhrQ
• youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9vrpsiRX3s
• archive: https://archive.org/details/beginning-of-the-end-1957_202511
• it's usually streamed on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/beginning-of-the-end
• for trigger warnings see: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/233750