Mesa of Lost Women

Mesa of Lost Women

A race of deadly spider-women luring men to their death!

Directed by Herbert Tevos, Ron Ormond

Produced by Ron Ormond Productions, Howco Productions Inc.

195369 min2.5 / 10

A lurid 1950s creature-feature built on body horror and mad-science transgression, where giant spider-women and mutated men populate a remote desert laboratory.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does Mesa of Lost Women end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Mesa of Lost Women easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Mesa of Lost Women scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Mesa of Lost Women sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Mesa of Lost Women violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

10/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity61

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise1

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love0

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Mesa of Lost Women, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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