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Subgenre Sampler
Incredible Petrified World, The (1957)- Dir. Jerry Warren
Feat. John Carradine, Robert Clarke, Phyllis Coates - This slimly plotted adventure has four divers trapped in an undersea cavern with a grim–faced hermit. This dull fate is soon livened by…
Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Grant Williams, Randy Stuart - A man suffers a humiliatingly gradual size–reduction after exposure to radiation. A class act, compellingly told through water–tight…
Invasion of the Saucermen (1957)- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Steve Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin… - This low budget sci–fi comedy has a reputation for being so bad it's good. Bulbous–headed aliens frame a teenager for drunk driving by…
Monster That Challenged the World, The (1957)- Dir. Arnold Laven
Feat. Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Mimi Gibson… - Campy 50's sci–fi creature feature in which an underwater earthquake in California's Salton Sea causes a crevice to open, releasing an army of…
Mysterians, The (1957)- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Kenji Sahara, Susumu Fujita - Pastel coloured invader movie from the creative team behind GODZILLA. Aliens refugees from a planet destroyed by atomic bombs flee to Earth in the…
1984 (1956)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling… - The first adaptation of George Orwell's visionary novel is this little known, stark BBC television production. Apparently hated by his widow for the…
Day the World Ended (1956)- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens - Tight B–movie version of post–nuclear existence from with a small group of survivors battling various mutant creatures and their own…
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)- Dir. Fred Sears
Feat. Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor - Animator Ray Harryhausen provides the fab effects for the familiar 50's alien invasion theme, making it a standout example of the genre.
Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen - Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…
Godzilla - King of the Monsters (1956)- Dir. Inoshiro Honda, Terry O. Morse
Feat. Raymond Burr - The original US version of ‘Godzilla’ which spawned countless remakes and sequels. Raymond Burr plays a reporter investigating various disasters…
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